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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1992

AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FORMS SUB-COMMITTEES

THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON THE NEW AIRPORT AND RELATED PROJECTS DECIDED AT ITS THIRD MEETING TODAY (MONDAY) ΤΟ FORM THREE SUB-COMMITTEES IN ORDER TO FACILITATE ITS WORK.

THE SUB-COMMITTEES ARE: AIRPORT AND RELATED PROJECTS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; AND PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD ETC.

EACH SUB-COMMITTEE WILL SELECT ITS OWN CONVENOR AND DEPUTY CONVENOR WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CALLING THE MEETINGS AND REPORTING BACK TO THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE.

THE FIRST TERM OF THE

EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THE

COMMITTEE ALSO SUB-COMMITTEES WILL BE

CONVENORS AND DEPUTY CONVENORS WILL

DECIDED THAT MEETINGS OF THESE CLOSED BUT THAT THEIR DELIBERATIONS WOULD BE REPORTED BACK TO THE MAIN COMMITTEE MEETING WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

IN OTHER BUSINESS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR JOHN TELFORD, ON DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING PROJECT.

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RETRAINING FUND BOARD STARTS WORK

THE PROVISIONAL RETRAINING FUND BOARD, WHICH AIMS TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON TRAINING AND RETRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR LOCAL WORKERS TO ADJUST TO CHANGES IN THE EMPLOYMENT MARKET, MET FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY (MONDAY).

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SET UP EARLY THIS MONTH, THE BOARD IS MADE UP OF FOUR EMPLOYERS' AND FOUR EMPLOYEES REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THREE STATUTORY TRAINING AUTHORITIES AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR.

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, CHAIRS THE BOARD WHILE DR SAMUEL WONG PING-WAI IS VICE-CHAIRMAN.

PLEASED PERIOD

WELCOMING MEMBERS TO THE MEETING, MR CHAN SAID HE WAS THAT THE PROVISIONAL BOARD COULD BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN A SHORT OF TIME TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE SETTING UP OF TRAINING AND RETRAINING SERVICES TO LOCAL WORKERS.

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"AS YOU ALL KNOW THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME AND IT IS DESIRABLE THAT RETRAINING AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, MR CHAN SAID.

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