FRIDAY, FEBRUARI 10, 1907
IT WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE HOTEL, CATERING AND TOURISM TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, ASSISTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MR LARRY TCHOU SAID, THIS SURVEY IS OF PRIME IMPORTANCE IN FORMULATING MANPOWER TRAINING PLANS.
+AS A RESULT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE ON THE 1981 SURVEY, A HOTEL INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN 1984, PROVIDING 2 200 TRAINING PLACES EACH YEAR, MR TCHOU SAID.
A NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS, CHOSEN BY STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING, WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND VACANCIES, TRAINING ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS A FORECAST OF MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
MR TCHOU APPEALED TO THESE ESTABLISHMENTS TO SUPPORT AND COOPERATE IN THE SURVEY. HE STRESSED THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND PUBLISHED IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY LETTERS IN BOTH CHINESE
AND ENGLISH HAVE BEEN SENT OUT.
OFFICERS OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT EACH OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS CONCERNED AND COLLECT THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES.
CLOSER DB AND UC RELATIONSHIP ENVISAGED ******
THE ALREADY VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL BE FURTHER STRENGTHENED AFTER NEXT MONTH'S URBCO ELECTIONS, THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
IN A DINNER SPEECH TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF KWUN TONG, MR LAM SAID THIS WAS BECAUSE BOTH THE ELECTED AND APPOINTED URBAN COUNCILLORS WOULD AUTOMATICALLY SIT ON LOCAL DISTRICT BOARDS.
+ALSO THE ELECTED URBAN COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE DIRECTLY ANSWERABLE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT AND THROUGH THEM, THE WISHES AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT CAN BE REFLECTED TO THE URBAN COUNCIL, HE SAID.
+THUS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR REGISTERED VOTERS TO SUPPORT THE CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE BY CASTING THEIR VOTES ON ELECTION DAY TUESDAY, MARCH 8.
+THE SUCCESS OF THE ELECTIONS IS SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS YOU AND ME AND IN FACT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.
+I APPEAL THEREFORE TO ALL ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO PERFORM THE IR CIVIC DUTY BY GOING TO THE POLLING STATIONS TO CAST THEIR VOTES.+
/MR LAM