TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1988
GOVERNOR PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING
* * *
THE GOVERNOR,
SIR DAVID
AND
WILSON,
SAID
SUPPORT FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING,
TODAY EMPLOYERS
(TUESDAY)
MUST
PLEDGED RECOGNISE OF THEIR
THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUALLY IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SKILLS
WORKERS.
COUNCIL'S
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY
NEWEST TECHNICAL
INSTITUTE, SIR DAVID SAID THE TECHNICAL TRAINING CAPABILITIES AS EARLY AS 1979.
OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WAN INSTITUTE, THE CHAI GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED ΤΟ
TECHNICAL BUILD UP
THIS WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE A LARGE
FACILITIES TRAINING IN-HOUSE KONG LACKED REGION WERE FAST DEVELOPING THEIR ECONOMIES.
NUMBER OF FIRMS
IN HONG AND COMPETITORS IN THE
EVER MORE DEMAND
"THE WORLD IN WHICH WE COMPETE FOR A LIVING BECOMES COMPLEX AND TECHNICALLY SOPHISTICATED. CONSEQUENTLY INDUSTRY'S FOR SKILLED TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN BECOMES EVER GREATER," HE SAID.
HE EMPHASISED THAT EMPLOYERS MUST RECOGNISE THE
SKILL OF THEIR CONTINUALLY IMPROVING THE LEVELS OF EMPLOYEES MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS EXTENT.
IMPORTANCE OF AND EMPLOYEES, TO THE FULLEST
"ALSO, THE NATURE OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL SECTOR HAS GREATLY AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY MOVING UP-MARKET.
"IF HONG
KONG
IS
ΤΟ CONTINUE PROCESS MUST CONTINUE, HE ADDED.
CHANGED
то
SUCCEED,
THIS UPGRADING
PER CENT OF A SURVEY CONDUCTED LAST YEAR SHOWED THAT SOME 24 TECHNICAL INSTITUTE GRADUATES WENT ON TO FURTHER FULL-TIME EDUCATION.
NO LESS THAN 62 PER CENT OF
THOSE WHO FOUND JOBS CONTINUED
WITH PART-TIME COURSES, EITHER IN THE EVENINGS OR ON DAY-RELEASE.
"THIS DEMONSTRATES
THESE THAT
"
LEARNT, SIR DAVID SAID.
IMPORTANT LESSONS ARE BEING
THE GOVERNOR PRAISED THE COUNCIL FOR ITS SUCCESS IN THE TRAINING COURSES TO THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.
TARGETTING
HIGH HE SAID THE CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THE SUCCESS WAS THAT A VERY
JOBS AND PUTTING PROPORTION OF THE COUNCIL'S GRADUATES WERE FINDING THEIR TRAINING TO GOOD USE.
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