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"IN THE LONGER TERM, WE ARE CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF USING AUTOMATIC INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEMS ON EXPRESSWAYS TO GIVE MOTORISTS ADVANCE WARNING OF TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS AND CONGESTION," HE SAID.
TURNING TO ROAD SAFETY, MR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE ACCIDENT RATE HAD FALLEN FROM 3.6 PER MILLION VEHICLE KILOMETRES ΤΟ 1.8. THE CASUALTY RATE REDUCED FROM 4.7 PER MILLION VEHICLE KILOMETRES TO 2.4.
"VARIOUS MEASURES ARE BEING EXAMINED TO FURTHER IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY, PARTICULARLY THE NEED TO TIGHTEN CONTROL ON THE OVERLOADING OF GOODS VEHICLES," HE SAID.
MANPOWER TRAINING, SUPPLY NEEDS BEING MET
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DEVELOPMENTS IN MANPOWER TRAINING AND MANPOWER SUPPLY, TO MERT GROWING AND CHANGING NEEDS, WERE OUTLINED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY {WEDNESDAY).
ON MANPOWER TRAINING, MR CHAN SAID ONE MAJOR CONSEQUENCE OF THE TERTIARY EDUCATION EXPANSION PROGRAMME WAS THE TRANSFER FROM THE POLYTECHNICS TO THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL OF MOST SUB-DEGREE WORK AT DIPLOMA AND HIGHER DIPLOMA LEVEL.
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A NEW TECHNICAL COLLEGE WAS BEING BUILT AT TSING YI TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO 3,400 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT PLACES FROM 1993. CHAI WAN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WAS ALSO BEING CONVERTED INTO A TECHNICAL COLLEGE WITH A SIMILAR CAPACITY.
HE SAID THE REMAINING SEVEN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WERE BEING MODIFIED AND EXPANDED TO ACCOMMODATE COURSES DISPLACED FROM CHAI
WAN, AND A NEW INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX AT POKFULAM WOULD ACCOMMODATE CRAFT COURSES DISPLACED FROM THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
"THESE PROJECTS WILL AUGMENT A VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMME THAT HAS UNDERGONE IMPRESSIVE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST NINE YEARS. THAT PERIOD HAS SEEN RAPID STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE ECONOMY AND A CONSEQUENT NEED FOR CHANGED EMPHASES IN THE TRAINING PROGRAMME.
"FOR EXAMPLE, THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BY SETTING UP, UNDER THE VTC, SPECIAL SCHEMES FOR TRAINING IN THE DESIGN OF APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND IN PRECISION SHEET METAL TECHNOLOGY; AND FOR HELPING ENGINEERING GRADUATES MEET THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF THE IR PROFESSIONAL BODIES.
"WE WILL SOON BE LAUNCHING A NEW TECHNOLOGY TRAINING SCHEME, WHICH WILL PROVIDE MATCHING GRANTS TO HELP MANAGERS AND TECHNOLOGISTS ACQUIRE NEW TECHNOLOGIES USEFUL TO THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR INDUSTRIES, HE SAID.
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