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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1991

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TECHNICAL TRAINING TRAINEES LEARN 90,000 AT LEVELS RANGING FROM

"WE HAVE A SOLID NETWORK OF VOCATIONAL AND

SOME EVERY YEAR, COLLEGES. INSTITUTES AND EITHER BASIC SKILLS OR UPGRADE THEIR SKILLS

HE SAID. THE OPERATIVE TO THE TECHNOLOGIST,

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SET UP US$55 MILLION

IN ADDITION, MR BARMA SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD RECENTLY THE INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE WHICH WOULD COST SOME AND WOULD BE OPERATIONAL IN 1993.

ITS TECHNOLOGY HE SAID ITS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE AND

то EXPECTED WERE

EVEN AVAILABLE

EARLIER TRANSFER FACILITY PERHAPS IN EARLY 1992.

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ACCOMMODATION

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PROVIDE SUITABLE GROWTH OF INNOVATIVE NEW TECHNOLOGY-BASED FIRMS..

TO STIMULATE THE

"IT WILL ASSIST THESE 'STARTUP' COMPANIES WITH

TRANSFER AND DEVELOPMENT AND IT WILL FACILITATE THE

HE SAID. RELEVANT TO HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH,"

PRODUCT DESIGN OF TECHNOLOGIES

AN EFFORT ΤΟ MR BARMA IS CURRENTLY TOURING EUROPE AS PART OF

KONG. HE WILL LATER PROMOTE OVERSEAS INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT IN HONG

WHERE HE WILL ADDRESS THE LOCAL FLY TO SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY BUSINESS COMMUNITIES ON INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG.

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REDEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG STADIUM

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CULTURE THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE RECREATION AND

то BRANCH TODAY (TUESDAY) GAVE A JOINT PRESENTATION

SPORTS NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND SPORTING

HONG KONG STADIUM

REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

ORGANISATIONS ON THE

THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAD MOST GENEROUSLY OFFERED FUND AND BUILD THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

A SIMILAR PRESENTATION HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE URBAN COUNCIL THE HONG KONG SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BOARD EARLIER THIS MONTH.

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THE GOVERNMENT HAD SAID THAT IT WELCOMED THE JOCKEY CLUB'S STADIUM AT SO KUN PO PROPOSAL TO REDEVELOP THE EXISTING HONG KONG

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTO A MODERN STADIUM PROVIDING FACILITIES OF FOR VARIOUS MAJOR SPECTATOR SPORTS AS WELL AS ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS.

HOPES

"IN ORDER TO PROMOTE SPECTATOR SPORTS WITHOUT RELYING HEAVILY THE ON FINANCIAL SUBSIDY FROM THE PUBLIC PURSE, THE GOVERNMENT NEW STADIUM WILL GENERATE SUFFICIENT INCOME TO BECOME SELF-FINANCING,

WILICE MAY BE CHANNELLED AND IF POSSIBLE TO GENERATE SURPLUS INCOME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS IN HONG KONG

FUTURE," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH SAID.

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