FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1986
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REMINDER TO PARENTS OVER GRANT APPLICATION
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THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON STUDENT FINANCE TODAY REMINDED PARENTS NOT TO MAKE FALSE DECLARATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CHILDREN IN THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMITTEE SAID A PARENT WAS RECENTLY FINED $50 000 AT THE SAN PO KONG MAGISTRACY ON FIVE COUNTS OF +MAKING A FALSE DECLARATION+ IN SUPPORT OF HIS CHILDREN'S APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STUDY IN A TERTIARY INSTITUTION IN THE 1983-84 AND 1984-85 ACADEMIC YEARS.
THE DECLARANT WAS ALSO ASKED BY THE COMMITTEE TO REFUND THE FULL ASSISTANCE OF $33 130 HIS CHILDREN RECEIVED DURING THE TWO ACADEMIC YEARS.
APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE COURSES
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THE SEVEN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES UNDER THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL ARE INVITING FORM 3 AND FORM 5 LEAVERS TO APPLY FOR ENTRY INTO FULL-TIME, PART-TIME DAY RELEASE AND BLOCK-RELEASE COURSE BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER.
MORE THAN 180 TECHNICAN AND CRAFT COURSES WILL BE OFFERED IN THE 1986-87 ACADEMIC YEAR AT THE MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG, HAK ING WONG, LEE 2-8 )33, TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
WITH THE OPENING OF TWO NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN THIS YEAR, NEW COURSES ARE BEING OPERATED TO MEET THE NEED FOR MORE TRAINED PERSONNEL IN THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICES SECTORS.
THE NEW COURSES INCLUDE MARKETING AND PURCHASING, RETAIL SUPERVISION, DESIGN IN PACKAGING AND ADVERTISING, CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, DISPENSING STUDIES, DATA PROCESSING AND OFF ICE PRACTICE, KNITWEAR PROCESSING AND MERCHANDISING, BASIC HAIRDRESSING.
THE COURSES ARE GROUPED UNDER 15 FIELDS OF STUDY, HOTEL- KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES, COMMERCIAL STUDIES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY PRINTING, TEXTILE INDUSTRIES, CLOTHING INDUSTRIES, MARINE AND FABRICATION, DESIGN, MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINEERING, APPLIED SCIENCE AND COMPUTING STUDIES.
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