XN000022-1990-11-30 — Page 20

19

WITH SPECIALISED "IT NEEDS TO PROVIDE ITS PEOPLE EXPERTISE IN TECHNOLOGY, IN MANUFACTURING, IN FINANCIAL LOGISTICS, AND IN ENGLISH," HE SAID.

SKILLS AND SERVICES, IN

HE NOTED THAT TRAINING EMPLOYEES WAS AN INVESTMENT AS AS INVESTING IN PLANT, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS.

CRITICAL

EMPLOYERS SHOULD MR PURVES

"INSTEAD OF REGARDING IT AS A COSTLY LUXURY, CONSIDER TRAINING AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY BUSINESS PLAN," SAID.

WITHOUT A NEVER REALISE ACCEPTABLE EQUIPMENT; NOR WILL WE BE IN A DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN CHINA ON A REGIONAL BASIS,

WELL-TRAINED, WELL-MOTIVATED

RETURNS ON OUR

ΤΟ POSITION

INVESTMENT

MAINTAIN THE

WE WORKFORCE,

WILL IN PLANT AND

CONTINUED

HE ADDED.

RELATIONS

KONG AS

་

HONG IN

IT FOR GRANTED ASPIRATIONS

LABOUR DESCRIBING WHILE "TRADITIONALLY GOOD", MR PURVES SAID "WE CANNOT TAKE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE SO UNLESS WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE OF OUR WORKFORCE.

++

AND

ALSO SPEAKING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TONY HAMMOND, SAID

PARTICIPATION HAD TO PROMOTE BECOME ONE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S GOAL IN ITS EFFORTS HARMONIOUS LABOUR RELATIONS.

A FACILITATOR, OR

LABOUR CONCERNED

"WE SEE OURSELVES NOW MORE AS A 'CATALYST', AN AGENT FOR CHANGE THAN A TRADITIONAL PROTECTOR OF MERELY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.

ΤΟ MAKE THE

THE KEY

"WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A CAPACITY BEST USE OF ITS RESOURCES IF PROPER ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO AREAS, HE SAID.

"PRODUCTIVITY MR HAMMOND SAID THE CONFERENCE WITH ITS THEME OF

WAS ONE OF THROUGH STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVED LABOUR RELATIONS"

BRINGING THE WAYS OF

INTO FOCUS SOME AREAS OF CONCERN TO BOTH AND OCCASION FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES, AND OF PROVIDING A VENUE THOSE DIRECTLY

OF MATTERS

MUTUAL

CONCERN.

CENTRE

TO AFFECTED

MEET

600

AND DISCUSS

EXHIBITION BUSINESS

TRADE

THE CONFERENCE HELD AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND

THAN ATTRACTED MORE

EMPLOYERS, PROPRIETORS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES, UNION LEADERS, ACADEMICS AND PROFESSIONALS.

EXECUTIVES,

PERSONNEL

0

/20

Page 20Page 21

20