§ Mr. Joplingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will report on the first full year of operation of the Hong Kong training council.
§ Mr. EnnalsThe colony's industrial training machinery has already been substantially improved. Work is well advanced on a draft Apprenticeship Bill and other appropriate measures. The council's first report is now being drafted and I shall send a copy to the hon. Member in due course.
§ Mr. Joplingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the operation of the Institute for Social Work Training in Hong Kong.
§ Mr. EnnalsThe institute was founded in 1973. It offers a two-year full-time course of practical and academic training in social work. Fifty students were enrolled in the first course in September 1973 and 75 in the second beginning in September 1974.
§ Mr. Joplingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps are being taken to improve industrial safety in Hong Kong.
§ Mr. EnnalsIndustrial and occupational safety is being dealt with comprehensively by safety training and education, up-to-date legislation, inspection and, where necessary, prosecution. The Factory Inspectorate is supported by an adviser seconded from Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate.