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GOVT ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING
TRAINING,
THE OPENING OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC) TOWER IS A VERY VISIBLE SIGN OF HONG KONG'S COMMITMENT TO VOCATIONAL THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
TOWER, SIR NEEDED ΤΟ AND
THE OF
VTC OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY
IT SHOULD, IT DAVID SAID IF HONG KONG WAS TO DEVELOP AS HAVE A VARIED AND AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION TRAINING.
TO
SAID PERHAPS
THE GOVERNMENT PLANNED NOTING THAT MOST PEOPLE KNEW THAT
GOVERNOR OF FIRST DEGREE PLACES BY 1994, THE DOUBLE THE NUMBER GOVERNMENTS PROPOSAL ΤΟ UPGRADE VOCATIONAL TRAINING HAD RECEIVED LESS PUBLICITY.
ITS USUAL
THESE PROPOSALS, SIR DAVID SAID, WOULD PRESENT THE VTC WITH NEW
THE COUNCIL TO MEET WITH CHALLENGES WHICH HE EXPECTED ENTHUSIASM AND EFFICIENCY.
POLYTECHNICS
"THE INCREASING EMPHASIS ON DEGREE COURSES IN OUR WILL MEAN THAT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO TAKE ON NEW COMMITMENTS IN THE PROVISION OF HIGHER DIPLOMA COURSES.
"TWO NEW TECHNICAL COLLEGES WILL BE REQUIRED TO CATER FOR THIS, THE FIRST TO BE OPENED IN 1993, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
HE SAID THE PACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE ALSO MEANT THE COUNCIL HAD CONSTANTLY TO INTRODUCE NEW COURSES.
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AND
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NEW
HAD RECENTLY ESTABLISHED NEW UNITS IN SUCH AREAS AS PRECISION SHEET METAL PROCESSING AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS DESIGN, HAD AGREED TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT IN IMPLEMENTING PLANS FOR TECHNOLOGIES TRAINING FUND, HE ADDED.
LOOKING BACK, SIR DAVID SAID IN THE EIGHT YEARS SINCE
HAD CONSTANTLY SOUGHT TO FOUNDED, THE VTC TRAINING PROGRAMMES.
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WAS
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EXPAND
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SKILLS
"IT HAS EQUIPPED MANY THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE
NECESSARY FOR A USEFUL AND FULFILLING CAREER.
"THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNCIL HAVE MUCH TO BE THE GOVERNOR ADDED.
PROUD OF,"
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