文档介绍：Re-training and Retaining Asia’s Native Talents
(Robert Blois, Deputy-Secretary-General, International munication Union) Beijing-China, 16 May 2001
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am privileged to be here this afternoon to address you on behalf of the International munication Union on the subject of re-training and retaining Asia’s native talents.
I am particularly honored to speak to this august gathering in Beijing, at a momentous time, as the globalization trends seem to be unstoppable.
To attract, train and retain the brightest and best is one of the monumental challenges in Asia. Some of the member economies present here have major programmes to conserve their homegrown technical talent for instance by funding for schools and colleges, research grants and tax breaks while others make efforts to attract skilled and creative workers into their country.
Industry can sell you the best hardware and the best software in the world, but new technology for technology’s sake is not enough. The gap is in “brain ware”: more skilled workers and more diverse skills. This certainly applies to the overall munication sector in order to face the convergence of technologies and the revision of the notion of services.
At the same time, the focus is moving from engineering to operations, business, services and markets. This will mean an enormous retraining effort to upgrade w