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Pre-work counselling is also offered to retrainees who enrol in the Job Search Skills Course as an integral part of the course content which aims at motivating retrainees to adopt a positive working attitude, improving their communication skills and interviewing techniques, and informing them of the latest changes in the job market.

In addition, ERB also makes arrangements for employers and personnel managers to contribute to pre-work counselling by giving career talks during the course of the retraining programmes. Visits to actual places of work are also arranged wherever possible to allow retrainees to acquire first-hand experience of the actual working environment.

End/Wednesday, June 21, 1995

Criminal records of listed company directors

Following is a question by Dr the Hon Huang Chen-ya and a reply by the acting Secretary for Financial Services, Mrs Lessie Wei, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

In view of the negative effects on shareholders and the status of Hong Kong as a financial centre brought about by the recent repeated discoveries of non-disclosure of past criminal records by the directors of some listed companies, will the Government inform this Council what measures have been put in place by both the Government and the Securities and Futures Commission to safeguard the interests of small shareholders; and what steps will be taken to restore the confidence of investors?

Answer:

Mr President, the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited have since the recent discoveries of non-disclosure of past criminal records by some directors of some listed companies, formed a working party to consider the existing rules for disclosure of information with a view to determining whether changes need to be made. The main issues under consideration are -