TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1980
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING
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THERE ARE STILL SOME VACANCIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WISH TO PURSUE A CAREER IN INDUSTRY THROUGH AN APPRENTICESHIP, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
THE APPRENTICE VACANCIES EXIST IN HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR INDUSTRIES AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING, BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, CLOTHING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS, MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING, PLASTICS, PRINTING, SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP REPAIRS AND TEXTILES,
THOSE INTERESTED MAY CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING COUNCIL DIVISION AT 1 HENNESSY ROAD, ASIAN HOUSE, 12TH FLOOR, WAN CHAI.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE DIVISION HAD BEEN OPERATING AN APPRENTICE PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR QUAL IF FED YOUNG PEOPLE.
LAST YEAR, IT ASSISTED SOME 2 400 OF THEM IN FINDING A CRAFT OR TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP. THEY ARE NOW USEFULLY AND PRODUCTIVELY EMPLOYED, EARNING THEIR LIVING AND AT THE SAME TIME LEARNING A TRADE IN WHICH THEY ARE INTERESTED.
IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROVIDED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS, THE APPRENTICES ALSO ATTEND RELATED TECHNICAL EDUCATION - ONE DAY AND TWO EVENINGS PER WEEK — IN EITHER A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OR THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC. AN APPRENTICESHIP USUALLY LASTS FOUR YEARS,
THE ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR CRAFT APPRENTICESHIP IS COMPLETION OF FORM 3 AND FOR TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP COMPLETION OF FORM 5 WITH PASSES IN FOUR RELEVANT SUBJECTS IN THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION,
ON COMPLETION OF THE APPRENTICESHIP, THE APPRENTICES WOULD BE AWARDED CERTIFICATES BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR.
VAR IETY SHOW TO ENTERTAIN 5 000 IN YUEN LONG
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A LARGE VARIETY SHOW PRESENTED JOINTLY BY THE ARMY, POLICE AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS WILL BE HELD IN YUEN LONG STADIUM ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 6).
THE TWO-AND-A-HALF HOUR SHOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WATCHED BY A CAPACITY CROWD OF 5 000 LOCAL RESIDENTS.
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL BE GUEST-OF-HONOUR. THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, WILL ALSO ATTEND.
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