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Friday, October 12, 1973
APPRENTICE LIFT MECHANICS COMPLETE TRAINING
Four apprentice lift mechanics who have recently completed
training at the Ryoden Electric Engineering Co. Ltd. to-day received their
completion certificates from Mr. F.K. Hu, Urban Councillor and senior
managing director of the company.
They were Mr. Wong Wing-kay, Mr. Wu Kwok-wah, Mr. Yeung Chi-hung
and Mr. Yiu Kwok-biu.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony at the office of the Industrial
Training Division of the Labour Department, Mr. Hu said the apprentice training
scheme proposed by the Labour Department had helped overcome the shortage
of craftsmen in Hong Kong.
He told the apprentices that they form, in a real sense, part of a
new generation of craftsmen trained in both theory and practice.
Giving the installation of a lift as an example, Mr. Hu said Hong
Kong's industrial development had reached a very sophisticated stage.
However, he said safety was also another aspect which had to be
given top priority in the design and construction of the lift.
"It is therefore of utmost importance that the lift mechanics should
equip themselvos with high standard technical and theoretical knowledge, it he said.
lir. Hu pointed out that the apprentices training scheme provided the
basis for young people to acquire such knowledge.
Also present at the ceremony were Mr. H.R. Knight, Senior Training
Officer (Apprenticeship) of the Labour Department, and about 20 new apprentices
and their parents. They were there to sign contracts of apprenticeship.
Release time: 7.30 p.m.