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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1989

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CONCERNING THE KIND OF MEASURES WHICH WOULD BEST ENABLE KONG'S MANPOWER TO ABSORB AND ADAPT THESE TECHNOLOGIES, MR YEUNG THERE WERE MANY WHO WOULD LIKE THE GOVERNMENT TO EMULATE TERRITORY'S ASIAN NEIGHBOURS BY CREATING AT GREAT EXPENSE A SERIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENTS.

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"I DO NOT THINK THERE IS AN 'IDEAL' REGIONAL MODEL, HE

STRESSED.

IN SEEKING A FORM OF TRAINING THAT WOULD WORK IN HONG KONG, MUST HAVE REGARD TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS, MR YEUNG SAID.

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SET SOMEWHAT INVESTMENT, THEY WERE IN MAKING INVESTMENT SPECIFIC KINDS OF

HE POINTED OUT THAT WHILE MANY OF OUR BUSINESSES SHORT-TERM HORIZONS IN THEIR APPROACH TOWARDS MORE CAPABLE THAN THE GOVERNMENT COULD EVER BE DECISIONS, INCLUDING THE SELECTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY THEY WISHED TO MASTER.

PRECISELY BECAUSE MANY OF OUR BUSINESSES WERE SMALL THEY TENDED TO LACK THE CAPABILITY FOR SUSTAINED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, THUS REQUIRING HELP IN FINDING SOURCES OF BENEFICIAL AND APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY, HE SAID.

WE WERE ALSO CONCERNED WITH TECHNOLOGIES THAT WERE NOT YET BEING EXTENSIVELY APPLIED IN HONG KONG BUT WERE BEING USED SUCCESSFULLY ELSEWHERE, MR YEUNG ADDED.

"TAKING THESE THREE BASIC CONSIDERATIONS INTO ACCOUNT, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT A TRAINING SCHEME THAT WOULD WORK IN HONG KONG WOULD NEED TO BE CREATED OUTSIDE THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TRAINING AUTHORITIES' TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION COURSES, " HE SAID.

"GIVEN THAT MANY OF THE TECHNOLOGIES WE ARE CONSIDERING ARE NOT YET BEING APPLIED EXTENSIVELY WITHIN HONG KONG, WE MUST TURN ΤΟ THE PRIVATE SECTORS OF THOSE COUNTRIES THAT ARE APPLYING THEM, AND SEEK TO ARRANGE TRAINING ATTACHMENTS FOR OUR TECHNOLOGISTS TECHNICIANS.

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"GIVEN, ALSO, THAT MANY OF OUR BUSINESSES ARE SMALL, DEGREE OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE COST OF HAVING THEIR MANAGERS SENT AND ATTACHED ABROAD WOULD HELP TO STIMULATE INTEREST," HE SAID.

MR YEUNG NOTED THAT IN SHORT, IT SEEMED THAT THE INGREDIENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL TRAINING SCHEME IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES WERE, FIRST, A SUITABLE PLACEMENT AGENCY TO DEVELOP A NETWORK OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES SUPPORTED, SECONDLY, BY THE RESOURCES OF TRAINING FUND.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE COLLABORATION WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL SCHEME TWO YEARS AGO.

VOCATIONAL

BACKGROUND, THE GOVERNMENT, IN TRAINING COUNCIL {VTC), RAN AN

WERE

UNDER THE SCHEME, ARRANGEMENTS SEMICONDUCTOR MULTINATIONALS TRAINING IN THE OF CUSTOMISED CHIPS FOR SOME 10 ENGINEERS.

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