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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1977
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS ON STUDY TOUR TO JAPAN ******
ABOUT 30 INDUSTRIAL WORKERS WILL TAKE PART IN A NINE-DAY STUDY TOUR TO JAPAN NEXT WEEK.
THE PARTICIPANTS, ALL AGED BETWEEN 18 AND 30, ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION LINE OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. THEY HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS WHO ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE TOUR.
SPONSORED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE STUDY TOUR HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE AND THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT INDUSTRIAL WORKERS' RECREATIONAL SCHEME COMMITTEE.
MRS. HENRIETTA CHEN, THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER FOR WONG TAI SIN, WHO IS ALSO THE LEADER OF THE GROUP, SAID: +THE TOUR HAS BEEN ORGANISED NOT ONLY TO BROADEN THE MIND OF THE FACTORY WORKERS BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A CHANCE TO OBSERVE THE TECHNICAL SKILLS OF THE JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS, AND TO STUDY THEIR WELFARE SCHEMES AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
THE STUDY TOUR WILL BEGIN ON JUNE 16 IN TOKYO WHERE THE PARTICIPANTS WILL VISIT A WATCH COMPANY, AN AUDIO EQUIPMENT EXHIBITION AND A CAMERA FACTORY, ON ARRIVAL AT OSAKA ON JUNE 21, THE GROUP WILL VISIT AN IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, AN ELECTRONIC FACTORY AND A PLASTICS FACTORY.
MRS. CHEN NOTED THAT THE PROGRAMME WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A VISIT TO A TECHNICAL SCHOOL, A YOUTH CENTRE AND SOME SIGHT-SEE ING TOURS.
+DURING THE TOUR, EXPERTS IN THE VARIOUS FIELDS WILL GIVE LECTURES ON JAPANESE INDUSTRIES AND PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN JAPAN ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTERESTS, SHE ADDED.
MR. JIMMY SWEETMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WILL PRESENT A BANNER TO THE GROUP AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE THIS FRIDAY (JUNE 10) AT 11 A.M.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESENTATION OF A BANNER TO 30 INDUSTRIAL WORKERS BY MR. JIMMY SWEETMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, TO BE HELD AT THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE, 104, CHING TAK STREET ON FRIDAY AT 11 A.M.
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