XN000022-1981-05-18 — Page 2

MONDAY, MAY 18, 1981

SURVEY OF ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY TO BE HELD

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A MAJOR SURVEY OF HONG KONG'S ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY WILL BE CARRIED OUT NEXT MONTH TO COLLECT UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.

THE SURVEY, THE SIXTH OF ITS KIND, WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL FROM JUNE 1 TO 22 WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LABOUR AND CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENTS.

QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY LETTERS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE ARE BEING SENT OUT TODAY (MONDAY) TO ESTABLISHMENTS SELECTED BY RANDOM STRATIFIED SAMPLING.

EMPLOYERS ARE ASKED TO SUPPLY VARIOUS INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF WORKERS AT PRESENT EMPLOYED OR UNDER TRAINING, THE NUMBER OF EXISTING VACANCIES AND A FORECAST OF THE NUMBER OF WORKERS REQUIRED IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

OFFICERS OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT THE ESTABLISHMENTS AND HELP EMPLOYERS TO COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD, MR WARNER S.Y. YEH, SAID THE SURVEY WAS NEEDED IN VIEW OF THE MANY CHANGES SINCE THE ONE CONDUCTED TWO YEARS AGO.

MR YEH STRESSED THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WOULD BE PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENT.

+AS THE INFORMATION TO BE COLLECTED FROM THIS SURVEY IS OF IMPORTANCE IN FORMULATING TRAINING PLANS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INDUSTRY, THE CO-OPERATION OF THOSE COVERED IN THE SURVEY IS SINCERELY SOUGHT, HE ADDED.

TRANSPORT LICENSING SUB-OFFICE OPENED FOR

EAST KOWLOON AND SAI KUNG AREAS ****

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) OPENED A NEW LICENSING SUB-OFFICE TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF THE 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN EAST KOWLOON AND THE SA KUNG DISTRICTS.

THE SUB-OFFICE, LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF 26-38 HIU KWONG STREET, KWUN TONG, WILL HELP RELIEVE PRESSURE AT BOTH THE MURRAY ROAD LICENSING OFFICE ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE DUNDAS STREET LICENSING OFFICE IN KOWLOON.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR ALAN ARMSTRONG-WRIGHT, SAID THE KWUN TONG SUB-OFFICE WAS THE FIRST OF A NUMBER OF REGIONAL LICENSING OFFICES TO BE SET UP BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.

+OFFICES ARE ALREADY PLANNED FOR TSUEN WAN AND SHA TIN, AND OTHERS WILL FOLLOW, HE SAID.

/THE OPENING