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THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT IN ENFORCING THE ORDINANCE, INSPECTORS OF APPRENTICES FROM THE DEPARTMENT VISIT REGISTERED APPRENTICES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING ADEQUATE TRAINING AND TO ASSIST THE EMPLOYERS IN DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING TRAINING PROGRAMMES.
THEY ALSO CARRY OUT INSPECTIONS TO FIND OUT WHETHER YOUNG PERSONS ARE BEING EMPLOYED IN DESIGNATED TRADES WITHOUT VALID CONTRACTS OF APPRENTICESHIP.
IF ANY SUCH CASE COMES TO LIGHT THE INSPECTORS WILL ADVISE THE EMPLOYER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH HIS APPRENTICES.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT EMPLOYERS IN NON-DESIGNATED TRADES MIGHT ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH THE IR APPRENTICES WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
ANY EMPLOYER REQUIRING ASSISTANCE MAY CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT'S APPRENTICESHIP DIVISION ON TELEPHONE 5-280545.
GIRL BREAKS NEW GROUND IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION
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HO FUNG-YEE, A FORMER FORM THREE STUDENT, HAS BROKEN NEW GROUND IN THE HISTORY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
FOR SHE IS THE FIRST GIRL TO APPLY AND TO BE ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION TO THE FULL-TIME CIVIL ENGINEERING CRAFT COURSE OFFERED BY GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL INSTITUTES A COURSE PREVIOUSLY REGARDED AS A PRESERVE FOR BOYS.
IN THIS ONE YEAR COURSE, APART FROM ATTENDING LECTURES IN THE CLASSROOM, MOST OF HER TIME WILL BE SPENT IN THE WORKSHOPS OF HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, WHERE SHE WILL, UNOBTRUSIVELY WITH DOZENS OF OTHER BOYS, TRY HER HAND AT BRICKLAYING, PLUMBING AND CARPENTRY.
ON ENROLLING HER, MR HSU KA-PANG, HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE'S CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, SAID THAT SHE WAS SELECTED NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY NOTICEABLE SHE WAS THE ONLY GIRL AMONG SEVERAL HUNDRED APPLICANTS BUT BECAUSE SHE ALREADY KNEW MUCH ABOUT THE SUBJECT FROM HER FAMILY AND BECAUSE OF HER GENUINE INTEREST IN THE COURSE.
+HER PERFORMANCE SINCE IT STARTED HAS PROVED THAT SHE IS EQUALLY CAPABLE AND GENERALLY MORE ATTENTIVE AND INQUISITIVE THAN THE BOYS,+ MR HSU SAID.
FUNG-YEE IS LIKE ANY OTHER GIRL OF SIXTEEN. HER DECISION TO TAKE UP HER CHOSEN CAREER, NORMALLY ASSUMED TO BE AN ALL-MALE AREA, WAS HOWEVER QUITE PREDICTABLE.
BOTH HER FATHER AND GRANDFATHER HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF INTERIOR DECORATION AND FURNISHING AND HER INTEREST IN CARPENTRY AND IN BRICKWORK WAS INHERITED IN HER CHILDHOOD DAYS WHEN SHE SAT AND WATCHED HER FATHER AT WORK.
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