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Tuesday, December 19, 1972

NEW INDUSTRIAL TRAINING COUNCIL COMES INTO BEING

The Commissioner of Labour, Mr. Paul K.C. Tsui, announced today

that the Government had accepted the recommendation of the Industrial

Training Advisory Committee, contained in its final report, that the I.T.A.C.

should be replaced by the Hong Kong Training Council.

today.

Mr. Tsui made the announcement at the final meeting of the I.T.A.C.

In the first instance, the Training Council will be created by

administrative arrangement and the question of statutory powers will be

further examined.

The Training Council and its committees will be serviced by a get-

*The to-be expanded Industrial Training Division in the Labour Department. expansion, is of course, subject to the approval by the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council of the financial implications," a Labour Department

spokesman said.

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