MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1983
CMA THANKED FOR SUPPORTING EDUCATION
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, TODAY (MONDAY) PRAISED THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION FOR ITS UNSTINTING SUPPORT OF HONG KONG'S EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELDS OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE CMA AND DONORS SCHOLARSHIPS, MR HAYE SAID: OLD FRIENDS WILL KNOW THAT THE GENEROSITY OF THE CMA GOES BACK VERY NEARLY 30 YEARS WHEN THE FIRST DONATION WAS MADE TO THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL COLLEGE.+
+SUBSEQUENTLY THE CMA AND DONORS SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDS SCHEME HAS COVERED STUDENTS IN TERTIARY, TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, TECHNICAL AND PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WITH AN IMPRESSIVE GROWTH FROM $2 480 TO 20 STUDENTS IN FIVE INSTITUTIONS IN 1964, TO $206 000 DISTRIBUTED TO 292 STUDENTS FROM 23 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, HE ADDED.
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MR HAYE NOTED THAT THE CMA, IN ADDITION TO BEING A MEMBER OF A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BODIES, SUCH AS THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, WAS ALSO DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION OF AIDED PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
+WE ALREADY HAVE ONE CMA PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND A NEW PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IS EXPECTED TO BE OPERATING IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR, HE SAID.
FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY LACKING YOUNG WORKERS ***
THE GROWTH OF THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY WOULD BE THWARTED UNLESS MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE PREPARED TO JOIN THE INDUSTRY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CLOTHING TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
THE WORKFORCE OF THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY HAD BEEN AGING AND IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURERS TO RECRUIT YOUNGSTERS TO LEARN THE TRADE, HE ADDED.
+ IT MIGHT BE DUE TO THE LACK OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS SECTOR, AS WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS OFFERED ARE NO LESS ATTRACTIVE THAN OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, HE SAID.
THE INDUSTRY WOULD FACE A SERIOUS LABOUR SHORTAGE UPON RETIREMENT OF SKILFUL WORKMEN, HE ADDED.
THE CLOTHING TRAINING BOARD FELT THAT A MANPOWER SURVEY, THEREFORE, WAS NECESSARY TO ASCERTAIN THE MANPOWER SITUATION AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF THE INDUSTRY.
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