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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1988
WORKERS WOULD CONTINUE WITH THE EXPORT-LED GROWTH, COMPETITIVE HONG
THE BOARD FORECAST THAT THE NUMBER OF TO RISE IN COMING YEARS TO CORRESPOND WHICH WOULD BE SUSTAINED IN THE YEARS AHEAD BY THE KONG DOLLAR AND BY IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCT OF THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE.
QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY
SURVEY
NEVERTHELESS, THE 2,100 VACANCIES RECORDED IN THE MARCH SHOWED THAT THE INDUSTRY HAS EXPERIENCED A LABOUR SHORTAGE PROBLEM.
THE
BOARD NOTED THE SHORTAGE
WOULD
REMAIN
UNLESS LOCAL
PRINTERS MAKE SERIOUS EFFORTS TO TRAIN FOR THEIR MANPOWER NEEDS.
IT ESTIMATED THAT
PRINTERS
SHOULD
TECHNICIANS AND 830
CRAFTSMEN
A
YEAR
TRAIN IN ORDER
AN
TO
ADDITIONAL
MEET
240 MANPOWER
REQUIREMENTS.
THE REPORT CONTAINS FURTHER
DETAILED
MANPOWER STATISTICS
ON
THE PRINTING
INDUSTRY AND
PUBLICATIONS CENTRE,
GPO
IS BUILDING,
NOW
AVAILABLE
CONNAUGHT
AT PLACE,
THE
GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL,
AT
$10.50 A COPY.
SUBURBAN PLAN NEEDED FOR NORTH AND WEST NEW TERRITORIES
WEST
INTO
SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, TODAY MADE A PLEA FOR PROPER SUBURBAN PLANNING FOR THE NORTH AND
PREVENT THOSE AREAS PLAINS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TO IRREVERSIBLE SLUMS.
MEETING
TURNING
KONG
OF THE HONG
HOUSING ON THE EAST AND AS A RESULT CONTAINS
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON DEPARTMENT ARCHITECTS ASSOCIATION, HE SAID THAT SHA TIN WAS NICELY SURROUNDED BY HILLS AND WATER VERY FEW BLEMISHES.
WEST NEW
THE
CAR
ESTATES
FOR THE NORTH AND BUT THE SAME COULD NOT BE SAID TERRITORIES "WHERE THE OUTCOME OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FORCES OVER PAST 40 YEARS HAS MEANT THAT OUR BRAVE NEW TOWNS AND HOUSING LOOK OUT OVER AGRICULTURAL WASTELAND AND A GROWING SPREAD OF USED DUMPS.
"A LOOK AT AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF ANY OF THESE AREAS, VIEW OF THE PAT HEUNG PLAIN FROM TWISK WILL SHOW YOU ONLY TOO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST 30 YEARS AND IS NOW TAKING PLACE ACCELERATING RATE.
OR THE CLEARLY
AT
AN
/WE HAVE
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