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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1982

SURVEY OF PART-TIME DAY RELEASE COURSES

THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL EDUCATION OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING C.UNCIL IS TO CONDUCT A SURVEY OF THE DEMAND OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE FOR PART-TIME DAY RELEASE COURSES ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE SURVEY ARE TO FIND OUT

(A) THE PART-TIME DAY RELEASE COURSES WHICH EMPLOYERS WOULD LIKE PROVIDED FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES IN THE POLYTECHNIC AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES,

(B) THE LOCATIONS WHERE EMPLOYERS WOULD PREFER SUCH COURSES

TO BE PROVIDED, AND

(C) THE LIKELY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHICH EMPLOYERS WOULD

SPONSOR TO SUCH COURSES.

THE SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN AUGUST 16 AND SEPTEMBER 11, 1982 WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT.

QUESTIONNAIRES FOR THE SURVEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO ABOUT

3 300 EMPLOYERS IN MANUFACTURING, COMMERCE AND SERVICING SECTORS. DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD, SURVEY" INTERVIEWERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL CALL AT THESE EMPLOYERS TO COLLECT THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MR GRAHAM C.H. CHENG, URGED EMPLOYERS TO CO-OPERATE BY PROVIDING THE REQUIRED INFORMATION WHICH WILL HELP THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS TO PLAN THEIR COURSES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EMPLOYERS.

+THE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM THE SURVEY WILL BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYER, + MR CHENG STRESSED.