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Wednesday, April 11, 1973
TEXTILE FACTORY SPONSORS APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING SCHEME
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One of Hong Kong's leading textile manufacturers, the South Sea
Textile Manufacturing Company Limited, today (Wednesday) signed contracts
with a number of its apprentices in line with the apprenticeship training
scheme sponsored by the Apprentice Training Unit of the Labour Department.
Under the contracts signed between the company and apprentice
textile technicians and textile mechanics, the apprentices will receive
planned on-the-job training and related technical education on a day-
release basis. The technician apprentices will receive technical training
at the Hong Kong Polytechnic, and the craft apprentices will receive
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tuition at the Morrison Hill Technical Institute.
Mr. H.R. Knight, Senior Training Officer of the Labour Department,
was present at today's ceremony at South Sea's Tsuen Wan factory, to explain
to the apprentices and their parents the terms of the contracta.
Mr. Knight said: "There are now about 150 firms running apprenticeship
training along the lines of our proposed scheme. The Apprentice Training
Unit will give every assistance and advice to any employer who wishes to
start proper training."
Under the scheme, the apprentices will get a certificate of
apprenticestrip from the company on completion of their training. The
certificates will be countersigned by the Commissioner of Labour and the
principal of their technical institution.
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