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Employees retraining scheme
Following is a question by the Hon Sin Chung-kai and a written reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Joseph W P Wong, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Regarding the retraining courses offered by the Employees Retraining Board, will the Government inform this Council of:
(a)
the number of workers who have joined the following programmes since the implementation of the Employees Retraining Scheme:
General Retraining Programme
(i)
i.
ii.
(ii)
Courses on Job Search Skills
Job-Specific Skill Courses
iii. General Skills Courses
iv. Skills Upgrading Courses
On-the-job Training Programmes, with a breakdown by industry
(iii) Programmes for the Elderly
(iv) Programmes for Disabled and Industrial Accident Victims
(v)
Other programmes; and
(b)
the contents of each of the above programmes?
Reply:
Mr President,
(a)
Since its establishment in 1992, the Employees Retraining Board has provided a total of 136,149 retraining places under the Retraining Programmes and the On-the-Job Training Programmes as at the end of June 1996. A breakdown of the number of retraining places by type of course is set out below: