WEDNESDAY,
FR 23
1981
11
VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL BILL
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THE GOVERNMENT' PLANS TO CREATE A STATUTORY VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AS WELL AS A NEW DEPARTMENT TO SERVE AS ITS EXECUTIVE AR TAKE A MAJOR STEP FORWARD WITH THE PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR INTRODUCTION INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE PROPOSALS ARE CONTAINED IN THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL BILL, WHICH WILL APPEAR IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TOMORROW.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE COUNCIL WAS BEING ESTABLIS TO PROMOTE AND COORDINATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE TO MEET THE INCREASING NEE OF HONG KONG. IT WILL ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ON THE MEASURES REQUI... TO ENSURE THAT A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM IS DEVELOPED.
*THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO STRENGTHEN THE INDUSTRIAL BASE OF HONG KONG THROUGH THE UPGRADING OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, THE SPOKESMIN SAID.
IF THE BILL IS ENACTED, THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE OVER THE OPERATION OF EXISTING TECHNICAL INSTITUTES FROM THE GUVER IN AND WILL ESTABLISH NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES.
IT WILL INSTITUTE, DEVELOP AND OPERATE TRAINING SCHEMES FOR OPERATIVES, CRAFTSMEN, TECHNICIANS AND TECHNOLOGISTS AND IN SO DOING, WILL DRAW UPON THE BROAD BASE OF RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE AVAILABLE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIST OF A MAXIMUM CF 18 UNOFFICIALS INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL FIELDS AND FOUR OFFICIALS, TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
ONCE THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL IS ESTABLISHED, IT WILL SUPERSEDE AND TAKE OVER THE ADVISORY FUNCTIONS CURRENTLY PERFORMED BY THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, APPOINTMENTS TO WHICH WILL THEN LAPSE.
THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL OPERATES THROUGH A COMPLEX OF TRAINING BOARDS AND COMMITTEES WITH SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES EITHER FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES OR FOR TOPICS RELATING TO SEVERAL INDUSTRIES. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THIS STRUCTURE SHOULD BE PRESERVED UNDER THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
ACTIVITY.