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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1991
AND CLEANING
GARMENT
A TOTAL OF 13 TRAINING PROGRAMMES ON OFFICE MACHINES PRACTICE, INDUSTRIAL SEWING, ELECTRICAL
ELECTRONIC INSTALLATION, WORK, METAL WORK, OFFSET PRINTING, PACKAGING AND SIGNWRITING AND DECORATION, AND WOODWORK, ARE PROVIDED.
SERVICING, MAKING, SERVICING, JEWELLERY, LEATHER ASSEMBLY, PRINTING,
OF THE MODULES
VOCATIONAL THESE ADOPTED IN INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES AND PROGRESS OF TRAINEES.
ALL
VOCATIONAL
EMPLOYABLE SKILL INSTRUCTIONAL
'TRAINING
APPROACH PROGRAMMES WHICH CATER FOR
13
A MONTHLY
TRAINING PROGRAMMES
ARE
FREE.
ROARDING FEE OF $470 TO $500 IS CHARGED FOR RESIDENT TRAINEES.
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CAREER AT SEA FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS
THE MERCHANT NAVY OFFERS CHALLENGING CAREER PROSPECTS FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MARINE (MULTI-LATERAL POLICY), MR TSUI SHUNG-YIU, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR TSUI, WHO HAS SIX YEARS SEA-GOING EXPERIENCE AS A MARINE ENGINEER, WAS ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CITY NORTHWEST HONG KONG.
MR TSUI SAID: "THERE ARE AMPLE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES TO QUALIFIED MERCHANT NAVY OFFICERS BOTH AT SEA AND ASHORE.
CLUB OF
AVAILABLE
"QUALIFIED MERCHANT NAVY OFFICERS CAN JOIN THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY AS PORT CAPTAINS/HARBOUR MASTERS, MARINE SUPERINTENDENTS, DOCK MASTERS, PILOTS, MARINE SURVEYORS, SHIP AND CARGO SURVEYORS AND LECTURERS.
"THEY CAN APPLY ΤΟ JOIN THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AS MARINE OFFICERS OR SURVEYORS.
HE SAID THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG SHIPPING COMMUNITY HAD BEEN CONCERNED FOR SOME TIME WITH THE PROBLEMS POSED BY THE WORLDWIDE SHORTAGE OF MERCHANT NAVY OFFICERS AND IN PARTICULAR THE FALLING RECRUITMENT OF LOCAL TRAINEE OFFICERS.
TOGETHER WITH THE HONG KONG SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAD TAKEN A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES TO RAISE THE INTERESTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN A CAREER AT SEA.
MR TSUI SAID: "THESE INCLUDED EXHIBITIONS, VIDEO SHOWS, TALKS, VISITS TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND ADJUSTMENT TO TRAINING COURSES
ΤΟ MEET PRESENT DAY NEEDS."
DURING THE LUNCHEON, MR TSUI ALSO INTRODUCED THE MARINE DEPARTMENT'S EIGHT-AND-A-HALF-MINUTE CHINESE LANGUAGE VIDEO TITLED "MAKE A CAREER AT SEA" AIMED AT INTERESTING YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE UPPER FORMS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SUCH A CAREER.
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