(B)
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WELNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1994
UNDER
BUILT
CONTINUOUS
INTO THE CONDUCTED AND COST FUNDING
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCHEME IS MONITORING. A REVIEW MECHANISM IS COURSE APPROVAL SYSTEM WHEREBY A REVIEW IS ON THE COURSE CURRICULUM, EMPLOYMENT RATE, EFFECTIVENESS WHENEVER A TRAINING BODY SEEKS
TO REPEAT A FROM THE EMPLOYEES RETRAINING BOARD
REGULAR COURSE. TRAINING BODIES ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO
AS REVIEW ON THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR COURSES
THIS MAKES THE THEY ARE FUNDED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
CHANGING MARKET TRAINING BODIES MORE RESPONSIVE TO NEEDS AND TO COMPETITIVE PRICING FROM NEW COMERS.
THE ACTIVE WITH AN AVERAGE PLACEMENT RATE OF 70% OF JOB SEEKERS, THE CURRENT PLACEMENT ARRANGEMENT HAS
THE TRAINING BODIES THE WHOLE FUNCTIONED SMOOTHLY.
TO PROVIDE THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE
RETRAINEES WHO PLACEMENT DIFFICULTIES IN FINDING JOBS.
AND
SERVICES
FOR
HAVE
SERVICES AVAILABLE TO IMPROVE LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY
WRITTEN
IP,
FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON HUANG CHEN-YA AND A REPLY BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MRS REGINA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
QUESTION: WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL :
ANSWER
(A)
OF
THE FOLLOWING
PRODUCTIVITY
THE OF
IN THE INDUSTRIES
LABOUR TERRITORY
FORCE
:
WATCHES AND CLOCKS, ELECTRONICS, RETAILING, HOTELS, CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSPORT;
IN THE TEXTILES, BANKING,
(B)
(C)
INDUSTRIES
HOW DOES THE LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY OF THESE IN THE TERRITORY COMPARE WITH THAT IN MEMBER COUNTRIES
FOR OF THE ORGANIZATION
ECONOMIC COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA, EUROPE AND AMERICA; AND
TO THERE
IMPROVE WHETHER
IS ANY SPECIFIC PLAN PRODUCTIVITY OF THESE INDUSTRIES IN THE TERRITORY?
AND
THE
TO ACCORDING
LABOUR (1992),
AS FOLLOWS: ELECTRONICS BANKING
THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATA PRODUCTIVITY IN TERMS OF PER CAPITA VALUE ADDED WAS
(HK$197,000), TEXTILES (HK$166,000), WATCHES AND CLOCKS
RETAILING (HK$241,000),
(HK$233,000), (HK$125,000), HOTELS (HK$720,000), CONSTRUCTION (HK$196,000) AND TRANSPORT (HK$246,000).
/THESE FIGURES