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MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1983

ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY MANPOWER SURVEY STARTS

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FIELD WORK FOR A SURVEY TO ASCERTAIN THE MANPOWER AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY WILL START TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

THIS IS A BIENNIAL SURVEY, ORGANISED BY THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AND ASSISTED BY THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT,

QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY NOTES WERE SENT OUT TWO WEEKS AGO TO THE SELECTED ESTABLISHMENTS COVERED IN THE SURVEY.

EMPLOYERS ARE BEING ASKED TO SUPPLY INFORMATION ON THE

TRAINING FACILITIES NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, EXISTING VACANCIES,

AND A FORECAST OF MANPOWER DEMAND IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

INTERVIEWERS FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS TO COLLECT THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES AND TO HELP IN ANSWERING THEM.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL STRESSED THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

AS THE SURVEY IS IMPORTANT IN FORMULATING MANPOWER TRAINING PLANS, THE SPOKESMAN APPEALED TO THESE ESTABLISHMENTS FOR COOPERATION,

THE SURVEY WILL END ON MARCH 21.

CHANGES IN EARLY ROAD TESTS

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL CEASE TO OFFER EARLY ROAD TEST APPOINTMENTS TO CANDIDATES WHO HAVE COMPLETED ITS INDOOR DRIVING INSTRUCTION COURSES AT PUI CHING ROAD AS FROM APRIL 1, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

THIS ALSO APPLIES TO STUDENTS ATTENDING COURSES AT THE HONG KONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.

HOWEVER, LEARNER DRIVERS WHO HAVE COMPLETED COURSES GIVEN BY THE HONG KONG SCHOOL OF MOTORING LIMITED AT WONG CHUK HANG WILL BE GRANTED EARLY PART 'E' AND PART 'C' DRIVING TESTS.

/THE EASIC