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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990
WHICH THE
"PRELIMINARY WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN ON ITS FIFTH REPORT,
OF TEACHERS, WILL
WITH THE FUTURE DEMAND FOR AND SUPPLY DEAL DELIVERY OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICES, AND THE FUTURE OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION.
TAKE "IN THE COURSE OF ITS DELIBERATIONS, THE COMMISSION WILL INTO ACCOUNT THE POINTS THAT HONOURABLE MEMBERS HAVE MADE IN THIS DEBATE FOR IMPROVING TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND FOR RAISING THE MORALE OF OUR TEACHERS," MR YEUNG SAID.
GOVERNMENT TARGETS AT RESPONSIVE AND FLEXIBLE
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES
VOCATIONAL THE GOVERNMENT HAS IN RECENT YEARS APPOINTED TO THE
AND ALL (VTC)
ITS TRAINING BOARDS WORKER TRAINING COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES FROM HONG KONG'S LEADING INDUSTRIES.
THIS IS
VTCIS TECHNICAL
ENSURE THAT THE TO
EDUCATION AND. TRAINING PROGRAMMES INDUSTRIAL
ARE SUFFICIENTLY RESPONSIVE AND FROM SECTORAL FLEXIBLE TO MEET ANY RE-TRAINING NEEDS THAT MAY ARISE UNEMPLOYMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON YEUNG, SAID.
HE WAS SPEAKING DURING THE RESUMED POLICY ADDRESS TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
YEUNG MR
WORKERS, WELL.
FOR
K.Y.
DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S
SAID THE PRESENT SCHEME FOR EXAMPLE, WAS SET UP IN THREE MONTHS,
RE-TRAINING
WAS AND
IVORY WORKING
AT THE
SAID SYSTEM THAT OF EXPENSE
NOTING THAT A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, IN HIS SPEECH, GOVERNMENT APPEARED DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO CREATING A OVERLY BIASED
THE WAS
VOCATIONAL
TOWARDS TERTIARY EDUCATION,
TRAINING, MR YEUNG SAID:
**I AM AFRAID I CANNOT AGREE. WE ARE NOT PUTTING ALL OUR IN THE TERTIARY EDUCATION BASKET.
EGGS
HE
POINTED OUT THAT IN RECENT YEARS, THE NEED TO
HAD OF HONG KONG'S VOCATIONAL TRAINING LEVEL
BECOME IMPORTANT AND THIS NEED WOULD BE MET IN THREE WAYS,
UPGRADE THE INCREASINGLY
"FIRST,
THE TRANSFER OF HIGHER DIPLOMA WORK FROM TO POLYTECHNICS
THE VTC WILL NOT ONLY CREATE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IN THE POLYTECHNICS BUT, EQUALLY IMPORTANT, WILL ENABLE VTC TO TRAIN SENIOR TECHNICIANS.
THE
DEGREE THE
"THIS WILL ACCOUNT FOR 40 PER CENT OF TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON EXPANDING TERTIARY EDUCATION, HE SAID.
/SECONDLY