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APPRENTICE VACANCIES IN CRIFT TRADE
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THERE ARE STILL APPRENTICE VACANCIES IN SOME CRAFT TRADES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WISH TO PURSUE A CAREER IN INDUSTRY THROUGH APPRENTICESHIP.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE VACANCIES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE TRADES OF MACHINIST, MECHANICAL FITTER, MOULD AND DIE MAKER AND REPAIRER, TEXTILÉ MECHANIC, TOOL AND DIE MAKER AND PRINTING MACHINE OPERATOR.
ANY QUALIFIED YOUNGSTERS INTERESTED IN APPRENTICE TRAINING ARE WELCOME TO ENQUIRE AT THE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING COUNCIL DIVISION AT 1 HENNESSY ROAD, ASIAN HOUSE, 12TH FLOOR, WAN CHAI.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT LAST YEAR, THE DIVISION ASSISTED SOME 2 600 YOUNG PEOPLE IN FINDING A CRAFT OR TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP IN 10 MAJOR INDUSTRIES.
THESE APPRENTICES ARE NOW 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 THE IR EMPLOYERS, THEY ALSO ATTEND RELATED PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSES IN EITHER A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OR THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
THE ENTRY QUALIFICATION FOR CRAFT APPRENTICESHIP IS COMPLETION OF FORM 3, AND THE DURATION IS NORMALLY FOUR YEARS.
ON COMPLETION OF TRAINING, THE APPRENTICES WILL BE AWARDED CERT IF ICATES ISSUED JOINTLY BY THE IR EMPLOYERS AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR CERTIFYING THE IR COMPETENCY IN THE TRADES THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED.
YUEN LONG DISTRICT CHILDREN'S SINGING CONTEST
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A SINGING CONTEST FOR YUEN LONG CHILDREN WILL BE HELD NEXT MONTH.
THERE WILL BE SOLO AND GROUP SINGING EVENTS FOR JUNIORS AND SENIORS AND AN INSTRUMENT PLAYING COMPETITION FOR THOSE AGED SIX TO 13 YEARS.
PRELIMINARIES WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 7 AND 8 AT THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL, WHILE THE FINAL WILL TAKE PLACE TWO WEEKS LATER AT LUT SAU HALL.
ENTRY FORMS, WHICH MUST BE RETURNED BY THE END OF THE MONTH, ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE TOWN HALL.
WHEN THE CONTEST WAS FIRST HELD IN 1978, 200 CHILDREN TOOK PART. LAST YEAR, THERE WERE MORE THAN 400 PARTICIPANTS AND IT IS EXPECTED THERE WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ENTRANTS THIS YEAR.
THE TOWN HALL MANAGEMENT IS ORGANISING THE CONTEST WITH DISTRICT BOARD SPONSORSHIP.
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