MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1982
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IMPORTANCE OF RETRAINING TEACHERS STRESSED
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+ THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES THE IMPORTANCE OF RETRAINING TEACHERS, AND NEARLY HALF OF THOSE ON TRAINING COURSES IN THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION ARE IN-SERVICE, PART-TIME STUDENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION, MR KEN TOPLEY SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTH SYMPOSIUM OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF ASSOCIATIONS OF SCIENCE EDUCATION TODAY, MR TOPLEY SAID THAT IT WAS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO RETRAIN SCIENCE TEACHERS, BECAUSE DEVELOPMENTS WERE BEING MADE AND NEW CONCEPTS INTRODUCED AT AN EVER INCREASING RATE.
+ IN ORDER TO KEEP ABREAST OF DEVELOPMENTS, IT IS NECESSARY TO DISCUSS RIGOROUSLY THE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE.+ SUCH DISCUSSION WOULD BENEFIT SCIENCE TEACHERS AND PUPILS, MR TOPLEY SAID.
HE WELCOMED OVERSEAS DELEGATES, FROM MORE THAN 15 COUNTRIES, AND PRAISED THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION FOR ORGANISING THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM OF ITS KIND TO BE HELD IN HONG KONG.
INSURANCE MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT PUBLISHED *****
THE REPORT ON A MANPOWER SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE INSURANCE TRAINING BOARD OF THE FORMER HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL IN JUNE 1981 HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.
THE REPORT SETS OUT TO GIVE, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, THE OVERALL SITUATION OF THE HONG KONG INSURANCE INDUSTRY'S CURRENT MANPOWER AS WELL AS THE TRAINING AND THE POSSIBLE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS WORK FORCE.
COMMENTING ON THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY, MR ANTHONY KAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE INSURANCE TRAINING BOARD, SAID, +AS REFLECTED BY THE SURVEY FINDINGS, THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IS IN NEED OF WELL- TRAINED AND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.
+MEETING SUCH A NEED SHOULD BE TREATED AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IS TO OPTIMIZE ITS ROLE IN HELPING ESTABLISH HONG KONG AS A LEADING FINANCIAL CENTRE IN THE ASIAN PACIFIC AREA.+
MR KAN ADDED THAT AVAILABILITY OF SUFFICIENT PLANNED AND ORGANISED TRAINING FACILITIES IS THE PREREQUISITE TO IMPROVING THE SERVICE QUALITY OF THE INDUSTRY TO MATCH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.
IN HIS VIEW, THE REPORT CONTAINS APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE MANPOWER SITUATION OF THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY.
THE REPORT IS ON SALE AT $25 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE.