WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1984
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MORE TRAINED MANPOWER AVAILABLE SOON
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THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC) IS UNDERTAKING SEVERAL PROJECTS WHICH WHEN COMPLETED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS WILL SUPPLY INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE WITH MUCH MORE OF THE TRAINED MANPOWER NEEDED BY HONG KONG, SAID THE HON DR. FRANCIS TIEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
TABLING THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE VTC. DR TIEN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT WITH THE RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE BY GOVERNMENT, HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING EXPEDITIOUSLY TO FRUITION ALL THE PROJECTS CURRENTLY IN HAND.
THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEXES, THE EXPANSION OF TWO EXISTING TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND THE PLANNING OF ANOTHER THREE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
+THE COMPLEXES, WHEN COMPLETED NEXT YEAR, WILL ACCOMMODATE NINE TRAINING CENTRES WITH A CAPACITY OF 9 000 FULL-TIME TRAINING PLACES AT ALL SKILL LEVELS, DR TIEN SAID.
HE SAID THAT WHEN TWO OF THE THREE NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES BECOME OPERATIONAL IN LATE 1985, THE PROJECTED STUDENT NUMBERS WILL INCREASE TO ABOUT 8 500 FULL-TIME, 23 000 PART-TIME DAY, AND 34 000 PART-TIME EVENING STUDENTS.
HE ALSO REPORTED THAT THE SEAMEN'S TRAINING TEMPORARY CENTRE AT LITTLE SAI WAN WOULD TAKE IN ITS FIRST BATCH OF TRAINEES NEXT MONTH,
THE TRAINING OFFERED IN THE CENTRE WOULD ENABLE SEAMEN TO MEET THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION OF STANDARDS OF TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND WATCHKEEPING FOR SEAFARERS.
THE CENTRE WILL HAVE A CAPACITY FOR TRAINING OF 1 920 SEAMEN A YEAR.
DR TIEN ALSO URGED EMPLOYERS TO SUPPORT THE ENGINEERING GRADUATES TRAINING SCHEME BY PROVIDING MORE TRAINING PLACES FOR FRESH ENGINEERING GRADUATES.
THE SCHEME INTRODUCED BY VTC LAST FEBRUARY IS TO ASSIST ENGINEERING GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IN OBTAINING PRACTICAL TRAINING NEEDED FOR ADVANCEMENT TO PROFESSIONAL STATUS.
MEANWHILE, A SPOKESMAN FOR VTC SAID THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WILL LAY THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE KOWLOON BAY TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 27).
/THE NINE-STOREY