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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1976

+IN VIEW OF THE SOPHISTICATION OF THE PRESENT PLAN AND THE RAPID CHANGES OF CIRCUMSTANCE TO WHICH HONG KONG IS USED, AND THE NECESSITY TO KEEP THE PLAN CONSTANTLY UP-TO-DATE AM TOLD THAT MORE FREQUENT AND DETAILED REQUESTS ARE LIKELY TO BE MADE IN THE FUTURE,+ HE SAID.

MR. KINGWELL APPEALED TO INDUSTRY TO BE PATIENT AND TO CONTINUE TO CO-OPERATE BY SUPPLYING ACCURATE INFORMATION.

+ IF THE OPERATION OF THE PLAN IS SUCCESSFUL, HE SAID, +IT WILL ENSURE THAT CONTINUITY OF EFFORT FOR THE PROVISION OF THE RIGHT FORM OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT THE RIGHT TIME AND IN THE RIGHT QUANTITY WILL BE PROVIDED IN HONG KONG.+

NOTE TO EDITORS

COPIES OF THE SPEECHES BY DR. CHUNG AND MR. KINGWELL WILL BE PUT IN G.I.S. PRESS BOXES FOR COLLECTION THIS EVENING.

18 APPOINTED TO PANEL OF ARBITRATORS

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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED 18 HONG KONG RESIDENTS- 16 MEN AND TWO WOMEN TO THE PANEL OF ARBITRATORS CONSTITUTED UNDER SECTION 12 OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS ORDINANCE. AMONG THEM ARE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, EDUCATIONISTS, BARRISTERS, ACCOUNTANTS, A MARINER, A RETIRED BUSINESSMAN AND A HOUSEWIFE.

THEIR APPOINTMENTS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE ARBITRATORS ARE MR. N.P. AUSTIN- MR. S.L. CHEN, J.P.- MR. CHENG KIM-KWONG- MR. T.C. CHENG, 0.B.E., J.P.- MR. T. CLYDESDALE- PROFESSOR D.M.E. EVANS, LLB., B.C.L.- PROFESSOR S.Y. KING, O.B.E. J.P. MR. STEPHEN LEE KI- MR. LEUNG CHI-KIN MRS. LI CHAN SIN-WAH, J.P. MR. HENRY LITTON, Q.C., J.P.- MR. POON WING-CHEUNG CAPTAIN C. STARK- MR. JOHN J. SWAINE, Q.C., J.P.- MRS. TSO WONG_CHIU-YUK- MR. ROBERT W.N. WEI MR. WONG PING AND MR. WONG TING-CHEE.

ANY ONE OF THEM MIGHT BE CALLED UPON TO SIT AS A SOLE, OR A JOINT, ARBITRATOR IN A TRADE DISPUTE IF THE NEED AROSE.

ARBITRATION IS ONE OF A SERIES OF STEPS PROVIDED BY THE LABOUR RELATIONS ORDINANCE FOR RESOLVING TRADE DISPUTES.

WHEN CONCILIATION SERVICES OFFERED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL, ARBITRATION WITH THE CONSENT OF BOTH PARTIES 1S ONE OF THE POSSIBLE PROCEDURES WHICH MIGHT BE FOLLOWED.

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