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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1993

MAJOR

THE TRANSPORT

"IT PLANS TO EXTEND THESE INITIATIVES FURTHER INTO OTHER

CONSUMING SECTORS SUCH AS THE RESIDENTIAL AND

ENERGY SECTOR, HE SAID.

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ENERGY

AUDITING AND

MR EASON SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONSIDERING APPOINTING MANAGERS IN EACH GOVERNMENT OFFICE TO CARRY OUT ENERGY PROMOTE GOOD ENERGY HOUSEKEEPING PRACTICES.

ON

GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGED PAPER RECYCLING, MR EASON SAID THE MEASURES WHICH FACILITATED PAPER RECYCLING AND HAD ADOPTED MEASURES TO REDUCE THE USE OF PAPER.

THE

AS

HE SAID THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH AS WELL

USING RECYCLED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT HAD STARTED

IMPLICATIONS AND WRITING PAPER ON A TRIAL BASIS TO ASSESS THE COST PRINTING QUALITY.

IN

HOWEVER, THE FACT THAT RECYCLED PAPER OF AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD WAS ABOUT 20 PER CENT TO 25 PER CENT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE PAPER GENERAL USE WAS AN OBSTACLE TO ITS WIDER USE.

THE

USE

COMPETITIVE

IN

TO MONITOR MR EASON SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE PRICE OF RECYCLED PAPER, EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXTENDING ITS AND USE OTHER RENEWABLE SOURCES OF PAPER WHICH WERE PRICE.

OVER 350 COMPLETE RETRAINING COURSES

FOR

C'OURSES UNDER EDUCATION AND COUNCIL TODAY

UP TO JANUARY 29, 358 RETRAINEES HAD COMPLETED THE EMPLOYEES RETRAINING SCHEME, THE SECRETARY

LEGISLATIVE THE MANPOWER,

TOLD

(WEDNESDAY).

MR

JOHN

CHAN,

TIK CHI-YUEN, MR SERVICES OF

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHAN SAID 138 OF THEM DID NOT REQUIRE THE JOB PLACEMENT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

WITH JOB PLACEMENT OF THE REMAINING 220 WHO WERE PROVIDED

88 WERE SERVICES BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND OTHER TRAINING BODIES,

TO THEIR RELEVANT MOSTLY PLACED,

IN JOBS DIRECTLY SUCCESSFULLY

OR RETRAINING; 75 EVENTUALLY SECURED BY THEMSELVES JOBS WHICH MIGHT

AND 57 WERE STILL MIGHT NOT BE DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THEIR RETRAINING; AWAITING PLACEMENT.

SALARIES OR

WAGES

88 OF THE

TRAINEES WHO HAVE BEEN THE

BODIES RANGE SUCCESSFULLY PLACED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND OTHER FROM $3,500 TO $7,200 PER MONTIL.

MR CHAN NOTED THAT SIMILAR INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF THE RETRAINEES WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS THEY WERE NOT OBLIGED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

OTHER

SUCH

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