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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1992

"THE SCHOOL WILL, FOR THE SAME SIX-YEAR PERIOD, REMAIN UNDER CODE OF AID FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF ITS SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

THE

"OTHER DSS SCHOOLS, THAT IS, THOSE

NOT ORIGINALLY UNDER THE CODE OF AID, WILL RECEIVE A DSS SUBSIDY FOR ALL THEIR CLASSES ON CHANGEOVER.

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MR CHAN NOTED THAT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WOULD ISSUE A CIRCULAR BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER EACH YEAR TO INVITE SCHOOLS TO JOIN THE DSS. IF APPROVED, IT WOULD TURN DSS IN SEPTEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

IT IS THEREFORE UP ΤΟ THE SCHOOL TO WORK WITHIN THIS APPROXIMATE TIME-FRAME ΤΟ NOTIFY ITS STAFF AND STUDENTS OF AN IMPENDING CHANGE OF STATUS.

AS REGARDS THE REMUNERATION AND FRINGE BENEFITS OF STAFF OF EX- AIDED DSS SCHOOLS, MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SERVING PRIOR TO THE SCHOOLS JOINING THE DSS HAVE THE OPTION OF REMAINING IN THE GRANT/SUBSIDISED SCHOOL PROVIDENT FUND SCHEME.

"THEY MAY ALSO JOIN ANY NEW PROVIDENT FUND SCHEME ARRANGED THE SCHOOLS, HE ADDED.

BY

· FIVE PILOT RETRAINING PROGRAMMES PROPOSED

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BOARD, THE

FEMALE ECONOMIC

AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROVISIONAL RETRAINING FUND

HAS PROPOSED FIVE PILOT RETRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL PROGRAMMES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR LOCAL WORKERS, INCLUDING

BY THE WORKERS WHO ARE

30 YEARS OF AGE, OVER

RESTRUCTURING.

AFFECTED

ARE THE FIVE PROGRAMMES TO BE FUNDED FROM THE RETRAINING FUND

COMPUTERISED CHINESE HOUSEKEEPING AND CLEANING, RETAIL SALES, TYPESETTING, PRINT FINISHING AND CHINESE DATA ENTRY.

HOTEL

HOWARD YOUNG AT

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION TRAINING COURSES WHICH AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID MANY OF THE THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL HAD BEEN PROVIDING WERE SUITABLE ANY MALE OR FEMALE, WHO WANTED TO BE TRAINED IN SKILLS APPLICABLE AN OCCUPATION IN A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY.

FOR

TO

THIS ALSO APPLIED TO IN-SERVICE WORKERS WHO WERE ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING.

AFFECTED

BY

SOME OF THESE COURSES DID NOT REQUIRE ANY SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, MR CHAN ADDED.

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