NOTE TO EDITORS 1
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1983
GOVERNOR RETURNS TOMORROW
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE
SIR EDWARD YOUDE, RETURNS FROM LONDON TOMORROW (FRIDAY) ON FLIGHT BA 3,ETÁ 3.30 PM.
A PRESS PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITY WILL BE ARRANGED AT KAI TAK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN ASSIGNED TO COVER THE ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING NOT LATER THAN 2.30 PM,
GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
EIGHT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES READY BY 1985
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TWO COMPLEXES TO HOUSE EIGHT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES BEING ESTABLISHED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WILL BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.
THESE TRAINING CENTRES ARE EXPECTED TO BE OPENED ON SCHEDULE, BY EARLY 1985, A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SITE FORMATION AND PILING WORK OF THE TWO COMPLEXES, AT KWAI CHUNG AND KOWLOON BAY, STARTED RECENTLY AND WORK ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE WILL BEGIN SOON, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
SINCE THE COUNCIL WAS FORMED LAST FEBRUARY, ITS TRAINING BOARDS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE PLANNING OF THESE CENTRES.
TRAINING TO BE PROVIDED AT CENTRES WILL COVER AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICING, ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY, HOTEL TRADE, MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING, PLASTICS, PRINTING AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY.
WELDING WORK HAS BEEN INCLUDED AS PART OF THE MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE.
+THESE CENTRES WILL PROVIDE FULL AND PART-TIME OFF-THE-JOB TRAINING AT ALL LEVELS OF TECHNICAL MANPOWER, RANGING FROM OPERATIVES TO TECHNOLOGISTS.
+IT IS PLANNED THAT INITIALLY, THEY WILL PROVIDE 9 000 TRAINING PLACES EACH YEAR AND THE TRAINING PERIOD WILL DEPEND ON THE COURSES OFFERED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING AS WELL AS ELECTRONICS TRAINING CENTRES WILL BE ACCOMMODATED IN BOTH COMPLEXES WHILE THE OTHER CENTRES WILL BE LOCATED AT EITHER ONE.
/+BASICALLY,