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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1988
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THE INCREASE IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT WORK AND THE DEPLOYMENT TECHNICAL MANPOWER TO ASSIST IN THE SETTING UP AND MANAGING OF PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN CHINA ALSO CREATED ADDITIONAL MANPOWER NEEDS IN THE INDUSTRY, THE BOARD NOTED.
THE BOARD PROJECTED THAT THE INDUSTRY SHOULD TRAIN AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL 100 TECHNOLOGISTS, 200 TECHNICIANS AND 400 CRAFTSMEN EACH YEAR TO SUPPORT ITS GROWTH UP TO 1993.
THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED BY THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY TRAINING RECORDED THAT THE TOTAL WORKFORCE OF THE INDUSTRY SLIGHTLY DECREASED TO 78,800 IN 1987 FROM 79,800 IN 1985.
BOARD,
HAS
THE DECLINE WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTED TO AUTOMATION AND THE AVAILABILITY OF CHEAP LABOUR IN CHINA TO PRODUCE LABOUR-INTENSIVE PARTS AND SUB-ASSEMBLIES.
THE "1987 MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT ON THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY' IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $12.5 A COPY.
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PUBLIC URGED TO PAY ATTENTION TO FOOD HYGIENE
INCREASE PAST FEW
WITH THE APPROACH OF THE SUMMER SEASON AND WITH THE OF REPORTED CASES OF VIRAL HEPATITIS A INFECTION IN THE MONTHS, THE PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE SPECIAL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST GASTRO-INTESTINAL DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH UNCLEAN AND UNWHOLESOME FOOD AND WATER.
MAKING THE APPEAL TODAY (THURSDAY), THE HYGIENE ADVISER OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH, DR RON PERRY, WARNED THE PUBLIC то BE ON GUARD AGAINST FOOD POISONING AND DISEASES SUCH AS CHOLERA, DYSENTERY, TYPHOID AND VIRAL HEPATITIS A.
"THEY ARE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE ORAL-FAECAL ROUTE.
"THE PUBLIC SHOULD OBSERVE PROPER PRACTICES TO ENSURE THE FOOD CONSUME 15 HYGIENIC AND FREE FROM CONTAMINATION
DR PERRY SAID.
THEY
DETERIORATION,
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/HE SAID