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SECOND SOUND BROADCASTING LICENCE

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A GOVERNMENT

ANNOUNCED SPOKESMAN

TODAY

THAT (TUESDAY) DECIDED THAT DOUBLE CASH LTD TRADING GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAD "METROPOLITAN BROADCASTING" SHOULD BE INVITED TO APPLY FORMALLY FOR SOUND BROADCASTING LICENCE.

THE

AS A

DECISION AFTER

THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAD TAKEN THIS CONSIDERING

THE CAREFULLY

RECOMMENDATION OF THE AUTHORITY AND THE PROPOSALS MADE BY ALL THREE BIDDERS BROADCASTING LICENCE.

ONCE

BROADCASTING FOR THE SOUND

FORMAL PREPARE A SOUND

HE SAID THAT

METROPOLITAN BROADCASTING'S APPLICATION HAD BEEN RECEIVED, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BROADCASTING LICENCE FOR ISSUE IN THE EARLY PART OF 1991.

TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL

APPROVAL HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR THE PACKAGE OF BRIDGING-OVER ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WILL BE OFFERED TO CIVIL SERVANTS WISHING TO TRANSFER TO THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL

{VTC}.

THERE ARE

613

DEPARTMENTAL GRADE STAFF IN THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT (TEITD), INCLUDING 471 OFFICERS CURRENTLY SECONDED TO THE VTC.

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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) ALL THOSE OFFICERS COULD CHOOSE EITHER TO TRANSFER TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VTC OR REMAIN AS CIVIL SERVANTS IN THEIR PRESENT POSTINGS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PACKAGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS WAS ARRIVED AT AFTER CONSULTATIONS WITH THE VTC AND STAFF CONCERNED AND CONSIDERATION OF THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING CIVIL SERVANTS WORKING ALONGSIDE THE COUNCIL'S OWN STAFF.

"ALL BUT ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN RETAINED IN THE PACKAGE, WHICH NOW INCLUDES ADDITIONAL AND IMPROVED BRIDGING-OVER TERMS," HE EXPLAINED.

THE BASIC FEATURES OF THE BRIDGING-OVER ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS

FOLLOWS:

A THOSE WHO OPT TO ACCEPT THE VTC EMPLOYMENT TERMS AND

FULL-TIME STAFF OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE GRANTED PAY LEAVE FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

BECOME SPECIAL NO

/THESE OFFICERS