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SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1975.

ON COMPLETION OF THE COURSES, CANDIDATES HAVE TO SIT FOR EXAMINATIONS SET BY THE DEPARTMENT, STANDARDS OF WHICH ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO THOSE OF COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

LATER ON, WHEN GRADUATES LEAVE GOVERNMENT ON RETIREMENT OR RESIGNATION, APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATES MAY BE ISSUED TO THEM WITHOUT FURTHER EXAMINATIONS.

INITIALLY AN EVENING INSTITUTE LOCATED AT THE GOVERNMENT SLIPWAY IN YAU MA TEI, THE SCHOOL WAS EXPANDED IN SEPTEMBER 1964 TO OFFER DAY COURSES. IT STARTED TO OPERATE IN THE PRESENT PREMISES IN 1971,

THE SPOKESMAN WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE SCHOOL MANNED BY A MARINE OFFICER, AN ASSISTANT MARINE OFFICER, AND A MECHANICAL INSPECTOR WOULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE SMOOTHLY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF TWO PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING STUDENTS ATTENDING THEIR TRAINING COURSES ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION IN THE G.1.S. PRESS ROOM.