WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1982
PROPRIETORS WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO FIND USEFUL INFORMATION ON HOW TO ACHIEVE PROPER COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS IN PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS THE REGULATIONS OF THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND IN THE POWER COMPANIES SUPPLY RULES, MR HENDERSON ADDED.
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION, MR $.L. CHEN SAID THAT WHETHER OR NOT THE OBJECTIVES UNDERLINED BY THE NEW REGULATIONS WOULD BE ACHIEVED DEPENDED A GREAT DEAL ON THE WORK AND THE QUALITY OF THE +COMPETENT PERSONS+ DEFINED IN THE REGULATIONS.
HE SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ESTABLISH THE NUMBER OF +COMPETENT PERSONS+ AT PRESENT AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG AND WHETHER THE NUMBER WAS ADEQUATE FOR PROVIDING THE NECESSARY SERVICE.
+TO THIS END, I FURTHER SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT WISH TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING AN OFFICIAL REGISTER OF PERSONS WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS RELEVANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS LAID DOWN BY THE NEW REGULATIONS.+
MR CHEN ALSO CALLED FOR A TRADE TEST CENTRE TO ASSESS THE COMPETENCE OF SUCH PERSONS.
+ IF GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING SUCH FACILITIES WHEREBY PERSONS IN POSSESSION OF THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL COULD GET QUALIFIED, I AM SURE THE TWO POWER COMPANIES WHERE THE EXPERTISE LIES WOULD BE ONLY TOO WILLING TO ASSIST, HE SAID.
UNOFFICIALS SUPPORT VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL BILL
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ELEVEN UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS SPOKE DURING THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL BILL WHICH AIMS AT IMPROVING INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION,
THE BILL, WHICH WAS PASSED TODAY ALSO ENVISAGES A NEW DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT THROUGH WHICH THE COUNCIL WILL DISCHARGE ITS FUNCTIONS.
LEADING THE DEBATE WAS DR THE HON FRANCIS TIEN, CONVENER OF AN AD HOC GROUP OF UNOFFICIALS FORMED TO STUDY THE BILL. DR TIEN SAID HE WAS GRATIFIED TO SEE THE ENACTMENT OF A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO ESTABLISH A STATUTORY BODY WITH THE MEANS TO ENSURE A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING GEARED TO THE DEVELOPING NEEDS OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMY.
THE NEED FOR SUCH A BODY IS STRONGLY BROUGHT HOME BY A CURSORY GLANCE AT THE PRESENT ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES FACED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM, + HE SAID, ADDING REALISATION HAS NOW COME THERE THAT VOCATIONAL TRAINING IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD FOR THAT FALTERING ECONOMY.+
/HE ED