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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1985

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JEWELLERY WORKFORCE BEING STUDIED

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THE JEWELLERY INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT THE SECOND BIENNIAL MANPOWER SURVEY FROM MAY 21 TO MAY 28.

THE SURVEY WILL COVER ALL JEWELLERY MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH EMPLOY SKILLED WORKERS FOR CUTTING AND SETTING PRECIOUS STONES, AND MAKING GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY.

INFORMATION COLLECTED IN THE SURVEY WILL BE VITAL FOR THE TRAINING BOARD TO FORMULATE PLANS TO MEET MANPOWER DEMANDS.

EMPLOYERS ARE URGED TO CO-OPERATE BY PROVIDING ACCURATE INFORMATION.

QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY NOTES HAVE BEEN SENT TO ALL THE ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE INDUSTRY. INTERVIEWERS FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL CALL ON THEM TO HELP COMPLETE THE FORMS.

EMPLOYERS ARE ASSURED THAT ALL DATA WILL BE KEPT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND RELEASED IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENT.

RECREATION GROUND OPENING

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THE DIRECTOR OF REGION AL SERVICES, MR TONY HAMMOND, AND A MEMBER OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR WAI HON-LEUNG, WILL JOINTLY OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF THE TSANG TAI UK RECREATION GROUND IN SHA TIN TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

THE $13-MILLION RECREATION GROUND, BUILT ON A 2.47-HECTARE SITE, IS NEXT TO THE HISTORIC TSANG TAI UK. IT CONSISTS OF, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AN ARTIFICIAL TURFED SOCCER PITCH, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE THE DISTRICT OFFICER (SHA TIN), MR LAM WOON-KWONG THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD, MR NG CHAN-LAM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAÚ HON-KIT, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN SPORTS ASSOCIATION, MR LEE KWONG.

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