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MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1986

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NEW CHAIRMAN APPOINTED

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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MR WONG CHUNG-HIN TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SECURITIES COMMISSION AND COMMODITIES TRADING COMMISSION WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT UNTIL AUGUST 31, 1986.

MR WONG, AGED 52, IS A SENIOR PARTNER IN P.C. WOO AND CO, SOLICITORS. HE HAS SERVED ON THE SECURITIES COMMISSION FROM 1974 TO 1984 AND IS PRESENTLY A MEMEBER OF THE COMMODITIES TRADING COMMISSION TO WHICH HE WAS FIRST APPOINTED IN 1977.

MR WONG IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON COMPANY LAW REFORM AND HAS A DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

MR WONG SUCCEEDS THE LATE MR A. ZIMMERN WHO PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 20, 1985.

LORDS' DEBATE TO BE BROADCAST LIVE

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RTHK'S RADIO 3 WILL BROADCAST LIVE THE HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE ON THE DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER WHICH WILL START AT ABOUT 1.30 AM ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 21) HONG KONG TIME.

EDITORS OF THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA ARE REMINDED THAT THE DEBATE CANNOT BE RECORDED AND RE-BROADCAST BECAUSE OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF RTHK.

ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY NEEDS SKILLED WORKERS ****

THE LOCAL ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY IS GENERALLY MOVING UP-MARKET WITH INCREASED APPLICATION OF MODERN MACHINERY AND THUS REQUIRES A MORE SKILLED WORKFORCE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THIS WAS REFLECTED IN THE FINDINGS OF A SURVEY PUBLISHED BY THE ELECTRICIAL INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, IN WHICH THE NUMBER OF TECHNICAL PERSONNEL AT CRAFT, TECHNICIAN AND TECHNOLOGIST LEVELS IN THE INDUSTRY INCREASED FROM 34 000 IN 1983 TO 36 000 IN 1985.

DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF OPERATIVES AND UNSKILLED WORKERS DROPPED BY ABOUT 2 000 FROM 23 000 TO 21 000.

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