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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1988

BESIDES LABOUR SHORTAGE,

THE

STUDY

IDENTIFIED A

OF

NUMBER LIMITED NUMBER OF LARGE INSUFFICIENT TRAINING IN URBAN AREAS, HIGH OF TECHNICAL ABSENCE

PROBLEMS FACING THE INDUSTRY, SUCH AS THE PRINTERS,

OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT, SLOWDOWN FACILITIES, SHORTAGE OF INDUSTRIAL PREMISES PAPER COSTS, CONSULTANCY SERVICES.

MACHINE

MANNING

LEVELS

AND

INVESTMENT TRAINING, OVERSEAS

THESE PROBLEMS COULD ONLY BE OVERCOME THROUGH HEAVY IN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, IMPROVED TECHNICAL TRADE PROMOTION AND EMPLOYMENT OF TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY SERVICES.

SEPTEMBER

THE 1987.

PRINTING

IN

INDUSTRY COMPRISED ESTABLISHMENTS, CONSTITUTING 7.1 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.

IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, PRINTING RANKED AS LARGEST INDUSTRY, EMPLOYING 33,702 PERSONS OR 3.9 KONG'S TOTAL INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT.

THERE

WERE 19

AT THE END OF 1987, INTEREST EMPLOYING A TOTAL OF 2,997 PERSONS. INVESTMENT WAS HK$1,246 MILLION.

HONG

3,577 NUMBER

KONG'S SIXTH PER CENT OF HONG

FACTORIES

WITH OVERSEAS THE VALUE OF OVERSEAS

NEW MEMBERSHIP OF ACAN ANNOUNCED

* * * *

THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF

AGAINST COMMITTEE

NARCOTICS NEW MEMBERS TO THE ACTION

(ACAN), SOLE ADVISORY BODY ON ALL POLICY MATTERS RELATING TO THE OF DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE IN HONG KONG.

SIX

THE

ERADICATION

YU-DJA THEY ARE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MRS PEGGY LAM PRI

CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG AND DR EDWARD LEONG CHE-HUNG; MR ROBERT GAFF,

PRESIDENT OF KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE; FATHER FRANCISCO LERDA,

SENIOR LECTURER OF THE HONG KONG CARITAS; MRS EVA KO LI BIK-CHI, A

MR AUGUSTINE NG CHEUK-TAI, A CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG; AND SOCIAL WORK ADMINISTRATOR.

THEIR APPOINTMENTS, EFFECTIVE FROM JANUARY FOR ONE YEAR.

1, 1989, WILL BE

THE GOVERNMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF CHOA AS THE CHAIRMAN OF ACAN FOR TWO YEARS.

ALSO RE-APPOINTED

DR GERALD

AS

ACAN

MEMBERS FOR ONE YEAR

MR ARE THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND THE OF JEFFREY DAY, CHAIRMAN COMMUNITY DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL; AND DR SO SING-CHO, A NEURO-SURGEON.

OF DR

FREDERICK YU SAK-KWONG, CHAIRMAN REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS:

THERE WILL