FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1982
TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR MORE YOUNG PEOPLE
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TWO MORE TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTRES, A SIXTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AND A SECOND POLYTECHNIC WILL BE ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, DR KEITH LEGG, WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING OF A CAREERS EXHIBITION IN THE CITY HALL THEATRE THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING.
THE 10-DAY EXHIBITION IS ORGANISED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.
DR LEGG SAID IT WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE EDUCATED IN BOTH THEORY AND PRACTICE IN AN INTEGRATED WAY. OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE, THEREFORE, IN BUILDING A CAREER WERE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES NOW AVAILABLE AND BEING ACTIVELY PROMOTED BY GOVERNMENT ARE THE MANY TYPES AND LEVELS OF FORMAL APPRENTICESHIP SCHEMES ALL LEADING TO RECOGNISED TRAINING CERTIFICATION.
REFERRING TO THE PARTICIPATION IN THE EXHIBITION BY THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY, DR LEGG NOTED THAT THEIR PARTICIPATION WOULD PROVIDE YOUNG STUDENTS WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION ON CURRENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
HE COMMENDED THE EXHIBITION
THE ELEVENTH ONE ORGANISED BY
THE YEAS - TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
+MAINTAINING THE GROWTH IN HONG KONG'S ECONOMY AND THE IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE THAT FOLLOWS OFFERS MANY CHALLENGING JOB OPPORTUNITIES. WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS WELL DISPLAYED IN THIS EXHIBITION, HE NOTED.
DR LEGG POINTED OUT THAT SINCE HE OPENED THE FOURTH CAREERS EXHIBITION SEVEN YEARS AGO, MANY INNOVATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT HAD EMERGED FROM THE YEAS IN KEEPING WITH THE INCREASING IMPROVEMENTS INTRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT OVER THE YEARS.
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