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HE ALSO RECALLED THAT DURING DR CHOA'S TENURE AS UNIT CONTROLLER, HE WAS FACED WITH THE NOW WELL-KNOWN PROBLEM OF SUDDEN AND MASSIVE INFLUX OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IN MAY, 1975.
+ IT WAS A MEDICAL AND HEALTH EMERGENCY OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE AND ONLY THE AMS COULD HAVE HELPED IN DEALING WITH THE SITUATION. IN THE EVENT, THE DIFFICULT TASK OF HEALTH SCREENING AND INOCULATING MORE THAN 3 400 REFUGEES WAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED WITH EFFICIENCY AND DEDICATION TYPICAL OF THE AMS, HE SAID.
MORE STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM TECHNICAL INSTITUTES
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THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD A TOTAL OF 6 913 GRADUATES THIS YEAR.
OF 19.8 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR'S FIGURE.
THIS WAS AN INCREASE
+OF THE STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED IN JULY, 1 764 ATTENDED
COURSES FULL-TIME, 1 943 PART-TIME DURING THE DAY AND THE REMAINDER IN THE EVENING, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
THEY TOOK COURSES IN 12 MAIN DISCIPLINES RUN BY THE MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG, HAKING WONG AND LEE WAI LEE
TECHNICAL INSTITŪTES.
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT 2 654 OR 38.4 PER CENT OF THE GRADUATES COMPLETED TECHNICIAN OR COMPARABLE COURSES, AND THE REST CRAFT OR COMPARABLE LEVEL COURSES.
*THIS REPRESENTS A 36.2 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES AT TECHNICIAN OR COMPARABLE LEVEL, AND AN 11.4 PER CENT INCREASE IN GRADUATES AT THE OTHER LEVEL OVER THE 1978/79 FIGURES, HE SAID.
THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ARE AT PRESENT RUNNING 166 COURSES, INCLUDING THOSE IN HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES, COMMERCIAL STUDIES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, PRINTING, TEXTILE INDUSTRIES, CLOTHING INDUSTRIES, MARINE AND FABRICATION, AND DESIGN.
THE MAJORITY OF THE FULL-TIME STUDENTS FOUND JOBS WITHIN
A FEW WEEKS OF GRADUATION, AND SOME HAD GONE ON TO FURTHER STUDIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
A SURVEY IS BEING CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN FURTHER DETAILS OF
THE IR EMPLOYMENT SITUATION.
THE PART-TIME STUDENTS ATTENDED COURSES WHICH WERE RELEVANT TO THEIR FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT AND WHICH ENHANCED THEIR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION AND PROMOTION PROSPECTS.
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