FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1980
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YOUNG PEOPLE URGED TO JOIN CRAFT COURSES
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR CHEN SHOU-LUM, TODAY (FRIDAY) URGED SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS, PARTICULARLY WHO HAVE COMPLETED FORM THREE, TO CONSIDER SERIOUSLY JOINING CRAFT LEVEL COURSES AT TECHNICAL INSTITUTES DIRECTLY OR THROUGH APPRENTICE TRAINING SCHEMES.
HE SAID THAT A CRAFTMAN OR TECHNICIAN HAD EVERY RIGHT TO FEEL PROUD IN THE CONTRIBUTION HE WAS MAKING TO THE PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG AS THE TERRITORY'S ECONOMIC WELL-BEING DEPENDED TO A LARGE EXTENT ON ITS INDUSTRIES, WHICH, IN TURN, DEPENDED ON AN EFFICIENT WORK FORCE.
MR CHEN WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL WAS SPEAKING AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR GOVERNMENT APPRENTICES AT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
HE SAID, +VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE FOR HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC FUTURE.
+ IN ORDER TO FULLY EXPLOIT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIVERSIFICATION OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES, OUR LABOUR FORCE MUST BE ADEQUATELY TRAINED SO AS TO RAISE ITS LEVEL OF SKILLS AND ABILITY TO ABSORB AND USE TECHNOLOGY.+
MR CHEN POINTED OUT THAT BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRIES WERE NOW ABLE TO PROVIDE GOOD TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FACILITIES AND GOOD CAREER PROSPECTS TO ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE TO INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT.
HE RECALLED THAT SINCE THE START OF THE GOVERNMENT APPRENTICE TRAINING SCHEME SOME 10 YEARS AGO, ABOUT 700 APPRENTICES HAD GRADUATED UNDER THE SCHEME.
AT PRESENT. THERE ARE 556 APPRENTICES UNDER TRAINING - 412 ON CRAFT AND 144 ON TECHNICIAN COURSES.
MR CHEN SAID THE OUTPUT OF TECHNICAL MANPOWER OF SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH STANDARD REFLECTED THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION OF TRAINING PERSONNEL, THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE APPRENTICE TRAINING CENTRE IN PARTICULAR.
DURING THE CEREMONY, MR CHEN PRESENTED GRADUATION CERTIFICATES
TO 25 CRAFT AND 16 TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES.
HE ALSO PRESENTED THE +LAISHLEY CUP TO THE BEST CRAFT APPRENTICE, MR WONG CHUNG-LING, AND THE +BROWN CUP+ TO THE BEST TECHNICIAN APPRENTICE, MR KONG KWONG-SIN.
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