TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1986
KEY ROLE FOR TRAINED MANPOWER *****
THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING FIRST-CLASS FACILITIES AND SERVICES AND TRAINED MANPOWER WAS STRESSED THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING BY THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION, MR HELMUT SOHMEN.
+THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG DEPENDS ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AND ON OUR ABILITY TO OFFER THE WORLD FIRST-CLASS FACILITIES AND SERVICES, PARTICULARY IN SEA AND AIR TRANSPORT AND ALSO IN ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
MR SOHMEN WAS SPEAKING AT A GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR 21 PERSONNEL IN AIR AND SEA FREIGHT COMPANIES WHO COMPLETED CERTIFICATE COURSES SPONSORED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AND RUN BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,
HE SAID UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND KNOW-HOW, AND THE AVAILABILITY OF WELL-TRAINED PERSONNEL WERE KEYS TO THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY. HENCE EMPHASIS WAS PLACED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON THE WORK OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
THE AIR AND SEA FREIGHT CERTIFICATE COURSES SHOULD GIVE PARTICIPANTS AS WELL AS THEIR EMPLOYERS A BETTER CHANCE OF SUCCESS IN A VERY COMPETITIVE WORLD.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, MR CHAN KAM-CHUEN, SAID THIS YEAR IT PLANNED TO SPONSOR ABOUT 100 COURSES IN ACCOUNTANCY, BANKING, JOURNALISM, TRANSPORT AND PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION, WHOLESALE-RETAIL AND IMPORT-EXPORT, SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP REPAIR.
THESE COURSES WERE DESIGNED BY THE RELEVANT TRAINING BOARDS OF THE COUNCIL TO MEET THE TRAINING NEEDS OF EMPLOYEES IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES.
UNDER A SUBS ID ISED TRAINING PROGRAMME, PARTICIPANTS NORMALLY NEEDED TO PAY ONLY HALF THE COURSE FEE.
HK OFFICIAL SPEAKS AT OSAKA BUSINESS MEETING
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A PRESTIGIOUS SYMPOSIUM DEALING WITH BUSINESS COOPERATION BETWEEN ASIA AND JAPAN WAS ADDRESSED BY THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR K.Y. YEUNG, FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.
OTHER SPEAKERS AT THE OSAKA SYMPOSIUM ON FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS COOPERATION BETWEEN ASIA AND JAPAN INCLUDED THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. MR MASAO FUKOKA, THE JAPANESE MINISTER OF FINANCE, MR KIICHI MIYANZAWA, OTHER GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AND MAJOR BUSINESS LEADERS FROM AROUND THE REGION.
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