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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1975
76 APPRENTICES COMPLETE PWD COURSES
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SEVENTY-SIX APPRENTICES WILL GRADUATE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT THE END OF COURSES RUN BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT 5.30 P.M. MR. JAMES WU MAN-HON, CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, WILL BE PRESENTING CERTIFICATES TO THE SUCCESSFUL APPRENTICES.
THIS IS THE THIRD GROUP OF APPRENTICES TO GRADUATE FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF AN EXTENDED TWO-STREAM SYSTEM OF TRAINING IN 1969 TO HELP MEET HONG KONG'S INCREASING DEMAND FOR SKILLED CRAFTSMEN, MECHANICS, TECHNICIANS AND TECHNICAL EXECUTIVES.
ONE STREAM OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE REPRESENTED TOMORROW BY 53 CRAFT APPRENTICES WHO HAVE UNDERGONE A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAMME FROM WHICH THEY HAVE EMERGED AS TRAINED CRAFTSMEN.
THE SECOND STREAM WILL BE REPRESENTED BY 23 TECHNICAL APPRENTICES WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED A FIVE-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAMME CONDUCTED AT THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE'S AND WATERWORKS OFFICE'S WORKSHOPS.
A HIGHLIGHT OF THE OCCASION WILL BE THE PRESENTATION BY MR. WU OF THE BROWN CUP TO THE TWO BEST TECHNICAL APPRENTICES UNDER TRAINING AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THE LAISHLEY CUP (DONATED BY MR. E.M. LAISHLEY, ENGINEER (TRAINING), ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE, P.W.D.) TO THE BEST CRAFT APPRENTICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THIS CEREMONY. ALL GUESTS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, ARE ADVISED TO BE AT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (1ST FLOOR) BY 5.15 P.M.
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