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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1993

THEY ARE APPOINTED WITH REGARD TO THE RELEVANCE OF TO HOUSING AND RELATED MATTERS.

THEIR WORK

HE SAID FACTORS SUCH AS THE APPOINTEES' BACKGROUNDS, EXPERTISE,

BALANCE LIKELY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AUTHORITY'S DELIBERATIONS AND THE

ACCOUNT WHEN OF VIEWS AVAILABLE TO THE AUTHORITY WERE ALL TAKEN INTO APPOINTING NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS.

STRIKE A

BALANCE BETWEEN THE NARROWER INTERESTS WELL AS

"THE OBJECTIVE IS TO INTERESTS OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND THE

ESTATES, AUTHORITY OCCUPANTS OF SPECIALISMS AND EXPERTISE OF THE MEMBERSHIP,

AS

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THE BETWEEN MR EASON SAID.

BROADER OF THE VARIOUS

COMMITTEES AUTHORITY'S

AND

ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE

APPOINTING SUB-COMMITTEES, THE SECRETARY SAID THE CRITERIA ADOPTED IN

SIMILAR TO THOSE FOR THE MEMBERS TO EACH OF THESE COMMITTEES WERE FULL

BUT WITH EMPHASIS ON THE

NEEDS OF PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEES IN DISCHARGING THEIR FUNCTIONS,

AUTHORITY,

ONE

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AT PRESENT, THE AUTHORITY HAS NINE STANDING COMMITTEES AND AD HOC COMMITTEE, COVERING

AREAS AS ESTATE MANAGEMENT,

OWNERSHIP,

DESIGN BUILDING

MAINTENANCE, FINANCE, PROPERTIES AND TENANCY APPEALS.

SUCH

AND

LEGISLATORS TOLD OF EMPLOYEES RETRAINING PROGRESS

MORE THAN 430 RETRAINEES HAD COMPLETED VARIOUS TRAINING COURSES UNDER THE EMPLOYEES RETRAINING SCHEME AS AT APRIL 16 THIS YEAR.

PLACED,

WERE

THEIR

THE OF

262 GRADUATES WHO WERE PROVIDED WITH JOB PLACEMENT

110 SERVICES BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND OTHER TRAINING BODIES, SUCCESSFULLY

MOSTLY IN JOBS DIRECTLY

ΤΟ RELEVANT RETRAINING; 94 EVENTUALLY SECURED BY THEMSELVES JOBS WHICH MIGHT OR STILL MIGHT NOT BE DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THEIR RETRAINING; AND 58 WERE AWAITING PLACEMENT.

NO INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE OTHER 169 GRADUATES WHO NOT REQUIRE THE SERVICES OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

DID

THE STATISTICS WERE RELEASED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PANG CHUN-HOI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AS REGARDS THE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING SCHEME TO BE LAUNCHED BY THE EMPLOYEES RETRAINING BOARD NEXT MONTH, MR CHAN SAID IT WAS THE BOARD'S INTENTION TO CONFINE PARTICIPATION TO WELL-ESTABLISHED AND REPUTABLE

FIRMS.

/EVERY FIRM