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+ BUT IT IS STILL NECESSARY TO IMPRESS ON ALL OUR RESIDENTS, AND PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG, THE NEED FOR SAFE BEHAVIOUR ON THE ROADS, + MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
THE OPENING INCLUDED A PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY FOR ROAD SAFETY SLOGAN AND POSTER COMPETITIONS ORGANISED BY SHA TIN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE A DEMONSTRATION BY THE HONG KONG CYCLING ASSOCIATION A LION DANCE BY TAI WAI YOUTH ASSOCIATION AND A TOUR OF A MINI ROAD SAFETY TOWN AT LEK YUEN PLAYGROUND.
ALSO OFFICIATING TODAY WERE THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR JOHN DON- THE DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER NEW TERRITORIES, MR MIKE ILLINGWORTH- SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF SHA TIN ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR WAI HON-LEUNG,
MORE STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM TECHNICAL INSTITUTES
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A TOTAL OF 7 140 STUDENTS GRADUATED LAST JULY FROM THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, REPRESENT AN INCREASE OF 3.3 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR'S FIGURES.
+OF THIS NUMBER, 1 720 ATTENDED FULL-TIME COURSES, 2 401 ATTENDED PART-TIME COURSES AND THE REMAINDER ATTENDED EVENING COURSES,+ AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THEY HAVE GRADUATED FROM 12 MAIN DISCIPLINES RUN BY THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, NAMELY MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG, HAKING WONG AND LEE WAI LEE.
ON THE ACADEMIC LEVEL OF THE GRADUATES, THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT 2 663 OR 37.3 PER CENT HAD COMPLETED TECHNICIAN OR COMPARABLE COURSES, AND THE REST COMPLETED CRAFT OR COMPARABLE LEVEL COURSES.
AT PRESENT THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ARE RUNNING 236 COURSES COVERING THE 12 MAIN DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING 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 GRADUATES FOUND JOBS WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF THE IR GRADUATION, AND SOME OF THEM HAD GONE ON TO FURTHER STUDIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
AN EMPLOYMENT SURVEY IS BEING CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN FURTHER DETAILS OF THE SITUATION,
THE PART-TIME STUDENTS HAVE ATTENDED COURSES RELEVANT TO TIR FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT, THUS ENHANCING THEIR PROFESSIONAL QUAL IF ICATION AND PROMOTION PROSPECTS.
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