12 - Sunday, May 21, 1989 — North Shore News

inquiring
reporter
Evelyn Jacob

THE SUPREME Court of Canada heard a series of ap-
peals from B.C. and Ontario this week involving univer-

sity faculty who were forced to retire sind doctors who
lost their admitting privileges at Vancouver General

Chad Hanssen

West Vancouver

No, I don't. You should
be able to retire whenever
you want to. No one
should force you to.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Cap entrepreneuria:

CAPILANO COLLEGE president
Douglas Jardine has announced
the appointment of Edwin Wong
as director of the college’s newly-
expanded international en-
trepreneurial program.

Wong, an international business
consultant and former director of
marketing for the federal fisheries
department, will be directing the
expansion of the CANASEAN
Program — which establishes links
between top Canadian and
ASEAN business people — from
its original one-month format to a
year-round venture,

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visits, CANASEAN will provide
the forum for top Canadian
business people to establish con-
nections with executives and man-
agers from ASEAN countries.

“Canada’s trade with ASEAN
reached $2.64 billion in 1988,"
said Wong. ‘The opportunities for
expansion into the 1990s and
beyond are enormous."’

The Association of South East
Asian Netions, made up of
Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore,
Indonesia, the Philippines, and
Brunei, represents a market of 310
million people and GDP of $243
billion.

“We should take advantage of
these opportunities now,’ said

Michelle Phipps
North Vancouve:
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people are. stil’
and can still wor:
aren't able to «4, it
should be obviou-

Hospital because of their age. The Court must decide

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should make

Wong, «ho says his experiences
consulting in Asia and leading Ca-
nadian fislicries marketing mis-
sions atuand the world place him
in an excellent position io under-
stand and coordinate the project.

A Canadian born in China and
raised in Southeast Asia, the
multi-lingual economist received
his B.A. at Simon Fraser Uaiversi-
ty and his M.A. at Carleton. He
has lived and worked in Thailand,
Singapore and Malaysia and
speaks Fnylish, French and Can-
tonese.

Wong will be travelling in
ASEAN this June to puolicize the
venture sad to find appropriate
ASEAN -andidates.

Doug Sudsbear
North Vancouver

believe that the older ones

the younger employees.

whether the guarantee of equa! treatment in the Charter
of Rights and Freedoms can be applied to the cases. If so,
the Court will determine if this right has been violated by
the provincial human rights code. Inquiring Reporter
asks people if they agree with mandatory retirement.

Do you agree with mandatory retirement?

Ken Jones

North Vancouver

because 1

room for
people can work.

*“We are looking for businesses
already well established in their
domestic markets who waut to ex-
pand into the international playing
field,"’ he said.

The program, in its fledlging
Stages now, is looking for Cana-
dian sponsors interested in hosting
company visits, offering trainee
positions, or giving lectures or
seminars about their own
businesses, and nominating can-
didates to be paired with ASEAN
participants.

“Our program helps participants
by educating them about each
others’ cultures and methods of
doing business, and introduces
them to. pre-screened, reliable

Yes. Why should a per-
son work after 657 If they
retire, then the younger

Kody Kont

New Westminster

1 don't think retirement
should be mandatory. It
is up to the individual
and to his or her own
ability.

program head named

business contacts," Wong said.

“‘Ie’s an excellent way of open-
ing doors to the Pacific Rim,’’ said
Jardine.

Funded by CIDA and the B.C.
Ministry of Advanced Education
and Job Training, the first six-
month program for managers will
begin this October. A three-week
program for executives will run in
the spring of 1990.

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