THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1991
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91 VBP RETURNED TODAY
A GROUP OF 91 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE TODAY (THURSDAY) TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
COMPRISING 37 MEN, 18 WOMEN, 20 BOYS AND 16 GIRLS, THE 46TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
RETURNED
THEY WERE
THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 6,387 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY.
REVISED JOB SPECIFICATIONS MANUAL FOR TEXTILE INDUSTRY ON SALE
THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL HAS PUBLISHED A REVISED AND UPDATED MANUAL OF JOB SPECIFICATIONS AND TRADE TESTS FOR THE PRINCIPAL JOBS IN THE SPINNING BRANCH OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY.
ACCORDING TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRAINING BOARD, MR SUNG ZAI- KUNG, THERE HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS AND CHANGES IN THE SPINNING BRANCH OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN TERMS OF PRODUCTION, QUALITY, JOB REQUIREMENTS AND TRAINING SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST MANUAL IN 1978.
THE REVISED VERSION, INCORPORATING NEW SKILLS AND THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE, COVERED SPECIFICATIONS AND TRADE TESTS FOR EIGHT JOBS AT TECHNOLOGIST LEVEL, SIX JOBS AT TECHNICIAN LEVEL, EIGHT JOBS AT CRAFTSMAN LEVEL AND 26 JOBS AT OPERATIVE LEVEL.
THE MANUAL NOT ONLY SERVED AS GUIDELINES FOR ESTABLISHING SKILLS FOR JOBS IN THE SPINNING BRANCH OF THE INDUSTRY, BUT ALSO SUGGESTED A FRAMEWORK ΤΟ TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS AND TRAINING ORGANISATIONS FOR COURSE PLANNING.
THE
EMPLOYERS COULD MAKE USE OF THE MANUAL IN ASSESSING COMPETENCY OF THEIR WORKERS AND IN DRAWING UP TRAINING PROGRAMMES TO UPDATE AND UPGRADE THEIR EMPLOYEES' SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE,
"JOB SPECIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPAL JOBS IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY" IS AVAILABLE NOW AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $54.50 PER COPY.
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