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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1987
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS CAN BE PREVENTED AT NO COST
AVOIDED BY CARE OR MOST INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS COULD BE SAFETY PRACTICES, WHICH INVOLVED NO COST, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS WORKS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
GOOD AND
SPEAKING TO GRADUATING APPRENTICES UNDER THE GOVERNMENT
SCHEME RUN APPRENTICE TRAINING
BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HE URGED THEM TO REALISE HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS
ΤΟ AND
TRY TO LEARN HOW TO AVOID INDUSTRIAL
ENCOURAGE
OTHERS TO DO LIKEWISE.
ACCIDENTS,
TO
"DURING 1986, THERE WERE ALMOST 54,000 INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN 1985 AND, WITH 91 FATALITIES. THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN UNFORTUNATELY, THE TREND IS CONTINUING INTO 1987," MR BARNES SAID.
WAS
AND INNOVATION
UPGRADE THE
PROGRESS TECHNICAL
HE SAID HONG KONG WAS WELL KNOWN FOR
ΤΟ HAVING THE TERRITORY AND, IN 1987, THE CONTENT OF ITS PRODUCTS TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE.
Н
TECHNICIANS, NOT
WORKERS INCREASINGLY, THE USE OF HIGHER TECHNOLOGY MEANS THAT
GOVERNMENT APPRENTICE NEED MORE SOPHISTICATED SKILLS. THE AIM OF THE TRAINING SCHEME IS TO PROVIDE TRAINED CRAFTSMEN AND ONLY FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE BUT ALSO FOR THE INDUSTRIAL LABOUR FORCE,' HE SAID.
**
MR BARNES SAID HE WAS ON THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE TRAINING, THE MATERIAL COVERED VERY IMPRESSED WITH
IN THE PROGRAMME WHICH
SHOULD ENSURE
THE THAT
APPRENTICES'
THEORETICAL PROFICIENCY TECHNOLOGY WAS MATCHED BY THEIR SKILL IN PRACTICAL WORK.
IN
HELP AND TRAINING COURSE SCHEME AS WELL AS AND EXPERIENCED
"I AM SURE YOU WILL APPRECIATE THE PROVIDED TO YOU BY STAFF ENGAGED IN THE TRAINING THE INSTRUCTION RECEIVED FROM WORKERS DURING YOUR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING," HE TOLD THE GRADUATES.
WORKSHOP
INSTRUCTORS
THE TRAINING SCHEME GRADUATING FROM
TODAY WERE 63 CRAFT IN 1969, APPRENTICES AND 31 TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES. SINCE IT STARTED
TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN HAVE GRADUATED UNDER NEARLY 2,000 SCHEME.
THE
CERTIFICATES PRESENTED
AND TROPHIES TO MR BARNES THEN
THE WENT APPRENTICES. THE "BROWN" CUP FOR THE BEST TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES
THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES MR CHEUNG FO-CHUNG OF DEPARTMENT AND MR YUNG CHI-CHUNG OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.
ΤΟ
APPRENTICE WAS
THE "LAISHLEY" CUP FOR THE BEST CRAFT TO MR
TAK-WAI
THE WONG
OF "HOWES" DEPARTMENT AND THE (BASIC TRAINING}
WAS RECEIVED
ELECTRICAL
FOR PLAQUE
BY MR
AND MECHANICAL THE BEST CRAFT LAU CHI-KONG
THE OF
AWARDED SERVICES APPRENTICE WATER
SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.
ALSO PRESENT
AT
TODAY'S
CEREMONY WERE THE
DIRECTOR
OF
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM OSBORNE,
STAFF INVOLVED
IN THE TRAINING PROGRAMME AND PARENTS OF THE GRADUATING APPRENTICES.
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