FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1980
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HOTEL COOKS NOW A TRADE
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APPRENTICE HOTEL COOKS, WESTERN-STYLE, CAN NOW LOOK FORWARD TO BETTER TRAINING PROSPECTS, AS THEIR JOB WAS TODAY (FRIDAY) CLASSIFIED AS A DESIGNATED TRADE UNDER THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE.
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THE DESIGNATION ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR ON THE ADVICE OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL HAS BROUGHT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF +DES IGNATED TRADES+ TO 37.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID THE PERIOD OF APPRENTICESHIP IN THIS NEW DESIGNATED TRADE+ WOULD BE THREE YEARS.
EMPLOYERS COULD ONLY ENGAGE A PERSON BETWEEN 14 AND 18 IN THE TRADE IF THE EMPLOYEE HAD ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT OF APPRENTICESHIP REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OR HAD COMPLETED AN APPRENTICESHIP AND HELD A CERTIFICATE.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, HOWEVER, HAD POWER TO GRANT EXEMPTION IN CERTAIN CASES.
THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED EMPLOYERS IN THE TRADE TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE AND TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS OF APPRENTICESHIP WITH THE IR YOUNG EMPLOYEES.
EMPLOYERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE ORDINANCE COULD CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT'S APPRENTICESHIP DIVISION AT NEW RODNEY BLOCK IN QUEENSWAY, WAN CHAI.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ALSO EFFECTIVE FROM TODAY WAS THE APPRENTICESHIP (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1980, WHICH WAS THE RESULT OF A REVIEW OF THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION.
THE NEW ORDINANCE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, REMOVED MINOR ANOMALIES, RECTIFIED SOME OMISSIONS AND REFLECTED RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN OTHER LEGISLATION GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
IT ALSO AMENDED THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE SO THAT A REGISTERED APPRENTICE WOULD BE GIVEN PREFERENCE FOR ATTENDING A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION AT A TECHNICAL INSTITUTION TO COMPLEMENT HIS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.
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