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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1991
MR MILLER ATTENDED A TRAINING SESSION OF THE FIRST DECK OFFICER CADET COURSE RUN BY THE CENTRE. THE 46-WEEK TRAINING COURSE HAS FULL SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT FROM HONG KONG SHIPOWNERS AND WILL LAST UNTIL AUGUST NEXT YEAR.
THE CENTRE HAS STARTED RECRUITMENT FOR ITS SECOND DECK OFFICER CADET COURSE, TRAINING WILL START IN APRIL NEXT YEAR.
THE CENTRE ORGANISES 18 SEAMEN'S TRAINING COURSES ANNUALLY. EACH COURSE LASTS 23 WEEKS.
IN ADDITION, THE CENTRE OFFERS TAILOR-MADE COURSES FOR IN-SERVICE SEAMEN. MORE THAN 20 OF ORGANISED EACH YEAR.
REFRESHER TRAINING THESE COURSES ARE
TRAINING COUNCIL'S
MR MILLER WAS TOLD THAT THE VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE ON TSING YI WILL START A NEW COURSE FOR MARINE ENGINEERING OFFICERS IN 1993.
THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IN HUNG HOM HAS BEEN PROVIDING TRAINING FOR MARINE ENGINEERING OFFICERS.
SIXTH FORM COURSES AVAILABLE IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS SOON
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BE INTRODUCED TO YEAR TO PREPARE STUDENTS
TWO-YEAR SIXTH FORM COURSES WILL PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS FROM SEPTEMBER NEXT FOR THE ADVANCED LEVEL AND ADVANCED SUPPLEMENTARY IN 1994.
LEVEL EXAMINATIONS
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, WHEN ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE JOINT EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS COUNCIL TODAY (FRIDAY).
MR CHAN SAID THE COURSES WILL BE OFFERED IN 14 OF THE EXISTING PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
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THEY INCLUDE ENGINEERING SCIENCE, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTER STUDIES, BUSINESS STUDIES, PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS, PURE MATHEMATICS, APPLIED MATHEMATICS, LIBERAL STUDIES AND MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS.
COUPLED WITH THIS REFORM, ANOTHER FIVE NEW PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WILL BE BUILT BY 1993.
TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER NINE EXISTING ONES, THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE SUCH COURSES IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
"STUDENTS WILL HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF OPTIONS FROM WHICH TO SELECT ACCORDING TO THEIR INTEREST AND ABILITY," HE SAID.
/MR CHAN