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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985

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IS CHANGE IN THE CHARACTER OF HONG KONG TRADE UNIONISM

REFLECTED THE INCREASING POLITICAL SOPHISTICATION

ELY OF HONG KONG CITIZENS, AT THE SAME TIME, THE GOVERNMENT PEF ACTIVE IN SEEKING TO PROMOTE BETTER RELATIONS BETWEEN DUNK AND MANAGEMENT IN BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS,

CNDERSON SAID.

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..E SAID THAT EFFORTS WERE BEING MADE TO PROMOTE TRADE UNION

WORKERS' EDUCATION, CIVIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN

L RELATIONS,

SATISFACTORY BEGINNING HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE IN TRADE UNION TION, OR EDUCATION UNDERTAKEN BY THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT RADE UNIONISTS.

THE TWO MAIN UNION GROUPINGS WERE LAYING STRESS ON EDUCATIONAL IES, AND, A LARGE GROUP OF POLITICALLY MORE NEUTRAL UNIONS ECENTLY ESTABLISHED A HONG KONG TRADE UNION EDUCATION CENTRE.

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MIS EMPHASIS ON TRADE UNION EDUCATION HAS BEEN SUPPORTED

ACADEMICS AND BY THE REGISTRY OF TRADE UNIONS, HE SAID.

ONKERS' EDUCATION WAS THE PROCESS OF KEEPING WORKERS IN **H SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS, TO ENCOURAGE A

E ATTITUDE OF MIND TOWARDS THEIR EMPLOYMENT. THE GOVERNMENT'S EDUCATION PROGRAMMES AND THE PROGRAMMES ORGANISED BY THE

ic, ARTMENTS OF EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITIES

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NICS AND OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION BODIES SOUGHT TO PROVIDE TAD OF EDUCATION. THOUGH MUCH WAS ALSO BEING DONE WITHIN ADE UNION MOVEMENT.

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IS IS AN AREA IN WHICH CONTINUED PROGRESS MUST BE MADE,

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TRAINING FOR TRADE UNIONISTS AND MEMBERS VE MANAGEMENT, HE SAID, WAS BEING PROVIDED BY A NUMBER OF

ISATIONS, INCLUDING THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, WO UNIVERSITIES, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE LABOUR ENT, THROUGH THE ORGANISATION OF SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, NCES, EXHIBITIONS, AND CERTIFICATE COURSES.

!! EXPECT TO SEE RATHER MORE OF THIS KIND OF TRAINING IN

WITH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES BECOMING MORE INVOLVED IN THE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAINING ACTIVITIES, BOTH FORMAL AND MAL, HE SAID.

UNION EDUCATION, WORKERS' EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL ION TRAINING ALSO FORMED PART OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, THE FOURTH ASPECT OF THIS AREA OF

ATION.

ITS PURPOSE IS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS TO UNDERSTAND THE EXITY OF SOCIETY AND THEIR OWN ROLE IN IT, AND TO ASSESS WE LIGHT OF THEIR OWN TALENTS AND ASPIRATIONS HOW BEST THEY "C" CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY, MA HENDERSON SAID.