XN000022-1990-10-31 — Page 46

44

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990

WHICH THE

"PRELIMINARY WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN ON ITS FIFTH REPORT,

OF TEACHERS, WILL

WITH THE FUTURE DEMAND FOR AND SUPPLY DEAL DELIVERY OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICES, AND THE FUTURE OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION.

TAKE "IN THE COURSE OF ITS DELIBERATIONS, THE COMMISSION WILL INTO ACCOUNT THE POINTS THAT HONOURABLE MEMBERS HAVE MADE IN THIS DEBATE FOR IMPROVING TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND FOR RAISING THE MORALE OF OUR TEACHERS," MR YEUNG SAID.

GOVERNMENT TARGETS AT RESPONSIVE AND FLEXIBLE

VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES

VOCATIONAL THE GOVERNMENT HAS IN RECENT YEARS APPOINTED TO THE

AND ALL (VTC)

ITS TRAINING BOARDS WORKER TRAINING COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES FROM HONG KONG'S LEADING INDUSTRIES.

THIS IS

VTCIS TECHNICAL

ENSURE THAT THE TO

EDUCATION AND. TRAINING PROGRAMMES INDUSTRIAL

ARE SUFFICIENTLY RESPONSIVE AND FROM SECTORAL FLEXIBLE TO MEET ANY RE-TRAINING NEEDS THAT MAY ARISE UNEMPLOYMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON YEUNG, SAID.

HE WAS SPEAKING DURING THE RESUMED POLICY ADDRESS TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

YEUNG MR

WORKERS, WELL.

FOR

K.Y.

DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S

SAID THE PRESENT SCHEME FOR EXAMPLE, WAS SET UP IN THREE MONTHS,

RE-TRAINING

WAS AND

IVORY WORKING

AT THE

SAID SYSTEM THAT OF EXPENSE

NOTING THAT A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, IN HIS SPEECH, GOVERNMENT APPEARED DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO CREATING A OVERLY BIASED

THE WAS

VOCATIONAL

TOWARDS TERTIARY EDUCATION,

TRAINING, MR YEUNG SAID:

**I AM AFRAID I CANNOT AGREE. WE ARE NOT PUTTING ALL OUR IN THE TERTIARY EDUCATION BASKET.

EGGS

HE

POINTED OUT THAT IN RECENT YEARS, THE NEED TO

HAD OF HONG KONG'S VOCATIONAL TRAINING LEVEL

BECOME IMPORTANT AND THIS NEED WOULD BE MET IN THREE WAYS,

UPGRADE THE INCREASINGLY

"FIRST,

THE TRANSFER OF HIGHER DIPLOMA WORK FROM TO POLYTECHNICS

THE VTC WILL NOT ONLY CREATE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IN THE POLYTECHNICS BUT, EQUALLY IMPORTANT, WILL ENABLE VTC TO TRAIN SENIOR TECHNICIANS.

THE

DEGREE THE

"THIS WILL ACCOUNT FOR 40 PER CENT OF TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON EXPANDING TERTIARY EDUCATION, HE SAID.

/SECONDLY