SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1984
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+THIS YEAR THE PLACEMENT UNIT CONTINUES TO ASSIST EMPLOYERS IN INDUSTRY TO RECRUIT APPRENTICES AND SET UP PROPER TRAINING SCHEMES, A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN SAID.
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE IN MAJOR INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING, BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, CLOTHING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS, MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING, PLASTICS, PRINTING, SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP REPAIRS, AND TEXTILES.
+FROM THIS YEAR, APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE JEWELLERY INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS IN THE COMMERCE AND SERVICE SECTORS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE TRAINEESHIP SCHEMES FOR THE INSURANCE AND ACCOUNTING FIELDS. INTRODUCED IN JANUARY, CONSIST OF PRACTICAL ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION AT TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
TO SOLICIT EMPLOYERS' SUPPORT FOR THE APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINEESHIP SCHEMES, STAFF OF THE COUNCIL VISITED ABOUT 750 ESTABLISHMENTS LAST YEAR AND ASSISTED SOME 200 IN SETTING UP TRAINING SCHEMES OR IMPROVING EXISTING ONES.
+FROM TIME TO TIME, TALKS ON TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND CAREER PROSPECTS IN INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND SERVICE SECTORS WERE GIVEN TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
+SCHOOL-LEAVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE USE OF THE PLACEMENT SERVICE OF THE COUNCIL TO FIND TRAINING PLACES, HE SAID.
FURTHER INFORMATION ON APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINEESHIP SCHEMES MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PLACEMENT SERVICE UNIT OF THE COUNCIL AT 14/F, HARBOUR CENTRE, 25 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, OR AT 5-8932341, EXT. 298.
MUI WO BEING FURTHER DEVELOPED
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A SERIES OF ENGINEERING WORKS WILL START AT MUI WO SOON TO PREPARE THE TOWN FOR A THREEFOLD INCREASE IN POPULATION TO 13 000 BY THE 1990'S.
A RETAINING WALL WILL BE BUILT ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE MAIN RIVER CHANNEL WHICH, TOGETHER WITH ONE ON THE SOUTH BANK, WILL COMPLETE THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE MAIN RIVER COURSE.
A MINI-SHELTER WITH A RIVER WALL AND A PROTECTIVE BREAKWATER WILL ALSO BE BUILT FOR MOORING SMALL CRAFT IN THE RIVER.
UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, RECLAMATION OF 2.23 HECTARES OF LAND NORTH OF THE RIVER WILL PROVIDE SITES FOR A MARKET, DISTRICT OPEN SPACE, CAR PARKS AND GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE PROJECTS.
/TC ALLOW