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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1978
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE GRADUATES
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A TOTAL OF 5,120 STUDENTS GRADUATED IN JULY, THIS YEAR FROM THE TEN MAIN DISCIPLINES IN THE FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG AND HAKING WONG.
OF THESE, 1,345 (26%) HAD ATTENDED FULL-TIME COURSES- 1,231 (24%) PART-TIME DAY COURSES AND 2,544 (50%) PART-TIME EVENING COURSES.
THIRTY-FIVE PER CENT, OR 1,790 OF THE GRADUATES COMPLETED TECHNICIAN OR EQUIVALENT LEVEL COURSES AND THE REMAINING CRAFT OR EQUIVALENT LEVEL COURSES REPRESENTING A 27 PER CENT INCREASE IN TECHNICIAN OR EQUIVALENT LEVEL GRADUATES AND A.67 PER CENT INCREASE IN CRAFT OR EQUIVALENT LEVEL GRADUATES OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GRADUATES IN THE TEN MAIN DISCIPLINES ARE: CLOTHING (168), COMMERCIAL STUDIES (778), CONSTRUCTION (1,016), ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (854), HOTEL KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES (106), GENERAL STUDIES (914), MARINE AND FABRICATION (63), MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (930), PRINTING (136), AND TEXTILE (155).
AN EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED LAST YEAR REVEALED THAT OVER 82.9 PER CENT OF THE FULL-TIME GRADUATES COULD FIND JOBS WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF COMPLETING THEIR STUDIES. ANOTHER 13 PER CENT PURSUED FURTHER STUDIES AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS ONLY 4.1 PER CENT.
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