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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1984

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MR GARNER SAID THAT THE TASK OF ESTABLISHING FRIENDSHIP WITH A PRISONER WAS NOT EASY, AND CALLED FOR PATIENCE, TACT AND ENTHUSIASM.

HE SAID, HOWEVER, THAT THE OUTCOME WAS APPRECIATED AND COULD BE MOST REWARDING.

+PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HELPED A FELLOW HUMAN BEING IN NEED, HE SAID.

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR MATURE CANTONESE-SPEAKING MALES OVER 21 YEARS OLD WHO WISH TO JOIN THE PRISONERS' FRIENDS' ASSOCIATION, MAY APPLY TO THE ASSOCIATION C/O GUARDIAN HOUSE, 11TH FLOOR, 32 01 KWAN ROAD, HONG KONG.

VTC GETS MORE MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS

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THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WAS RECRUITING SPECIALISTS ON MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MR PETER BARRETT, CHAIRMAN OF THE VTC'S COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISORY TRAINING (CMST) SAID TODAY.

FOUR SENIOR ADVISORS, WHO WERE SPECIALISTS IN SUPERVISORY TRAINING, SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING AND STRATEGY, WERE EXPECTED TO JOIN THE CENTRE DIRECTOR, DR R.I. TRICKER BY EARLY NEXT YEAR, MR BARRETT SAID.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE MANAGEMENT TRAINING RESOURCES EXHIBITION AND SEMINAR, MR BARRETT SAID THAT THE CENTRE WOULD BECOME A VERY EFFECTIVE INSTITUTION, CARRYING OUT THE FUNCTIONS OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, CO-ORDINATION AND PROMOTION IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

THE CENTRE WAS ESTABLISHED IN JULY THIS YEAR BY THE VTC, AFTE A SURVEY REPORT CONDUCTED BY THE CMST HAD CONFIRMED THAT INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING FACILITIES FOR MANAGEMENT WERE INADEQUATE IN TERMS OF BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY, MR BARRETT SAID.

THE TWO-DAY MANAGEMENT TRAINING RESOURCES EXHIBITION AND SEMINAR IS THE FIRST PUBLIC FUNCTION UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE AUSPICEJ OF THE CENTRE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EDUCATIONAL FILM SERVICES.

MIDDLE AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR AND EXAMINE THE LATEST MANAGEMENT TRAINING RESOURCES DISPLAYED AT THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE AT 17/F, HARBOUR CENTRE, WAN CHAI, UP TO 6 PM TODAY, AND FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM TOMORROW.