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LNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1967

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MR CHEN ALSO REPORTED THAT THE CENTRE CONDUCTED 274 CONSULTANCY PROJECTS LAST YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 60 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 300 TRAINING PROGRAMMES WERE ORGANISED FOR 6 500 PARTICIPANTS, OF WHICH OVER 40 PER CENT WERE SPECIALISED TECHNOLOGY COURSES FOR SPECIFIC INDUSTRY SECTORS.

REASONS FOR NON-OCCUPATION OF GOVERNMENT QUARTERS

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECENTLY BEEN ACHIEVING AN ALLOCATION RATE FOR NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS OF 97.7 PER CENT, AND AN ACTUAL OCCUPANCY RATE OF 97.4 PER CENT, IN THE LATTER CASE EXCLUDING QUARTERS UNDER DECORATION OR ALLOCATED TO OFFICERS ABSENT ON SHORT ANNUAL LEAVES, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE HON MARTIN ROWLANDS TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

IN FURTHER REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LYDIA DUNN, MR ROWLANDS SAID THE AVERAGE PERIOD OF NON-OCCUPANCY WAS ABOUT SIX WEEKS.

AS FOR THE REASONS FOR NON-OCCUPANCY, MR ROWLANDS SAID A MINOR ONE WAS THAT THERE WERE SOME OFFICERS WHO RETAINED QUARTERS WHILE ABSENT ON LEAVES LONGER THAN TWO MONTHS.

+THIS IS ONLY A MINOR REASON AS IN THE MAJORITY OF CASES WE ARE ABLE TO FIND TEMPORARY TENANTS, PARTICULARLY FROM AMONG SINGLE OFFICERS.

+ANOTHER MINOR CAUSE OF NON-OCCUPANCY IS THAT SOME QUARTERS ARE NOT WELL LOCATED IN RELATION TO SCHOOLS AND PLACE OF WORK, HE SAID.

THE MAIN REASON FOR NON-OCCUPANCY, HE SAID, WAS THAT IN AN EXPANDING SERVICE OF THE PRESENT SIZE, WHERE THE PROVISION OF QUARTERS IS A CONDITION OF SERVICE FOR MANY OFFICERS, *WE MUST KEEP ABREAST OF OR A LITTLE AHEAD OF DEMAND+.

IN EXPLANATION OF THE OCCUPANCY FIGURES, MR ROWLANDS SAID THERE WERE ALTOGETHER 2 287 NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS AS AT SEPTEMBER 25, 1980.

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