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香港政府

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GIS 新聞處

MONDAY, MAY 5, 1975.

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

THIRD MANPOWER-SURVEY OF THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY

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A MAJOR SURVEY OF HONG KONG'S ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY WILL BE CARRIED OUT BETUEEN HAY 5 TO MAY 23, 1975 TO COLLECT UP-TO-DATE DATA OH TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.

THE SURVEY, THE THIRD IN THE SERIES, WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY LETTERS IN DOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE WERE SENT TWO WEEKS AGO TO ALL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY.

THE INFORMATION WHICH EMPLOYERS ARE REQUESTED TO SUPPLY INCLUDES:

THE NUMBER OF WORKERS PRESENTLY EMPLOYED.

THE NUMBER OF WORKERS PRESENTLY UNDER TRAINING.

THE NUMBER OF EXISTING VACANCIES.

A FORECAST OF THE NUMBER OF WORKERS REQUIRED BY MAY 1976.

DURING THE SURVEY, SURVEY INTERVIEWING OFFICERS OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT EACH OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS CONCERNED AND HELP EMPLOYERS TO COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE.

THE SECRETARY OF THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD, MR. P.F. MAK, SAID THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD DE HÅNDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WOULD BE PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENT.

HE SAID THE SECOND SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN DECEMBER 1972 IN WHICH ALL THE ESTABLISHMENTS SURVEYED WILLINGLY SUPPLIED THE INFORMATION REQUIRED.

+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT THE COMING SURVEY WILL BE EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL+ HE SAID.

THE INFORMATION OBTAINED IN 1972 WAS COMPILED AND ANALYSED AND THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED. SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE ALREADY DEEN IMPLEMENTED.

*IN VIEW OF THE MANY CHANGES SINCE THE LAST SURVEY, THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD CONSIDERS IT NECESSARY TO CONDUCT ANOTHER SURVEY TO OBTAIN UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION'01 NEW TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, + HE SAID.

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