ON
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1903
+THIS TRED REFLECTS THE OPERATION OF MARKET FORCES IN A RECESSIONARY PERIOD AND A GROWING TENDENCY WORLD-WIDE TOWARDS EMPLOYING SEAMEN WITH A BROADER RANGE OF SKILLS,+ MR YEUNG POINTED OUT.
HE SAID THAT GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF MARKET FORCES WERE NORMALLY FUTILE OR INEFFECTIVE, AND COULD BE DAMAGING TO THE ECONOMY.
+FOR THIS REASON, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS LEFT ENTREPRENEURIA) DECISIONS, INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS, TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR,+ HE SAID. THE EMPLOYMENT OF LOCAL SEAMEN DID NOT APPEAR TO JUSTIFY DEVIATION FROM THIS GENERAL PRINCIPLE.
HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS WHICH SOUGHT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE WORK FORCE.
TRAINING FOR OFFICERS IS ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC; FOR RATINGS, A TRAINING CENTRE AT LITTLE SAI WAN IS EXPECTED TO START OPERATION NEXT JANUARY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
+THE OBJECT IS TO PROVIDE REMEDIAL TRAINING FOR REGISTERED RATINGS, TO BRING THEM UP TO THE STANDARDS REQUIRED UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON STANDARDS OF TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND WATCHKEEPING OF 1978.
+ IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS OF HONG KONG SEAMEN WHO HAVE UNDERGONE SUCH TRAINING WILL BE IMPROVED,+ MR YEUNG SAID.
BILL PROVIDES FOR BAPTIST COLLEGE BOARD ****
A BILL WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BOARD OF GOVERNORS, A COUNCIL AND AN ACADEMIC BOARD OF THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE WAS INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE BILL 1983, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON KENNETH TOPLEY, SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL WAS TO REPLACE THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE BOARD OF GOVERNORS INCORPORATION ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE NEW ROLE OF THE COLLEGE AND TO CREATE A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF THE COLLEGE.
UNDER THE BILL, THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS WOULD BE THE SUPREME GOVERNING BODY, BUT ITS ROLE WOULD BE AKIN TO THAT OF A UNIVERSITY COURT, REACTING TO PROPOSALS FROM THE COUNCIL.
THE GOVERNANCE