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AT TECHNICIAN LEVEL. THE REPORT ESTIMATES THAT THE AGGREGATED ANNUAL DEMAND IS IN THE RANGE OF 3 350 TO 3 850.
ALLOWING FOR THOSE CERTIFICATE AND DIPLOMA HOLDERS WHO WILL CONTINUE THEIR STUDY IN HIGHER CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES AND THE PARTICIPATION RATES, THE AVERAGE ANNUAL SUPPLY OF TECHNICIAN GRADUATES BETWEEN 1984 AND 1987 IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 3 400.
THE SUPPLY OF CRAFTSMEN, HOWEVER, FALLS SHORT OF THE FORECAST DEMAND, THE REPORT CONCLUDES THAT THE AMOUNT OF TECHNICAL MANPOWER REQUIRED IN MAJOR INDUSTRIES AT THIS LEVEL WAS ABOUT 7 700 IN 1984, AND WILL RISE TO 9 000 IN 1987. THE NUMBER OF TRAINED CRAFT STUDENT WAS AROUND 2 650 IN 1984 AND WOULD RISE TO 4 450 IN 1987.
HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL SITUATION IS FAR LESS SERIOUS BECAUSE MANY CRAFT JOBS DO NOT REQUIRE APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING OR COMPLETION OF CRAFT COURSES, AND CAN BE FILLED BY INTERNAL PROMOTION.
THIS REVIEW, BASED ON THE MANPOWER SURVEYS OF MAJOR INDUSTRIES CONDUCTED IN 1982 AND 1983, COVERS THE AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, CIVIL, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY, SURVEYING, CLOTHING TECHNOLOGY, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, MARINE ENGINEERING AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, PRINTING TECHNOLOGY AND TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES.
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TEACHERS MEET EDUCATION OFFICIALS ****
MORE THAN 1 000 TEACHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM AIDED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HELD THEIR ANNUAL SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSION SESSIONS WITH SENIOR EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFICERS TODAY, TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON MATTERS OF CONCERN TO THEM AND THE COLLEAGUES THEY REPRESENT.
THE FREE DISCUSSION SESSIONS ARE HELD EVERY YEAR AND HAVE PROVED TO BE A VALUABLE CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE TEACHERS, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD IN VARIOUS CENTRES ON HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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