SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1980
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+YET, ARTISAN | AND || POSTS ARE NORMALLY FILLED BY CRAFT APPRENTICES WHO HAVE SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED THE IR TRAINING.+
ABOUT 120 APPRENTICES WILL BE RECRUITED THIS YEAR,
THE FOUR-YEAR APPRENTICESHIP CONSISTS OF BOTH BASIC AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.
DURING THE FIRST YEAR APPRENTICES WILL ATTEND A SIX-MONTH FULL-TIME ENGINEERING CRAFT COURSE AT MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SIX MONTHS BASIC TRAINING IN THE APPRENTICE TRAINING CENTRE AT CAROLINE HILL.
IN THE FOLLOWING THREE YEARS, THEY WILL RECEIVE FURTHER TRAINING IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT WORKSHOPS AND PLANTS AS WELL AS ATTENDING PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
THE COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE INSTRUCTIONS ON BENCH FITTING, MACHINE TOOLS, WELDING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS AND SHEET METAL WORK.
+THE TRAINING SCHEME PRACTICALLY COVERS EVERY MAJOR ARTISAN TRADE THUS PROVIDING APPRENTICES WITH A BROAD ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE, MR WONG SAID.
POWER SUB-STATION IN SHA TIN
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AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION IS TO BE BUILT AT TAI WAI, SHA TIN, FOR THE FUTURE ELECTRIFIED RAILWAY SYSTEM.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR CHEN SHAO-CHI, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF PWD'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, SAID THE CONTRACT WOULD ALSO COVER THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS ROAD AS WELL AS SITE FORMATION, FOUNDATION AND DRAINAGE WORK,
THE PROJECT FORMS PART OF THE MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN APRIL AND WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MR CHEN SAID THAT TRANSFORMERS AND OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WOULD BE SUPPLIED AND INSTALLED UNDER SEPARATE CONTRACTS.
THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY TRANSMARK, THE GOVERNMENT'S CONSULTING ENGINEERS, THROUGH THE IR SUB-CONSULTANTS, MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA, SPENCE ROBINSON AND RANK INE AND HILL, UNDER THE OVERALL SUPERVISION OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF PVD'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE.
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