THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1990
THE
GOVERNMENT
HAS
ABOUT AT
ΤΟ HELP TRAIN YOUNG ENGINEERS, 120 CIVIL ENGINEERING GRADUATES AS TRAINEES IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ANY ONE TIME, THE SECRETARY ADDED.
SOME
THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL HAS ALSO BEEN SUBSIDISING
EACH YEAR то HELP 100 GRADUATES IN THE FIELD IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THE INDUSTRY SET UP ITS OWN TRAINING PROGRAMMES.
"EVERY OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT ΤΟ ENCOURAGE THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TO PROVIDE TRAINING," DR NIP SAID.
HE ALSO SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAS, FOR INSTANCE, STIPULATED CONTRACTORS TAKING UP PUBLIC PROJECTS TO TRAIN TECHNICIANS ON SITE A CONDITION OF CONTRACT.
THAT
AS
WHICH WOULD REQUIRE FOR OPPORTUNITIES
TRAINING
"WE ARE, AT PRESENT, WORKING ON A SCHEME THESE CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL GRADUATES ENGINEERS," HE ADDED.
OTHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALSO
AND CONTRACTING FIRMS.
PROVIDED BY CONSULTING
OF
CURRENTLY, A SCHEME SUPERVISED BY THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION
PLACES FOR ALL ENGINEERING ENGINEERS HAS A TOTAL OF 1,224 TRAINING DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING 363 PLACES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING.
H
"IN SPITE OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOVE, THE TRAINING ALREADY
KONG, PROVIDED DOES NOT MEET THE PRESENT DEMAND FOR TRAINING IN HONG DR NIP SAID.
HOPED
THAT OVERSEAS
FIRMS COMING ΤΟ
HONG
KONG WOULD
HE JOIN IN TO PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUNG GENERATION.
"IT IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT IN RETURN FOR A SHARE PROFITS TO BE MADE HERE, OVERSEAS FIRMS WILL MAKE THE EFFORT
TECHNICIANS ENGINEERS AND ON THEIR EXPERTISE AND TRAIN OUR LOCAL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION,
IN THE ΤΟ PASS IN
HE SAID.
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