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FRIDAY, JANUARY
1984
SIR EDWARD ALSO CONFIRMED THAT HE WOULD BE RETURNING TO PEKING ON FEBRUARY 21 FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS.
HE TOOK THE OCCASION TO WISH THE PRESS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS LUNAR NEW YEAR.
MEETING THE GOVERNOR AT THE AIRPORT WERE THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE: THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROGER LOBO; AND THE VICE-CHIEF EDITOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR TAN GAN.
VOCATIONAL COMPLEX IS A TRAINING MILESTONE
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THE GOVERNMENT LONG RECOGNISED THE CONTINUING NEED OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE FOR AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF WELL EDUCATED AND TRAINED MANPOWER AT ALL LEVELS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE SAID TODAY.
THE EMPHASIS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, SIR PHILIP SAID, HAD TENDED TO BE ON EXPANDING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE TECHNICAL AND TERTIARY FIELDS.
WHILE PLANS FOR EXPANDING TECHNICAL EDUCATION FURTHER WERE IN AN ADVANCED STAGE, THE FOCUS TODAY WAS ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, SIR PHILIP SAID.
SIR PHILIP WAS SPEAKING THIS AFTERNOON WHEN LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE KOWLOON BAY TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX, WHICH HE SAID +REPRESENTS A MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN HONG KONG.+
THE NINE-STOREY COMPLEX IS BEING BUILT BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC) TO HOUSE THE FIVE TRAINING CENTRES WHICH WILL PROVIDE INDUSTRIES WITH MORE TRAINED MANPOWER.
THE GOVERNMENT WAS DETERMINED TO DEVELOP, THROUGH THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, A FULL RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FACILITIES, HE STRESSED.
HE WAS SURE, SIR PHILIP SAID, THAT ONCE THIS, AND OTHER SIMILAR PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE ARE COMPLETED, HONG KONG WILL HAVE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FACILITIES CAPABLE OF MEETING THE CHANGING MANPOWER NEEDS OF THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY.
+THUS OUR INDUSTRY WILL BE ABLE TO DIVERSIFY FURTHER WITH CONFIDENCE INTO MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTS, AND THE LATENT TALENTS OF OUR PEOPLE CAN BE FULFILLED,+
HE SAID,
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