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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1993

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RETRAINEES FIND JOBS WITHOUT DIFFICULTIES

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FEEDBACK FROM THE RETRAINEES WHO HAVE COMPLETED COURSES UNDER THE EMPLOYEES RETRAINING SCHEME INDICATES THAT IN GENERAL THEY HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN FINDING JOBS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR W K LAM, SAID.

THE

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PANG CHUN-HOI IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR LAM SAID AT THE END OF OCTOBER, THE SCHEME HAD ENROLLED 5,945 PERSONS, INCLUDING 4,638 WHO HAD COMPLETED RETRAINING AND 1,307 STILL UNDERGOING RETRAINING.

OUT OF THE 4,638 RETRAINEES WHO HAD COMPLETED RETRAINING, 1,581 HAD RECEIVED TRAINING ON SPECIFIC VOCATIONAL SKILLS AND 3,057 ON JOB SEARCH SKILLS AND ORIENTATION TO WORK IN NEW ENVIRONMENT.

IN THE CASE OF THE 1,681 RETRAINEES WHO HAD RECEIVED VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, ONLY ABOUT 10 PER CENT REQUIRED THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE TO FIND JOBS, MR LAM SAID.

ON THE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING SCHEME, HE NOTED THAT SINCE INCEPTION IN JUNE THIS YEAR, 320 FIRMS HAD JOINED THE SCHEME AND EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN PLACED WITH SOME OF THESE EMPLOYERS.

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SAID

ON THE EMPLOYEES RETRAINING BOARD'S EXPENDITURE, MR LAM THE $146 MILLION BUDGETED FOR 1993/94, $3.3 MILLION HAD BEEN EARMARKED FOR PUBLICITY, $14 MILLION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES INCLUDING CAPITAL ITEMS FOR SETTING UP A NEW OFFICE, AND THE REMAINING $128.7 MILLION FOR THE VARIOUS RETRAINING PROGRAMMES.

METERED WATER SUPPLY TO 1.9 MILLION CONSUMERS

METERED WATER SUPPLY WAS PROVIDED TO 1,727,000 DOMESTIC CONSUMERS AND 219,000 NON-DOMESTIC SUBSCRIBERS AT THE END OF THE 1992/93 FINANCIAL YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TOLD

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON FREDERICK FUNG KIN- KEE

MR BLAKE SAID THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WATER CHARGES COLLECTED FROM

WERE DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC CONSUMERS LAST YEAR

$748,434,000 $1,193,487,000 RESPECTIVELY.

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