The Vocational Training Council (VTC) has appointed Professor Lee Ngok as its next executive director. He reported for duty as executive director-designate on March 15. He officially takes up the new appointment on August 1 Professor Lee will succeed Horace Knight, the retiring executive director who has served with the council since it was established in 1982. Professor Lee will have responsibility for formulation and implementation of policies for the planning, development and operation of technical institutes, technical colleges, industrial training centres, skills centres and training programmes.