FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1982
THE FIRST TRAINING CENTRES RUN BY THE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN IN SUCCESSFUL OPERATION SINCE 1977 AND BOTH AUTHORITIES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THEIR SECOND TRAINING CENTRES,
ALSO ON THE ADVICE OF THE COUNCIL, GOVERNMENT ENACTED IN 1976 THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN THE CORNERSTONE FOR ORGANISED APPRENTICE TRAINING IN HONG KONG.
GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO ACCEPTED THE COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAINING CENTRES FOR THE ELECTRONICS, PLASTICS, TEXTILES, THE HOTEL AND CATERING, THE AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICING, AND THE PRINTING INDÚSTRIES AS WELL AS SCHEMES FOR PROVIDING BASIC TRAINING IN KEY ENGINEERING TRADES AND POST-GRADUATE TRAINING FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATES.
MR KNIGHT POINTED OUT THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROPOSED NEW VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WAS ALSO THE RESULT OF A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COUNCIL.
WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VTC, THE COUNCIL WILL LAPSE AFTER A JOB WELL DONE, HE SAID.
TENDERS SOUGHT FOR ROAD WORKS ****
THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR SITE FORMATION. ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF SHA TIN NEW TÓWN.
THE WORKS FORM PART OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SAID ABOUT NINE HECTARES OF LAND WOULD BE FORMED NEAR SHEUNG KENG HAU FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES.
ASSOCIATED WORKS WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS ROAD AND A SECTION OF BOX CULVERT.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN MARCH AND TAKE ABOUT
15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
THE PROJECT, FORMING PART OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 1.2 KILOMETRES CF DISTRIBUTOR BOAT TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED DRAINS AND SEWERS.
ON COMPLETION, THE ROJA
THE RO WILL PROVIDE ACCESS FROM LUNG MUN ROAD TO BUTTERFLY ESTATE 1 THE COUTH-WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL COMMENCE IN APRIL AND ILL TAKE ABOUT 17 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.