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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1994

EFFECTIVENESS OF EMPLOYEES RETRAINING SCHEME

REPLY

FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON PANG CHUN-HOI AND A WRITTEN BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL LEUNG,

IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY}:

QUESTION:

INFORM

AS THE EMPLOYEES RETRAINING SCHEME HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, WILL THE GOVERNMENT

THIS COUNCIL :

(A) OF

(B)

EMPLOYMENT THE LABOUR

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETRAINEES SEEKING THROUGH THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OF DEPARTMENT TO DATE; OF THESE, HOW MANY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING EMPLOYMENT; AND

A

WHETHER CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO UNDERTAKING REVIEW OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCHEME, SO AS TO ASCERTAIN IF THERE IS A NEED FOR THE CURRICULUM DESIGN AND PLACEMENT ARRANGEMENT TO BE IMPROVED, THUS RESULTING IN A MORE EFFECTIVE UTILISATION OF MANPOWER AND A LARGER LABOUR FORCE IN THE TERRITORY?

REPLY:

MR PRESIDENT,

(A)

SINCE THE

INTRODUCTION OF THE EMPLOYEES RETRAINING SCHEME IN JULY 1992, AROUND 32,000 PEOPLE HAVE COMPLETED OR ARE ATTENDING RETRAINING COURSES AS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 1994. OF THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED RETRAINING, 2,999 APPROACHED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (LES) FOR PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE. OF THESE 2,999 RETRAINEES,

883 WERE PLACED BY LES, 1,961 EITHER INDICATED THAT THEY HAD FOUND WORK OR DID NOT RESPOND TO JOB REFERRAL ARRANGEMENTS BY LES, AND 155 ARE CURRENTLY BEING

HELPED BY LES TO GET A JOB.

/(B)

THE EFFECTIVENESS