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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1975
+TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT, EMPLOYERS MUST EXPAND THEIR FACILITIES FOR TRAINING APPRENTICES, HE SAID. +AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE HAS BEEN SET BY KMB FOR OTHER EMPLOYERS TO FOLLOW.
MR. PRICE CONGRATULATED THE NEW APPRENTICES ON MAKING A WISE CHOICE IN STARTING THEIR CAREERS THROUGH A MODERN APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME.
+THIS SCHEME WILL ENABLE YOU TO RECEIVE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING IN THE WORKSHOP AND AT THE SAME TIME TO GAIN SPECIALISED TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE BY ATTENDING A PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSE IN AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING AT A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, HE SAID.
+ON COMPLETION OF THIS TRAINING, YOU WILL BE QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS OR CRAFTSMEN, WELL ABLE TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE NEW KNOWLEDGE AND NEW SKILLS REQUIRED AS TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES.+
'MR. PRICE POINTED OUT THAT AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR SKILLED MANPOWER, THE NUMBER OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN HONG KONG WOULD BE INCREASED TO THREE (REPEAT THREE) THIS MONTH WITH THE OPENING OF NEW INSTITUTES AT KUUN TONG AND KWAI CHUNG, AND A SIMILAR INSTITUEE IN CHEUNG SHA WAN IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION,+
+IN FACT, HE SAID, THEIR DOORS ARE OPEN NOW, AND ENQUIRIES ABOUT COURSES AND ENROLMENTS MAY BE MADE BY TELEPHONING THE KUUN TONG INSTITUTE AT 3-414331, OR THE KWAI CHUNG INSTITUTE AT 12-246221.+
THE KMB APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME WAS INITIATED IN JUNE 1973 AND, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, BECAME AN APPROVED SCHEME FOUR MONTHS LATER.
AT PRESENT, THE KMB HAS SOME 200 APPRENTICES, AND THE NEW INTAKE BRINGS THE NUMBER TO ABOUT 300.
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