THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990
ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY, THE INDUSTRY HAD SOME 13,200 WORKERS AND A VACANCY FIGURE OF OVER 1,000. THE WORKFORCE HAD GROWN AT AN AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF 2.26 PER CENT SINCE THE LAST SURVEY CONDUCTED IN 1988.
2,300.
THE NUMBER OF TRAINEES HAD ALSO RISEN FROM SOME 1,500 TO
THE MANPOWER INCREASE IS DUE TO THE GROWTH OF THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY. THE TRAINING BOARD PREDICTED THAT THE POPULATION OF BOTH PRIVATE CARS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WOULD CONTINUE то GROW IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS OWING TO THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOWNS, BETTER ROAD TRANSPORT NETWORK IN THE TERRITORY, INCREASING TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SOUTH CHINA AND INCREASING AFFLUENCE OF PEOPLE.
HOWEVER, IN THE FACE OF A SLOWDOWN IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCED TRANSPORT POLICY, THE TRAINING BOARD ANTICIPATED THAT THE VEHICLE POPULATION WOULD GROW AT A SLOWER RATE THAN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
THE INDUSTRY WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITION OF ABOUT 20 TECHNOLOGISTS, 90 TECHNICIANS AND 1,220 CRAFTSMEN IN EACH YEAR OF THE NEXT DECADE, THE TRAINING BOARD ESTIMATED.
DETAILED STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON THE MANPOWER STRUCTURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN EACH PRINCIPAL JOB AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ROUTES FOR TRAINING TECHNICAL MANPOWER IS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT.
"THE 1990 MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT ON THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY" IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $16 PER COPY.
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BY THIS WAS STATED TODAY (THURSDAY) WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, WHEN ADDRESSING THE LAI YIU ADULT TRAINING CENTRE OF THE HANDICAPPED IN KWAI CHUNG.
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