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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1992

COURSE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETS FOR FIRST TIME

COURSE

THE PROVISIONAL RETRAINING FUND BOARD HAS SET UP A DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY THE RETRAINING NEEDS OF LOCAL EMPLOYEES.

IT IS ALSO TASKED TO IDENTIFY THE MANPOWER DEMAND OF THE ECONOMY, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE VACANCY RATES AND THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF THE ECONOMY, AND ΤΟ MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ΤΟ THE BOARD ON THE PROVISION OF SUITABLE RETRAINING COURSES.

IN ADDITION, THE COMMITTEE WILL LOOK INTO CLASSES OCCUPATIONS IN RESPECT OF WHICH RETRAINED EMPLOYEES MAY EMPLOYMENT AS WELL AS TO MONITOR THEIR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE IS DR SAMUEL WONG PING-WAI.

OTHER MEMBERS INCLUDE MISS LI FUNG-YING AND MR LEUNG FU-WAH REPRESENTING EMPLOYEES; MR HO SAI-CHU AND MR HENRY TANG REPRESENTING EMPLOYERS; MR AU-YEUNG MAN-TAK OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL; TONG YAT-CHU OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY; MR HERBERT CHENG OF THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY; DR JAMES FOK OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL; MRS CARRIE YAU, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER; AND MR ALFRED CHAN, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR.

THE

COMMITTEE WILL GRADUALLY

CO-OPT PERSONS FROM VARIOUS TRADES AND INDUSTRIES TO HELP IDENTIFY THE MANPOWER DEMAND OF THE ECONOMY AND HELP IN THE PLANNING OF RETRAINING COURSES.

AT ITS FIRST MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MEMBERS DISCUSSED THE ACTION PLAN OF THE COMMITTEE AND REVIEWED THE EXISTING PILOT RETRAINING COURSES.

THEY ALSO NOTED THE STATISTICAL DATA FOR ASSESSING RETRAINING

NEEDS.

PILOT SCHEME TO CARE FOR DISABLED CHILDREN

PILOT

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL IMPLEMENT A YEAR-LONG SCHEME ON OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE FOR DISABLED CHILDREN STARTING FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

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"THE SCHEME IS A SHORT-TERM DAY CARE SERVICE PROVIDED ON FULL- HALF-DAY OR SESSIONAL BASIS IN THREE SPECIAL CHILD CARE CENTRES AND ONE EARLY EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR DISABLED CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN TWO AND SIX," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN