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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1988

MORE THAN

TWICE THE NUMBER OBSERVATION THAT RATHER

THE 30,000 REPORTED VACANCIES REPORTED IN THE 1985 SURVEY - CONFIRMED THE BOARD'S THE MANPOWER DECLINE WAS MAINLY THE RESULT OF LABOUR SHORTAGE, THAN A SET-BACK IN BUSINESS.

IN THE SURVEY, EMPLOYERS ALSO FORECAST THAT THE INDUSTRY NEED A WORKFORCE OF 291,000 IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.

WOULD

THE INDUSTRY MIGHT HAVE THE HOWEVER, YEAR.

WORKERS IN THE

IN VIEW OF THE LABOUR SHORTAGE,

FIGURE WITHIN A THIS DIFFICULTY IN ACHIEVING

SKILLED FOR FORECAST ILLUSTRATED THE URGENT DEMAND INDUSTRY, THE BOARD SAID.

UNLESS THERE

WERE

DRASTIC

CHANGES IN

WORLDWIDE OF PROTECTIONISM IMPOSED SITUATIONS AND FURTHER MEASURES

WAS

THAT THE CONFIDENT COUNTRIES, THE BOARD IMPORTING INDUSTRY WOULD MAINTAIN A STEADY GROWTH IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

ECONOMIC BY MAJOR CLOTHING

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A

THE BOARD RECOMMENDED THAT EMPLOYERS SHOULD TRAIN AT LEAST TECHNOLOGISTS, 930 TECHNICIANS, 410 CRAFTSMEN AND 15,000 OPERATIVES

OF WELL-TRAINED TECHNICAL YEAR IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A STEADY SUPPLY PERSONNEL UP TO 1993.

THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY IS THE 1987 MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT OF PUBLISHED AND IS ON NOW SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CENTRAL, AT $16 A COPY.

HK STUDENTS WIN PRIZES IN ESSAY COMPETITION

*

GROUP OF THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, HAS PRAISED A

THEIR RESOUNDING SUCCESS IN THE STUDENTS FOR

ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY ESSAY COMPETITION HELD EARLY THIS YEAR.

HONG KONG STUDENTS WON 14 AWARDS FROM THEIR 22 ENTRIES COMMONWEALTH ESSAY CONTEST.

IN

THE

A

SPECIAL

THE AWARDS INCLUDED A SECOND PRIZE, A THIRD PRIZE, COMMENDATION, FOUR HIGH COMMENDATIONS AND SEVEN COMMENDATIONS.

/A RECEPTION