THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1981
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GOVERNMENT THANKED FOR FREE LAND FOR TRAINING
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS RESERVED A SITE IN EAST KOWLOON FOR THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY TO BUILD THEIR SECOND TRAINING CENTRE, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER, DR FRANCIS TIEN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
AND ANOTHER SITE IN TSUEN WAN HAS BEEN GRANTED TO THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY FOR THE SAME PURPOSE, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE TABLING OF THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TWO TRAINING AUTHORITIES FOR 1980, DR TIEN THANKED THE GOVERNMENT FOR GRANTING THE LAND FREE OF PREMIUM.
HE SAID THE DEMAND OF THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY FOR TRAINED MANPOWER FAR EXCEEDS THE TRAINING CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE.
+OWING TO QUANTITATIVE RESTRAINTS, THE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARDS THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY AND FASHION PRODUCTS.
+SUCH A MOVE DEMANDS NOT ONLY SOPHISTICATED MARKETING STRATEGY, IMPROVED DESIGN AND BETTER PRODUCTION PLANNING BUT ALSO AN INCREASED SUPPLY OF WELL-TRAINED MANPOWER.+
DR TIEN REPORTED THAT THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW ALSO SAW A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
HE SAID THERE HAS BEEN A CONTINUING SHIFT FROM CIVIL ENGINEERING TO BUILDING WORKS WHICH REQUIRE A GREATER INPUT OF SKILLED WORKERS AND THEREFORE A SECOND TRAINING CENTRE IS REQUIRED.
CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THIS SECOND CENTRE WILL START SHORTLY AND IT IS HOPED THE CENTRE WILL BE OPERATIONAL IN LATE 1982.
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