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A number of proposals including a survey to ascertain the training needs of SMEs, and the establishment of short training courses at district level were raised. The Task Group on HRD will further develop these recommendations into detailed proposals.
On financing, the relevant task group put forward a number of recommendations.
"Of these, the committee decided that the group should examine in detail the feasibility of a pilot Credit Guarantee Scheme of limited scope, with a view to putting together a detailed proposal to the Committee for discussion as soon as possible," the chairman of the committee, Mr Denis Lee said.
The committee also decided to publish a directory on services and facilities available to SMEs jointly with major trade and industrial organisations to cover the various services provided to SMEs in Hong Kong.
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245 VMs depart on orderly repatriation flights
Two groups totalling 245 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam today (Tuesday) on the 73rd and 74th flights under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
The majority of the returnces, comprising 122 men, 67 women, 29 boys and 27 girls, are from South and Central Vietnam. Twenty-two of the returnees are from North Vietnam.
Most of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1990, with the remaining in 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995 and 1996.
The two groups brought to 7,181 the total number repatriated on ORP flights since November 1991.
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