FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1986
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BRIGHT FUTURE SEEN FOR CRAFTSMEN
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CRAFT APPRENTICES AND TECHNICIANS COULD LOOK FORWARD TO
A BRIGHT FUTURE IN HONG KONG, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR K.L. WONG, SAID TODAY.
MR WONG WAS PRESENTING CERTIFICATES AND TROPHIES TO 84 CRAFT APPRENTICES FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THEIR TRAINING COURSE AT THE CRAFT APPRENTICES GRADUATION CEREMONY AT CIVIL AID SERVICES HEADQUARTERS.
+HONG KONG HAS NOW DEVELOPED INTO AN INDUSTRIAL CITY OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTE, AND FOR THE YOUNG MEN GRADUATING TODAY THE FUTURE HAS NEVER BEEN BRIGHTER, MR WONG SAID.
+A CONTINUATION IN THE GROWTH OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IS ESSENTIAL FOR A SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY IN HONG KONG AND THEREFORE IT IS ON YOUR SKILLS THAT THE FUTURE OF ALL OF US DEPENDS.+
+THERE IS STILL A LOT OF HARD WORK AHEAD FOR YOU, + MR WONG POINTED OUT. +THE FUTURE WILL HOLD AN INTERESTING AND DEMANDING CHALLENGE, BUT I AM SURE THAT YOU ARE NOW WELL-EQUIPPED TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE SCHEME, MR WONG NOTED, WAS TO PROVIDE TRAINED CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE AS WELL AS TO MEET THE EVER INCREASING DEMAND OF INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG.
TWO TYPES OF APPRENTICESHIP ARE OFFERED UNDER THE SCHEME TECHNICAL APPRENTICESHIP, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AT FORM V LEVEL AND CRAFT APPRENTICESHIP FOR THOSE COMPLETING FORM 111.
THE YOUTHS UNDERGO A FOUR-YEAR COURSE WHICH BLENDS THEIR ACADEMIC LEARNING WITH PRACTICAL TRAINING.
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PRESENT ANNUAL RECRUITMENT TOTALS 50 TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES AND 160 CRAFT APPRENTICES, MR WONG SAID.
CURRENTLY, 758 APPRENTICES ARE RECEIVING TRAINING TECHNICIAN AND 592 CRAFT.
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THE TRAINING CENTRE HAD IN 16 YEARS PRODUCED 349 TECHNICIANS AND 1 247 CRAFTSMEN WHO WERE MAKING A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO INDUSTRY, MR WONG SAID.
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