18
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1990
AND
RESIDENTIAL FOR THOSE ELECTORS WHO HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED THEIR
FEBRUARY 15. THEY ADDRESS OR WHO FAIL TO RECEIVE THEIR POLL CARD BY
OFFICE ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE REGISTRATION
ELECTORAL
BY
IN TELEPHONE (5270369 OR 5270380) OR
WRITING, QUOTING THEIR NAME, IDENTITY CARD NUMBER AND THEIR NEW RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.
SUCH ELECTORS ARE STILL ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE BY-ELECTION.
ELECTORS WILL ALSO BE SENT AN INTRODUCTORY LEAFLET ON THE CANDIDATES NEXT WEEK.
FOUR
APPRENTICE TRAINING ESSENTIAL FOR LOCAL INDUSTRIES
A CONTINUATION IN THE GROWTH OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IS
ECONOMY ESSENTIAL FOR A SUCCESSFUL
IN HONG KONG WHICH HAS NOW DEVELOPED INTO A HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIAL CITY OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTE.
THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR CHAN YAN-KEE, SAID THIS TODAY (FRIDAY) WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT THE GOVERNMENT APPRENTICES GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
MR CHAN SAID THAT SINCE 1969 THE APPRENTICE TRAINING SCHEME HAD PRODUCED MORE THAN 1,800 CRAFTSMEN WHO, BY VIRTUE OF THEIR TRAINING AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, WERE ALL MAKING A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE DIVERSIFIED ENGINEERING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.
UNDER THE SCHEME, TRAINED CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS WERE PRODUCED FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE AS WELL AS TO ENSURE THAT THE LOCAL INDUSTRY WOULD HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF TRAINED MANPOWER TO SUSTAIN ITS DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.
THE SELECTED CANDIDATES WERE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO A FOUR-YEAR COURSE OF TRAINING WHICH BLENDED AN APPROPRIATE MEASURE OF ACADEMIC LEARNING WITH PRACTICAL TRAINING.
GRADUATING TODAY WERE 57 CRAFT APPRENTICES, OF WHOM 50 WERE THE FROM THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FIVE FROM WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AND TWO FROM THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
IS
THE PRESENT ANNUAL RECRUITMENT FIGURE FOR CRAFT APPRENTICES 70, BY TWO INTAKES AT A SIX-MONTHLY INTERVAL, AND 285 CRAFT APPRENTICES ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING TRAINING UNDER THE SCHEME.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR MIAO CHI, STAFF INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING SCHEME, AND PARENTS OF THE GRADUATES.
0
/19
+