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SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1980
THE APPROVED PROGRAMMES CARRY RECOGNITION BY A LARGE NUMBER OF OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES.
AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT AS MODERN TECHNOLOGY WAS ADVANCING RAPIDLY AND INDUSTRIES WERE HIGHLY DIVERSFIED NOWADAYS, THERE WAS AN URGENT NEED IN HONG KONG FOR MORE PROPERLY TRAINED MANPOWER TO KEEP PACE WITH OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH.
+THE TASK OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IS TO PROVIDE THE RELATED CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN EDUCATION, EITHER ON OR OFF THE JOB, AND TO ENSURE THAT IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF INDUSTRY AND THE COMMUNITY, + HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT APART FROM ORGANISING FULL-TIME COURSES, THE INSTITUTES WERE GIVING TOP PRIORITY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSES FOR SERVING TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN IN VARIOUS TRADES TO UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.
THESE COURSES ARE SPECIALLY TAILORED FOR THOSE APPRENTICES OR TRAINEES, SPONSORED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS, WHO ARE GIVEN TIME OFF UNDER DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS TO UNDERTAKE STUDIES OF ONE TO THREE YEARS DURATION RELEVANT TO THEIR JOBS.
ENROLMENT TO PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSES IN THE FORM OF ONE FULL DAY PLUS TWO OR THREE EVENINGS OF STUDY A WEEK, IS INCREASING YEAR BY YEAR.
TO COMPLEMENT THE APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME, SUCH COURSES NOW COVER ALL THE 37 DESIGNATED TRADES UNDER THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE AND CATER FOR MORE THAN 7 600 APPRENTICES.
WITH THE OPENING OF THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR, NEW COURSES, ON JEWELLERY DESIGN, AIRCRAFT MECHANICS (APPRENTICES), OPTICAL MECHANICS AND FOOTWEAR CRAFT HAVE BEEN SET UP. CHILD CARE IS ANOTHER STREAM OF STUDY TO BE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PREPARING THEMSELVES FOR A CAREER IN INDUSTRY, APPLICATION FORMS FOR THE COURSES AND A GUIDE TO APPLICANTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES,
THESE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM JULY 19 FROM CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, DISTRICT OFFICES, AND PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
APPLICATION FORMS FOR PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE APPRENTICESHIP DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT NEW RODNEY BLOCK, 99 QUEENSWAY, HONG KONG.
COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD REACH THE APPROPRIATE INSTITUTE BY AUGUST 18, 1980. LATE OR INADEQUATELY COMPLETED FORMS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
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