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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1982

VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS

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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MR FRANCIS TIEN AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NEWLY-CREATED VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL. SEVENTEEN OTHER UNOFFICIALS AND FOUR OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO BEEN APPOINTED.

THE UNOFFICIALS ARE MR ALEX WU, WHO IS ALSO THE COUNCIL'S DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, MR D.R.Y. BLUCK, MR K.C. CHAN, MR S.L. CHEN, DR HO KAM-FAI MR ALLEN LEE, MR PETER LEE, DR KEITH LEGG, MR H.W. MAK, AR S.K. NGÀI, MR G.M. PANG, MISS T. SHAK, ĂN HỌC. TĂNG,

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EN DR DANIEL TSE, MR ́T. WELSH, MR GEOFFREY M.T. YEH AND DR E.C.M. YOUNG.

THE OFFICIALS ARE THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AND THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING,

MR TIEN, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAS BEEN CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL SINCE 1975.

HE IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY AND THE EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES ADVISORY BOARD OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

MR TIEN IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THE COUNCILS OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MR MORRIS MORGAN HAD BEEN APPOINTED AS THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING. HE WILL ALSO BE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, AND UNTIL THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IS ESTABLISHED ON APRIL 1 HE WILL CONTINUE WORK WITHIN THE EDUCATION BRANCH.

MR MORGAN, AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE B1, HAS SERVED IN A NUMBER OF SENIOR POSTS AND HAS WIDE EXPERIENCE IN BOTH THE EDUCATION, LABOUR AND SOCIAL WELFARE FIELDS. HE WAS THE FIRST SECRETARY FOR THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION (1964-5) AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL AT VARIOUS TIMES.

THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE AND COORDINATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE TO MEET THE INCREASING NEEDS OF HONG KONG FOR WELL-TRAINED MANPOWER. IT WILL THEN INSTITUTE AND OPERATE TRAINING SCHEMES AS WELL AS ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ON THE NEW MEASURES REQUIRED.

THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE OVER THE OPERATION OF THE EXISTING TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND WILL ESTABLISH NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES.

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