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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1986

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HE SAID: THE SAME WORDS SHOULD, AT THE SAME TIME, HAVE BEE ADDED TO SECTION THREE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT RAILWAY AREA PLANS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT SECTION SHOULD SHOW THE AREA WITHIN WHICH LAND MAY BE RESUMED OR EASEMENTS OR RIGHTS CREATED.

+ IT IS NOW PROPOSED TO AMEND SECTION THREE TO REMEDY THE

OVERSIGHT.→

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

+MUCH ACHIEVED IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORK+

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THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN HONG KONG IN ITS THIRD YEAR OF OPERATION, THE HON S.L. CHEN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

TABLING THE COUNCIL'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1984-85, MR CHEN QUOTED THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, DR FRANCIS TIEN AS SAYING THAT 1984 WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL AND HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT YEAR FOR THE COUNCIL.

HE SAID THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR WAS THE COMPLETION OF THE KOWLOON BAY TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX WITH FIVE TRAINING CENTRES.

THE KWAI CHUNG TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX HOUSING SEVEN CENTRES WAS NEAR COMPLETION AT THE END OF THE REPORTING PERIOD, HE ADDED.

+WITH THE COMPLETION OF THESE MULTI-DISCIPLINE TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEXES, BUILT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY, HONG KONG CAN BE JUSTLY PROUD OF THESE UNIQUE FACILITIES, + MR CHEN SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT ANOTHER MILESTONE WAS THE COMING INTO OPERATION DURING THE YEAR OF THE COUNCIL'S MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE.

+THIS CENTRE HAS THE IMPORTANT TASK OF REMEDYING WEAKNESSES IN MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISORY TRAINING IN HONG KONG PIN-POINTED BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION IN 1979, + HE SAID.

HE ALSO NOTED THAT DURING THE YEAR THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALLOCATED LAND TO THE COUNCIL AT TAI LAM EAST IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO BUILD A PERMANENT SEAMEN'S TRAINING CENTRE TO REPLACE THE TEMPORARY ONE AT LITTLE SAI WAN.

+ THE GOVERNMENT FURTHER APPROVED THE COUNCIL'S PROPOSALS FOR A PRECISION TOOLING TRAINING CENTRE, A GAS INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE AND AN INSURANCE TRAINING CENTRE,+ MR CHEN SAID.

/ON PROGRESS