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FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1992

"WE

TO LOOK INTEND

TO THIS

FACILITATING A MORE

MARKET

INFORMATION

SYSTEMATIC AND THE

SWIFT

ALSO BOARD FLOW AND ASSESSMENT OF OF IMPLEMENTATION

AS

A

MEANS OF

UP-TO-DATE

PRACTICAL

HE SAID.

RETRAINING PROGRAMMES,

THE PROPOSED COMPOSITION OF THE

AIMED AT ENSURING THAT RETRAINING IS PROVIDED IN THE AND MEETS THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE LABOUR MARKET.

RETRAINING

FUND RIGHT

BOARD DIRECTION

IS

UNDERGO

MR CHAN SAID

RETRAINING,

IN ORDER

AN

ΤΟ ENCOURAGE

WILL ALLOWANCE

BE

ΤΟ WORKERS IN-SERVICE

ΤΟ PAID

TRAINEES IN

ARE

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA GENUINELY INTERESTED

APPROPRIATE CASES.

"WE SHALL NEED TO CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE TO ENSURE THAT RECIPIENTS OF THE ALLOWANCE IN BEING RETRAINED.

EXAMPLE, "WE MUST, FOR IN-SERVICE WORKERS WHO HAVE

INDUSTRY FOR THREE

YEARS

LIMIT PAYMENT

PAID BEEN IN

WHO OR MORE AND

OF

IN EMPLOYMENT

HAVE ACHIEVED

THE ALLOWANCE

ΤΟ

THE

SAME

A

GOOD

ATTENDANCE RECORD AT THE RETRAINING COURSE.

IT IS

AT AN MAKING

"THE RATE OF THE ALLOWANCE WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE PITCHED

THAT

ADEQUATE FOR APPROPRIATE LEVEL SO AS TO ENSURE

BUT AT THE SAME RETRAINING A VIABLE OPTION TO THE WORKER CONCERNED,

AN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT, HE TIME NOT SO HIGH AS TO BE REGARDED AS SAID.

1.

BE WILL

THE WITH

DETERMINED AT A

THE PRECISE LEVEL OF THE ALLOWANCE

FURTHER CONSULTATION FOLLOWING LATER STAGE, RETRAINING FUND BOARD.

PROVISIONAL

IMPORTANT

INDEED IN THE FORM OF

THE GOVERNMENT ALSO PLANS TO INTRODUCE AN

ARRANGEMENTS CENTRAL

OF ELEMENT

THE RETRAINING ADVISORY, ASSESSMENT AND COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR WORKERS.

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SEEK TO IDENTIFY WORKERS PLACEMENTS FOR THEM ON SUITABLE COURSES.

THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

OF

INTERESTED

IN

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT

AND RETRAINING

то

WILL ARRANGE

WHEN A WORKER HAS

COMPLETED

HIS

THE RETRAINING,

DEPARTMENT

WILL ASSIST HIM TO OBTAIN RELEVANT PLACEMENT.

IN HIS

CONCLUDING

REMARKS,

MR

CHAN

ARRANGEMENTS WHICH I HAVE OUTLINED WILL

SAID:

AUGMENT

THE

"THE RETRAINING SUPPLEMENT AND

WHICH ARE ALREADY BEING BY THE VOCATIONAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

TRAINING AND RETRAINING OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED, AND WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED, TRAINING COUNCIL AND THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY AND TRAINING AUTHORITIES.

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