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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1985

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SIR DAVID VISITS TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY SIR DAVID AXERS-JONES, VISITED THE KOWLOON BAY TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL,

DR FRANCIS Y.H. TIEN THE ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MR H.R. KNIGHT, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MR T.Y. CHUI,

THE COMPLEX PRESENTLY HOUSES FIVE TRAINING CENTRES WITH A CAPACITY TO PROVIDE BASIC OFF-THE-JOB TRAINING TO ABOUT 4 600 TRAINEES A YEAR, RANGING FROM OPERATIVE TO TECHNOLOGIST LEVELS.

A SIXTH CENTRE FOR PRECISION TOOL ING TRAINING WILL BE IN OPERATION IN THE NEW YEAR.

SIR DAVID INSPECTED THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE, THE HOTEL INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE, THE MACHINE SHOP AND THE METAL WORK ING INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE, THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE AND THE PRINTING INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE.

ALL COURSES PROVIDED BY THE CENTRES ARE GEARED TOWARDS THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY, SIR DAVID WAS TOLD.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY ALSO LEARNED THAT TO ENABLE TRAINEES TO JOIN INDUSTRY WITH EASE ALL CENTRES ARE SET UP TO REFLECT REAL-LIFE INDUSTRIAL CONDITION. A PLACEMENT SERVICE IS ALSO PROVIDED BY CENTRE STAFF.

THE COMPLEX, WHICH COSTS $110 MILLION TO BUILD AND EQUIP, IS THE FIRST OF TWO COMPLEXES CONSTRUCTED BY THE COUNCIL. THE OTHER COMPLEX IN KWAI CHUNG HAS SEVEN TRAINING CENTRES.

IMPORTANT ROLE FOR NEW LEGCO MEMBERS

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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE NEWLY-ELECTED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCIES HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN PROVIDING A DIRECT CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT.

HOSTING A DINNER RECEPTION FOR SEVEN NEWLY-ELECTED MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT THE URBAN DISTRICT BOARDS, MR WIGGHAM SAID THEY WILL NOW REPRESENT THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF ADMINISTRATION.

+ IN ADDITION TO TAKING CARE OF DISTRICT AFFAIRS, THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE LOOKING AT PROBLEMS THAT AFFECT HONG KONG AS A WHOLE, HE SAID.

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