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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1978
MORE YOUTHS TAKE UP APPRENTICESHIP
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MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TAKING UP EMPLOYMENT AS APPRENTICES IN VARIOUS MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
IN THE PAST YEAR SOME 1,900 FORM 3 AND FORM 5 SCHOOL LEAVERS HAVE ENTERED INTO MODERN CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN APPRENTICE- SHIP SCHEMES IN HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR INDUSTRIES THROUGH THE TRAINING COUNCIL DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. THIS FIGURE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 63 PER CENT OVER THE NUMBER RECORDED IN 1976.
THE 10 MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG ARE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING, BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, CLOTHING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS, MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING, PLASTIC, PRINTING, SHIP-BUILDING AND SHIP REPAIRS AND TEXTILES.
COMMENTING ON THE INCREASED NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING UP EMPLOYMENT AS APPRENTICES AND THE NUMBER OF FIRMS STARTING THEIR OWN APPRENTICESHIP SCHEMES. THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +THE FIGURES ARE MOST ENCOURAGING AS THEY INDICATE THAT YOUNGSTERS IN HONG KONG ARE BECOMING MORE INTERESTED IN JOBS IN INDUSTRY WHICH PROVIDE THEM WITH TRAINING AND PROSPECT, AND THAT MORE EMPLOYERS ARE RECOGNISING THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER MANPOWER TRAINING.+
HE URGED SCHOOL LEAVERS WHO WISH TO PURSUE A CAREER IN INDUSTRY THROUGH APPRENTICESHIP, AND EMPLOYERS WHO WISH TO START APPRENTICE TRAINING, TO CONTACT THE TRAINING COUNCIL DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT ASIAN HOUSE, 12TH FLOOR, NO. 1, HENNESSY ROAD, HONG KONG, OR TELEPHONE 5-278760.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROVIDED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS, THE APPRENTICES ALSO ATTEND RELATED PART-TIME TECHNICAL COURSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ON A ONE DAY AND TWO EVENINGS PER WEEK BASIS.+
HE SAID OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIPS EXIST IN ALL THE 10 MAJOR INDUSTRIES..
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR CRAFT APPRENTICESHIP IS COMPLETION OF FORM 3 SCHOOLING AND FOR TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP IS COMPLETION OF FORM 5 WITH PASSES IN FOUR APPROPRIATE SUBJECTS IN THE CERTIFICATION OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.
REFERRING TO THE WORK OF THE TRAINING COUNCIL DIVISION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +OTHER THAN HELPING YOUNGSTERS TO FIND JOBS AS APPRENTICES, THE DIVISION ALSO ASSISTS EMPLOYERS TO START OR IMPROVE ORGANISED SCHEMES FOR APPRENTICE TRAINING.
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+ INDUSTRIAL TRAINING OFFICERS OF THE DIVISION CAN ASSIST EMPLOYERS IN TRAINING MATTERS SUCH AS RECRUITMENT OF APPRENTICES AND DESIGNING TRAINING PROGRAMMES.
+LAST YEAR, HE SAID, THE DIVISION HELPED 180 FIRMS TO START THEIR OWN APPRENTICESHIP SCHEMES.+
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