19
WITH SPECIALISED "IT NEEDS TO PROVIDE ITS PEOPLE EXPERTISE IN TECHNOLOGY, IN MANUFACTURING, IN FINANCIAL LOGISTICS, AND IN ENGLISH," HE SAID.
SKILLS AND SERVICES, IN
HE NOTED THAT TRAINING EMPLOYEES WAS AN INVESTMENT AS AS INVESTING IN PLANT, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS.
CRITICAL
EMPLOYERS SHOULD MR PURVES
"INSTEAD OF REGARDING IT AS A COSTLY LUXURY, CONSIDER TRAINING AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY BUSINESS PLAN," SAID.
WITHOUT A NEVER REALISE ACCEPTABLE EQUIPMENT; NOR WILL WE BE IN A DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN CHINA ON A REGIONAL BASIS,
WELL-TRAINED, WELL-MOTIVATED
RETURNS ON OUR
ΤΟ POSITION
INVESTMENT
MAINTAIN THE
WE WORKFORCE,
WILL IN PLANT AND
CONTINUED
HE ADDED.
RELATIONS
KONG AS
་
HONG IN
IT FOR GRANTED ASPIRATIONS
LABOUR DESCRIBING WHILE "TRADITIONALLY GOOD", MR PURVES SAID "WE CANNOT TAKE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE SO UNLESS WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE OF OUR WORKFORCE.
++
AND
ALSO SPEAKING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TONY HAMMOND, SAID
PARTICIPATION HAD TO PROMOTE BECOME ONE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S GOAL IN ITS EFFORTS HARMONIOUS LABOUR RELATIONS.
A FACILITATOR, OR
LABOUR CONCERNED
"WE SEE OURSELVES NOW MORE AS A 'CATALYST', AN AGENT FOR CHANGE THAN A TRADITIONAL PROTECTOR OF MERELY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
ΤΟ MAKE THE
THE KEY
"WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A CAPACITY BEST USE OF ITS RESOURCES IF PROPER ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO AREAS, HE SAID.
"PRODUCTIVITY MR HAMMOND SAID THE CONFERENCE WITH ITS THEME OF
WAS ONE OF THROUGH STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVED LABOUR RELATIONS"
BRINGING THE WAYS OF
INTO FOCUS SOME AREAS OF CONCERN TO BOTH AND OCCASION FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES, AND OF PROVIDING A VENUE THOSE DIRECTLY
OF MATTERS
MUTUAL
CONCERN.
CENTRE
TO AFFECTED
MEET
600
AND DISCUSS
EXHIBITION BUSINESS
TRADE
THE CONFERENCE HELD AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND
THAN ATTRACTED MORE
EMPLOYERS, PROPRIETORS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES, UNION LEADERS, ACADEMICS AND PROFESSIONALS.
EXECUTIVES,
PERSONNEL
0
/20
Page 20Page 21
20