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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1989
SIR DAVID SAID THE DECISION то
SET UP A TECHNOLOGY CENTRE WOULD ASSIST HONG KONG MANUFACTURERS TO DEVELOP AND APPLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO THEIR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES.
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THIS TOO HAS BEEN DONE IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE SECTOR AND THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR WILL KEY TO ITS SUCCESS. HE SAID.
PRIVATE
BE THE
MORE TERTIARY PLACES AND A TRAINING FUND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO EMBARK ON A MAJOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND TO ESTABLISH A TRAINING FUND ABSORPTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO COPE WITH THE CHALLENGE
OF
EXPANSION ΤΟ HELP THE
AHEAD.
SAID
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR K.Y. YEUNG, THIS TODAY (TUESDAY) IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT NEEDED TO PROVIDE TERTIARY EDUCATION то MORE YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO ENSURE THAT THE TYPE OF EDUCATION PROVIDED MET THE NEEDS OF THE ECONOMY.
'WHILST EDUCATION PREPARES YOUNG PEOPLE FOR LIFE, TRAINING PREPARES THEM FOR EMPLOYMENT." HE SAID.
MR YEUNG SAID THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW TECHNOLOGIES TRAINING ! ND WOULD ENABLE EMPLOYERS TO SEND A MANAGER OF TECHNOLOGIST FOR TRAINING IN A NEW AND POTENTIALLY USEFUL TECHNOLOGY NOT CATERED FOR IN THE CONVENTIONAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM,
"THE TRAINING SCHEME WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AND THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT,
AND THE HONG HONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL WILL PROVIDE A REFERRAL SERVI 1. FOR PLACING MANAGERS IN WORKING ATTACHMENTS ABROAD.
MILLION,
THE SIZE OF THE FUND WILL BE ABOUT $70 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, AND WILL BE ABLE TO TRAINEESHIPS A YEAR.
MADE UP OF FINANCE 400
OVER $300
BODIES TO
IN RECENT YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS INVESTED MILLION IN THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL AND OTHER PROVIDE INDUSTRY WITH THE NECESSARY INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT SERVICES," HE SAID.
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