SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1985
HE SAID THE BOARD WOULD BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON MANPOWER PLANNING AND TRAINING TO THE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THE INDUSTRY, ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY.
QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY LETTER HAVE BEEN SENT TO ABOUT 1 000 TEXTILE ESTABLISHMENTS AND OFFICERS OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL BE CALLING ON THE ESTABLISHMENTS TO ASSIST IN COMPLETING THEM.
EMPLOYERS ARE URGED TO CO-OPERATE BY PROVIDING ACCURATE INFORMATION, WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE FORMULATION OF FUTURE TRAINING PLANS.
INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE HANDLED IN THE STRICTIST CONFIDENCE AND WILL ONLY BE PUBLISHED AS STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENT.
FIRST URBCO MEETING AFTER RECESS
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THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MONTHLY OPEN MEETING AT 2.30 P.M. ON TUESDAY AFTER THE SUMMER RECESS.
THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, WILL MOVE TWO MOTIONS TO ADOPT THE AUDITED STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1985, AND THE URBAN COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 1985.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, DR DENNY HUANG, WILL ALSO MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE LICENSING OF BILLIARD TABLES IN PRIVATE CLUBS.
DURING QUESTION TIME, MR TONG KAM-BIU WILL ASK HOW THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL HANDLE MANY INCIDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS (GDTS) BEING ATTACKED, ASSAULTED OR THREATENED BY HAWKERS WHILE CARRYING OUT THE IR DUTIES.
HE ALSO WANTS KNOW THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENTS ON THE NEW ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATIONS FOR THE GDTS IN WAN CHAI AND YAU MA TEI DISTRICTS.
MR KWAN LIM-HO WILL ENQUIRE IF THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS THE POWER TO RESTRICT OR PERMIT THE ERECTION OF SIGN-BOARDS IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
HE FURTHER WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER THE NEON-SIGNS ALONG NATHAN ROAD IN MONG KOK AND YAU MA TEI WILL CAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IF THEY ARE NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
/MR SAMUEL