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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1985
MR BRIDGE SAID THE CONFERENCE WOULD BE OF PARTICULAR
INTEREST TO HONG KONG AS THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE'S APPROACH WAS BASED ON ILO PRINCIPLES.
+THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION HAS PROVIDED VALUABLE ASSISTANCE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN THE FORMULATION OF OUR REHABILITATION POLICY, HE SAID.
MR BRIDGE SAID HE WOULD ALSO BE PAYING A SHORT VISIT TO SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA AFTER THE CONFERENCE TO STUDY THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION SYSTEMS IN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
ADVANCED TYPESETTING TECHNOLOGY FOR TRAINEES
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TRAINEES OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN THE LATEST TYPESETTING TECHNOLOGY WITH A SET OF COMPUTERISED PHOTO- TYPESETTING MACHINES DONATED BY INDUSTRY.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE PHOTO- TYPESETTING INSTALLATION AT THE CENTRE THIS MORNING, MR ALEX WU, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, SAID THE TRAINING ON THESE MACHINES WOULD BROADEN THE TYPESETTING SKILLS OF THE TRAINEES AND ENABLE THEM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL PRINTING INDUSTRY.
THE $700 000 TYPESETTING EQUIPMENT DONATED BY THE MOR ISAWA COMPANY INCLUDES ONE UNIT OF COMPUTER-AIDED CHINESE LANGUAGE PHOTO-TYPESETTER WITH VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT, TWO UNITS OF INPUT AND EDITING TERMINALS WITH SECONDARY KEYBOARD TERMINALS AND ONE UNIT OF CHINESE PRINTER.
+WITH THIS LATEST EQUIPMENT. TRAINEES WILL BE TRAINED NOT ONLY IN TYPESETTING CHINESE CHARACTERS BUT ALSO IN TYPESETTING MIXED LANGUAGE AND VARIOUS SYMBOLS SUCH AS THOSE USED IN MUSIC, CHEMISTRY AND MATHEMATICS.
+ALL THESE WILL FACILITATE THE PREPARATION OF BILINGUAL DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS, THE DEMAND FOR WHICH HAS BEEN INCREASING TREMENDOUSLY, MR WU SAID.
THE BROADENING OF TYPESETTING SKILLS WOULD ALSO HELP ENHANCE THE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS OF TRAINEES, HE ADDED.
MR WU, WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL'S PRINTING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OVERSEEING THE TRAINING OPERATION OF THE CENTRE, EXPRESSED THE COUNCIL'S APPRECIATION OF THE MANY DONATIONS IT HAD RECEIVED FROM INDUSTRY ON IMPROVING THE TRAINING FACILITIES AND BRINGING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TO TRAINEES.
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