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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,

20, 1985

+AS YOU KNOW, THE UMELCO RECEIVE QUITE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. THEY HAVE ALREADY A VERY GOOD COMPLAINT SYSTEM AND THEY HAVE A BASIS ON WHICH THEY CAN APPEAL.

+THERE ARE OTHER CHANNELS THROUGH WHICH PEOPLE CAN APPEAL TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND MANY PEOPLE OF COURSE APPEAL TO ME.

+WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS LOOK AT THE WHOLE RANGE AND TRY TO COME OUT WITH A SENSIBLE PATTERN AT THE END OF THE DAY.+

ASKED WHY A REVIEW WAS NEEDED, THE GOVERNOR SAID: +THE PRESENT UMELCO SYSTEM DOES WORK VERY WELL, BUT LIFE IS CHANGING AND WHENEVER A LIFE CHANGES, AND HONG KONG IS CHANGING OF COURSE, THE AMOUNT OF ADMINISTRATION WHICH GOES ON AND THE WAY IN WHICH IT AFFECTS PEOPLE'S LIVES IS CHANGING, SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT THE SYSTEM.

+OF COURSE WE REVIEW QUITE A LARGE NUMBER OF THINGS ALL THE TIME IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PLACE EFFICIENT AND VERY IMPORTANT, RESPONSIVE TO THE WISHES AND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE PEOPLE DO WANT TO GET THEIR VIEWS KNOWN AND THEY DO WANT TO HAVE THE IR COMPLAINTS HEARD.

+WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS SET UP A SYSTEM OR RATHER TO CONTINUE A SYSTEM WHICH WILL ENABLE THAT TO BE DONE.+

ASKED WHETHER THE NCNA WAS INVOLVED IN THE EXERCISE, SIR EDWARD SAID THE NONA WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY WAY.

ASKED WHETHER COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT WERE INCREASING, HE SAID: THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON MY DESK HAS NOT INCREASED.+

GOVERNOR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING *****

THE GOVERNMENT SHARED THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S BELIEF THAT VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAS AS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AS GENERAL EDUCATION, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

THAT WAS WHY THE GOVERNMENT HAD ACCEPTED ITS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN EXPANSION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FORM OF ONE-YEAR FULL TIME BASIC CRAFT COURSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND TRAINING CENTRES.

SIR EDWARD WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE KOWLOON BAY TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX, THE FIRST OF THE TWO MAJOR TRAINING CENTRES TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.

/HE SAID