FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1985
'THROUGH A ROBUST AND PRACTICAL PROGRAMME OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SEAMANSHIP, IT HAS SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED LARGE NUMBERS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO AN INDUSTRY WHICH HAS CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG,' SIR EDWARD SAID.
SINCE ITS AMALGAMATION IN 1951 WITH THE SEA TRAINING SCHOOL, THE HONG KONG SEA SCHOOL HAD DEVELOPED INTO A MAJOR BOARDING SCHOOL WITH OVER 500 PLACES.
THE COMPLETION OF THIS NEW BLOCK, SIR EDWARD SAID, AND THE REFURBISHING OF MANY OF THE AMENITIES OF THE SCHOOL WITH GENEROUS ASSISTANCE FROM THE BRADBURY TRUST FUND AND THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB MARKED AN IMPORTANT STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL.
IT CONSTITUTED A WELCOME IMPROVEMENT TO THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE AT THE SCHOOL FOR PUPILS INTENDING TO TAKE UP A SEAFARING CAREER, SIR EDWARD SAID.
'I AM CONFIDENT THAT THESE NEW FACILITIES WILL BE USED TO THE BEST BENEFIT OF THE STUDENTS,' HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD ALSO CONGRATULATED THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT ON THEIR SUCCESS OVER THE YEARS IN DEVELOPING, EXPANDING AND IMPROVING THE FACILITIES OF THE SCHOOL, AND THE TEACHING STAFF ON MAINTAINING THE HIGH STANDARDS OF TRAINING FOR WHICH THE SCHOOL HAD LONG BEEN KNOWN.
RSD TO SET UP VALUE FOR MONEY STEERING GROUP
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THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL TODAY ENDORSED A PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A VALUE FOR MONEY STEERING GROUP IN THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO OVERSEE THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT'S VALUE FOR MONEY STUDY TEAM.
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE GROUP WILL BE TO COMMISSION, MONITOR, EXAMINE AND IMPLEMENT VALUE FOR MONEY STUDIES.
THE STEERING GROUP WILL COMPRISE A CHAIRMAN (THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES) AND SEVEN MEMBERS CONSISTING OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE), ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (LEISURE SERVICES), ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (HEADQUARTERS), SECRETARY OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, CHIEF MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICER OF THE RSD, AND A REPRESENTATIVE EACH FROM THE FINANCE BRANCH AND THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH.
INTRODUCING THE PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH THE STEERING GROUP, THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR TONY HAMMOND, SAID IN EARLY 1983. THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY FORMALLY LAUNCHED A PROGRAMME OF VALUE FOR MONEY STUDIES THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.
/HE SAID