WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1982
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NEED FOR WELL-TRAINED WORKFORCE STRESSED
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THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION THE HON KENNETH TOPLEY, IN WINDING UP THE DEBATE ON THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL BILL 1982, SAID HONG KONG'S CONTINUED PROSPERITY DEPENDS ON A COMBINATION OF MANY FACTORS.
BUT AN EDUCATED AND WELL-TRAINED WORKFORCE IS NOT THE LEAST IMPORTANT AMONG THEM, HE ADDED,
HE AGREED THAT IN SOCIAL TERMS IT IS RIGHT THAT TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BE DEVELOPED TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
IN HIS SPEECH, MR TOPLEY ALSO REFERRED TO AN AMENDMENT WHICH HE WOULD BE PROPOSING AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE THAT CLAUSE 10 OF THE BILL BE DELETED.
AS DRAFT, HE SAID, THE CLAUSE WOULD REQUIRE THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL TO DISCHARGE ITS FUNCTIONS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.
+THUS, THE CLAUSE ATTEMPTED TO ESTABLISH A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENT.
+HOWEVER, THE FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL ARE SPECIFIED IN CONSIDERABLE DETAIL IN CLAUSE 6 AND ARE INTENDED TO GIVE THE COUNCIL A CONSIDERABLE DEGREE OF AUTONOMY.
+HOWEVER, WHEN TAKEN TOGETHER, CLAUSE 6 AND 10 WOULD SEEM TO THWART THIS INTENTION AND TO FETTER THE COUNCIL TO AN UNACCEPTABLE EXTENT IN FACT, TAKING AWAY FROM THE COUNCIL THE VERY INDEPENDENCE WHICH THE BILL STRIVES TO CREATE.+
MR TOPLEY SAID IT HAD BECOME APPARENT THAT CLAUSE 10 SERVED NO FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE AND COULD EASILY BE OMITTED.
THE LINK BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL BE SUFFICIENT, HE ADDED.
VIABLE FRAMEWORK FOR ARBITRATIONS
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JOHN GRIFFITHS TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY' (WEDNESDAY) THAT IF THE ARBITRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1982 IS ENACTED AND PASSED INTO LAW, IT WILL PROVIDE A SATISFACTORY AND VIABLE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ARBITRATIONS.
IN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WILL HELP ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING SUITABLE FACILITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION BY WAY OF PUBLICITY.
/HOWEVER, IT
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