TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 198
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BIG RUSH FOR TRAINING IN TECHNICAL COMPLEX
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SIX THOUSAND APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE 4 100 PLACES BEING OFFERED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL'S NEW KWAI CHUNG TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX SINCE ENROLMENT OF TRAINEES STARTED LAST MONTH.
ABOUT 1 000 TRAINEES HAVE SO FAR BEEN ACCEPTED FOR A NUMBER OF BASIC TECHNICAL TRAINING COURSES WHICH BEGAN YESTERDAY (MONDAY), AND ENROLMENT IS CONTINUING.
THE $120-MILLION COMPLEX COMPRISES SIX CENTRES PROVIDING PRACTICAL TRAINING UP TO OPERATIVE AND TECHNOLOGIST LEVELS IN THE AUTOMOBILE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS, MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING, WELDING AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES.
ALL CENTRES ARE FITTED AND EQUIPPED TO SIMULATE AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE THE ACTUAL WORKING CONDITIONS IN INDUSTRY, MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE GRADUATES TO JOIN INDUSTRY.
+THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE INDICATES THE WILLINGNESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN INDUSTRY THROUGH PROPER INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNCIL, MR MORRIS MORGAN, SAID TODAY.
THE KWAI CHUNG TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX, LOCATED AT 13 SAN KWAI STREET, IS ONE OF THE TWO CENTRE COMPLEXES NOW RUN BY THE COUNCIL. THE OTHER ONE, AT 46 TAI YIP STREET IN KOWLOON BAY, HAS ABOUT 900 TRAINEES AND COURSES ALSO BEGAN THERE YESTERDAY.
MORE BOARD MEMBERS TO DISCUSS GREEN PAPER
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EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THE GREEN PAPER ON HOUSING SUBSIDY TO TENANTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING AT THEIR MEETING ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 5) AFTERNOON.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, MR LIM YEW-GUAN, WILL ATTEND THE MEETING TO INTRODUCE THE PAPER AND LISTEN TO VIEWS ON THE ISSUE.
MEMBERS WILL ALSO CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCES CAUSED BY PIG-BREEDERS IN TANNER HILL, AND WILL STUDY BOTH SHORT AND LONG-TERM MEASURES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
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