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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1985

SURVEY ON MEDIA MANPOWER NEEDS PLANNED

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A SURVEY ON HONG KONG'S MASS MEDIA IS TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE JOURNALISM TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL FOR INFORMATION ON THE MANPOWER NEEDS AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROFESSION.

THE SURVEY, THE THIRD IN THE SERIES, WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 19 AND DECEMBER 2 WITH THE HELP OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MR SHUM CHOI-SANG, SAID THE BOARD WOULD BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON MANPOWER PLANNING AND TRAINING TO THE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THE MASS MEDIA BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY.

QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY NOTES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT TO NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, NEWS AGENCIES, RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS AND CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT INTERVIEWERS WILL BE CALLING AT THE ESTABLISHMENTS TO HELP IN COMPLETING THEM.

MR SHUM STRESSED THAT INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD BE HANDLED IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE AND WOULD ONLY BE PUBLISHED AS STATISTICAL SUMMAR IES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO AN INDIVIDUAL ORGANISATION.

+AS THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL ASSIST THE TRAINING BOARD IN DRAWING UP TRAINING PLANS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE JOURNALISM SECTOR, EMPLOYERS COVERED IN THE SURVEY ARE REQUESTED TO OFFER THE IR FULL COOPERATION, HE ADDED.

EYE-CARE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED FOR THE ELDERLY

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ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF YAU MA TEI WILL BENEFIT FROM A MAJOR CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE EYE CARE TO BE LAUNCHED NEXT WEEK.

THE TWO-WEEK CAMPAIGN WILL COMPRISE EXHIBITIONS, FREE EYE CHECK-UPS AND TALKS TO EDUCATE THE ELDERLY ON EYE CARE.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR SO CHUNG-PING SAID THE AIM OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS TO EDUCATE THE 20 000 ELDERLY RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT ON THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF EYE CARE AND TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF EYE DISEASES.

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