SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1974
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS WITH TECHNICAL BIAS
THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR SECONDARY MODERN AND PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL LEAVERS IN HONG KONG, THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION CTECHNICAL), MR. DANIEL WATERS SAID TODAY.
+AT THE PRESENT TIME, IT IS PERHAPS A LITTLE HORE DIFFICULT, IN MANY CASES, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO FIND JOBS ON LEAVING SCHOOL. BUT DON'T BE DESPONDENT, HONG KONG IS A BIG BUSTLING CITY FULL OF ACTIVITY.
+HANY_VERY EXCITING PROJECTS WILL MATERIALISE WITHIN THE NEAR FUTURE, FOR EXAMPLE, TAKE THE UNDERGROUND RAILING. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS WILL OCCUPY A LARGE WORKFORCE. THEN THERE
IS THE LARGE NETWORK OF ROADS AND THE MANY LARGE BUILDING PROJECTS BOTH PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT WHICH WILL TAKĖ SHAPE,+ HE SAID.
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MR. WATERS WAS SPEAKING AT THE KEI HEEP SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONY.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID MANY BOYS AND GIRLS WERE CLAMOUR ING TO JOIN KEI HEEP. THE POPULARITY OF WHICH HAD
INCREASED AND EVERY PLACE IN THE SCHOOL VAS HEAVILY OVERSUBSCRIBED.
+THIS YEAR THERE ARE 7,000 APPLICANTS FOR 300 PLACES,+ MR. WATERS SAID.
HE ASSURED THE PUPILS THAT OVERSEAS VISITORS WHO WANT TO SEE SOMETHING OF WHAT IS BEING DONE IN HONG KONG IN THE WAY OF A SECONDARY EDUCATION WITH A TECHNICAL BIAS, THEY SOMEHOW MANAGE TO FIND THEIR WAY TO KEJ HEEP TO LOOK AROUND.+
A FEW OF THE EXCEPTIONAL PUPILS AT KEI HEEP WHO COMPLETED THEIR THREE-YEAR COURSE HAVE TRANSFERRED TO A SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND HAVE COMPLETED A FIVE-YEAR COURSE.
MR. WATERS SAID MANY OF THE SCHOOLS' PUPILS HAD GONE DIRECTLY INTO EMPLOYMENT IN INDUSTRY. +BECAUSE THEY HAVE STUD JED A CRAFT IN-DEPTH THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO ENTER DIRECTLY INTO THE SECOND YEAR OF AN APPRENTICESHIP.+
+AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THEIR PREVIOUS STUDIES IN YOUR SCHOOL THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO ENTER INTO THE SECOND YEAR OF A PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSE AT MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.+
HE TOLD THE PUPILS THAT AFTER THEY HAD DRAWN UP A PLAN, IT WAS UP TO THEM TO CARRY IT OUT.
+DON'T LET ANYTHING PUT YOU OFF ACHIEVING IT. YOU HAVE A DUTY TO YOURSELF AND TO GOD TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOURSELF WHILE YOU ARE ON EARTH.
+NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE A DUTY IN THIS RESPECT YOU ALSO HAVE A DUTY TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE. THAT IS WHY YOU SHOULD TRY AND JOIN ORGANISATION THAT DOES WORK FOR CHARITY.+ MR. WATERS SAID.