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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1980.
JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION VISITS NT
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AN INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION FROM JAPAN SPENT THE FIRST OF THE IR THREE DAYS IN HONG KONG VISITING THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE 18-MEMBER MISSION, COMPRISING TOP EXECUTIVES OF 11 OSAKA COMPANIES, ARE HERE TO STUDY THE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF JOINT VENTURES.
THEY WERE FIRST GIVEN A GENERAL BRIEFING AT NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS BEFORE GOING TO TAI PO, ACCOMPANIED BY OFFICIALS OF THE NTA AND THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.
AT TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, THEY WERE SHOWN FACTORY PREMISES AND FACILITIES BEING BUILT ON THE 45-HECTARE SITE. THEY ALSO LEARNT FROM THE COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR P.K. WONG, THAT MAJOR HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS COMPANIES HAD ALREADY TAKEN UP SITES IN THE ESTATE.
IN THE AFTERNOON THEY VISITED SHA TIN FOR A BRIEFING BY THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR R.C. WILSON.
FROM A VANTAGE POINT OVERLOOKING SHA TIN VALLEY MR WILSON POINTED OUT THE FOUR MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF FO TAN, TAI SHEK KWU, PAK SHEK AND TAI SHUI HANG, WHICH WILL PROVIDE 145 000 JOBS WHEN THEY ARE COMPLETED IN THE LATE 1980'S, BY WHICH TIME SHA TIN WILL BE A CITY OF 750 000 PEOPLE.
OF THE FOUR AREAS, THE FIRST, FO TAN, IS ALREADY ONE-THIRD COMPLETED AND WILL PROBABLY BE FULLY OPENED BY THE END OF 1982.
MR WILSON ALSO EXPLAINED THE CONCEPT OF THE BALANCED NEW TOWN, WHICH WOULD BE PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH HOMES, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND WORK.
THE MISSION WILL TOUR THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL AND VISIT TUEN MUN TOMORROW. A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
PRINTING INDUSTRY MANPOWER REPORT ****
THE PRINTING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL HAS PUBLISHED A REPORT ON THE FIFTH MANPOWER SURVEY OF THE INDUSTRY CONDUCTED LAST MARCH.
THE REPORT, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, IS ON SALE AT $11 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.
IT CONTAINS DETAILED STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON THE EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN EACH PRINCIPAL JOB, A FORECAST OF THE TRAINING NEEDS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON MEASURES NECESSARY TO COPE WITH THE NEEDS.