key appointments announced over the weekend by Sir John Swan and commission coordinator Mr. Mansfield Brock.

The Commission was set up to look at ways Bermuda can become more competitive in tourism and international business, and to explore new business opportunities for the Island.

At the same time, a Task Force on Employment has been set up to determine the sort of workforce Bermuda will need in the future, and to make sure the country is prepared to supply it -- and its citizens are prepared to take advantage of future job opportunities.

Yesterday, the Premier announced that the Chamber of Commerce president, banker Mr. Louis Mowbray, would sit on the Competitiveness Commission steering task force.

Banker Mr. James Masters will coordinate all committees investigating the competitiveness of the tourist industry.

Other tourism appointments are Bermuda Hotel Association president and Reefs owner Mr. David Dodwell, who will study the quality and price competitiveness of the product Bermuda offers, and accountant Mr. Richard Kempe of Gray and Kempe, who will coordinate a study of productivity in tourism.

Mr. John Bluck, a Hamilton merchant and Bermuda National Gallery chairman, will lead a study of Bermuda's retail businesses. And lawyer Mr. John Collis of Conyers, Dill and Pearman will head the "Future Opportunities'' section of the study.

Accountant Mr. Richard Butterfield of Cooper and Lines, chairman of the Bermuda International Business Association, will attend meetings of the steering committee so work being done by the association and the Commission on Competitiveness "will proceed harmoniously and constructively.'' The Bermuda International Business Association is already conducting its own study of the Island's international business industry.