FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1990
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IMPORTANCE OF APPRENTICE TRAINING STRESSED
CAPITAL AND A TRAINED WORK FORCE ARE OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE TO
HONG KONG, WHICH THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF
NOT IS NOW
ONLY AN INTERNATIONAL TRADING AND FINANCIAL CENTRE, BUT ALSO AN ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL CITY.
OF
LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR HO SAI-CHU SAID THIS WHEN OFFICIATING AT THE GOVERNMENT APPRENTICES GRADUATION CEREMONY
THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY).
APPRENTICE
1,856
WHICH
AND
MR HO NOTED THAT SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TRAINING SCHEME IN 1969, SOME 647 TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES CRAFT APPRENTICES HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE COURSES EMPHASISED BOTH CLASSROOM TRAINING AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION.
"THIS APPROACH ENABLES THE APPRENTICES TO JOIN THE WORK RIGHT AFTER GRADUATION SO THAT THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY MAKE USE OF KNOWLEDGE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
MR
HO
CONGRATULATED
THE GOVERNMENT FOR ITS
FORCE
THEIR
FORESIGHT
IN
STARTING THE TRAINING SCHEME FROM WHICH 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.
AS HONG KONG WAS NOW UNDERTAKING LARGE-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT, THERE WAS A GREAT DEMAND FOR TRAINED MANPOWER, HE ADDED.
GRADUATING TODAY WERE 39 TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES AND 31 CRAFT APPRENTICES WHO HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE FOUR-YEAR TRAINING COURSE.
THE PROGRAMME, WHICH INCLUDED ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, HAD BREN DEVELOPED TO COPE WITH THE NEEDS FOR PROFICIENCY IN THEORETICAL TECHNOLOGY AND SKILL IN PRACTICAL WORK.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE DIRECTOR OF
CHI, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR MIAO
STAFF INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING PROGRAMME AND PARENTS OF THE GRADUATING APPRENTICES.
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