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FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1981

ASIANS GATHER HERE FOR LABOUR RELATIONS COURSE

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FOURTEEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM COUNTRIES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION WILL ATTEND AN ASIAN REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE IN LABOUR RESEARCH AND STATISTICS AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG ON MONDAY, JULY 6.

THE REPRESENTATIVES ARE MOSTLY SENIOR RESEARCH OFFICERS FROM THE LABOUR MINISTRIES OR DEPARTMENTS OF BANGLADESH, FIJI, INDIA, INDONESIA, NEPAL, PAKISTAN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, THE PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, SRI LANKA AND THAILAND. THEY WILL BE JOINED BY A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN HONG KONG.

THE COURSE, ORGANISED BY THE ASIAN REGIONAL PROJECT FOR STRENGTHENING LABOUR/MANPOWER ADMINISTRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION ÎN COLLABORATION WITH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE OPENED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J.N. HENDERSON, AT 10.30 AM AT THE UNIVERSITY'S Y.C. LIANG HALL.

THE COURSE DIRECTOR, MR MANOLOA ABELLA, ILO EXPERT IN LABOUR ECONOMICS AND LABOUR STUDIES, SAID THAT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING COURSE ARE TO GIVE LABOUR RESEARCH OFFICERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARPEN THE IR KNOWLEDGE OF FUNDAMENTAL METHODS IN STATISTICS AND RESEARCH TO INCREASE THE IR PROFICIENCY IN THE APPLICATION OF THESE METHODS AND TO INSTILL GREATER AWARENESS OF THE POTENTIALS, AS WELL AS THE LIMITATIONS OF RESEARCH AS A TOOL FOR ANALYSIS OF LABOUR POLICY ISSUES.

SPEAKERS OF THE COURSE INCLUDE LECTURERS FROM BOTH UNIVERSITIES IN HONG KONG, ILO EXPERTS IN ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS AND OFFICERS FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

THE COURSE IS SCHEDULED TO RUN FOR TWO WEEKS, ENDING ON JULY 18.

NOTE TO EDITORS

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TRAINING COURSE AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AT 10.30 AM ON MONDAY (JULY 6). TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE LEE GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, AT 9.15 AM THAT DAY. TONY AUYEUNG FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL ASSIST THE MEDIA.

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