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SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1983

WELFARE PREMISES RESERVED FOR NURSERIES

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MORE THAN 2 400 SQUARE METRES OF PREMISES ARE BEING RESERVED FOR THE SETTING UP OF NURSERIES.

VOLUNTARY AGENCIES ARE BEING INVITED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR THE PREMISES, WHICH ARE LOCATED IN FIVE HOUSING ESTATES AND ONE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME DUE FOR COMPLETION OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

THESE ESTATES WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR SOME 160 000 PEOPLE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY), +TO BE IN LINE WITH THE FIVE YEAR PLAN ON SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENT AND TO ENABLE MORE REALISTIC PLANNING, ONLY THOSE PREMISES WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE JULY 1988 ARE INCLUDED.+

A LIST OF THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SENT TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES. THE PREMISES, RANGING IN AREA FROM 320 TO 550 SQUARE METRES, WILL BE IN ESTATES PLANNED FOR SHA TIN, JUNK BAY, TUEN MUN, TAI PO AND TSING YI.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT APPLICATIONS FOR THE PREMISES SHOULD REACH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE, 19TH FLOOR, 280 GLOUCESTER ROAD, BY SEPTEMBER 8, 1983.

HE URGED INTERESTED AGENCIES TO APPLY AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS FOR WELFARE PREMISES, HE SAID, WERE NOT AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLED TO SUBVENTIONS OR LOTTERIES FUND GRANTS.

+SEPARATE APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE MADE IN DUE COURSE AND EACH CASE WILL BE CONSIDERED ON ITS MERITS,+ HE ADDED.

CHANGE IN SHIPBUILDING MANPOWER STRUCTURE

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THE SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP-REPAIR INDUSTRY'S TECHNICAL MANPOWER STRUCTURE HAS CHANGED WITH THE EMERGING NEED FOR HIGH-GRADE WELDERS AND METALLURGICAL TECHNICIANS.

THIS CHANGE IS AMONG THE FINDINGS CONTAINED IN THE INDUSTRY'S 1982 MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT JUST PUBLISHED.

ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE CHANGE WAS DUE TO THE SECURING

OF CONTRACTS RELATED TO THE OFF-SHORE OIL INDUSTRY.

THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN SEPTEMBER 1982 BY THE SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP-REPAIR INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.

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