SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1988
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HIGH STANDARDS SET IN SKILLS CONTEST
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IMPORTANT ROLE
IN
WITH A TOTAL OF SOME 20,000 GRADUATES EACH YEAR, THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL PLAY AN IN DEVELOPING THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORKFORCE AND COMMERCE.
INDUSTRY
COUNCIL, MR T.Y. CHUI,
THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAID THIS AT A PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE PROJECT AND SKILLS COMPETITIONS THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
ARK
"THE APPLICATION OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IN MANY OF THE PROJECTS AND THE HIGH STANDARDS SET IN THE ANNUAL COMPETITIONS THEREFORE REASONS FOR PRIDE AND ENCOURAGEMENT," MR CHIU SAID.
THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE PROJECT CONTEST REQUIRED TECHNICAL
MAKE STUDENTS TO RESEARCH, DESIGN AND
A PRODUCT
PARTICULAR FOR A
PURPOSE.
"THIS NOT ONLY DEVELOPS THEIR ABILITY TO APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS BUT ALSO EMPHASISES THE IMPORTANCE OF OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS PLANNING AND TEAMWORK, MR CHUI SAID.
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THE SKILLS COMPETITION WAS OPEN ΤΟ TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STUDENTS FOLLOWING CRAFT COURSES AND WAS AIMED AT PERFECTING THEIR PRACTICAL SKILLS WHICH FORM AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE TRAINING
OF CRAFTSMEN.
SIXTY-NINE STUDENTS WIIO EXCELLED IN THE COMPETITIONS WERK PRESENTED PRIZES AND TROPHIES AT THE CEREMONY. ANOTHER 35 STUDENTS WERE GIVEN CASH AWARDS UNDER THE
HSONG SCHOLARSHIP FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE,
CHEN
TRAM PARADE TO PUBLICISE KEEP CLEAN MESSAGE
1988
(WED)
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY AND CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN IN WAN CHAI WILL BE HELD AT THE SHARP STREET TRAM DEPOT TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
OF
THE GROUP,
BOARD
OFFICIATING AT THE FUNCTION WILL BE CHAIRMAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S WED WORK ING MR S. L. WAN; WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALLAN CHOW; DISTRICT CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM; AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S KORKING ON WED AND CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, MR NORMAN LO.
GROUP
/THE CEREMONY