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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1978

+AFTER THE APPRENTICES COMPLETE A PART-TIME DAY COURSE IN A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE USUALLY OF TWO OR THREE YEARS' DURATION, COUPLED WITH ON-THE-JCE TRAINING, THEY BECOME CRAFTSMEN.

+E HAVE COME ACROSS MANY STRIKING EXAMPLES OF PREVOCATIONAL LEAVERS WHO HAVE DONE REALLY WELL.

+AFTER BECOMING CRAFTSMEN MANY HAVE THEN GONE ON TO TECHNICIAN LEVEL COURSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND HAVE LATER EVEN BEEN ADMITTED TO THE POLYTECHNIC, SOME HAVE ATTENDED COURSES AT THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE AND ARE NOW TEACHING, MR. WATERS SAID.

HE ADDED : +WE ATTRIBUTED THE SUCCESS LARGELY TO THE EFFORTS OF THE BOYS THEMSELVES BUT WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT IT IS TECHNICAL EDUCATION THAT HAS GIVEN THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD DOWN WELL PAID JOBS.+

NEW MOVE TO PUBLICISE EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. NEIL HENDERSON REVEALED TODAY (SATURDAY) A NEW MOVE TO ENSURE THAT ALL EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS ARE AWARE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION.

HE GAVE DETAILS OF THE PLAN THIS EVENING. WHEN

HE OPENED LABOUR EDUCATION WEEK '78 WHICH IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS INSTITUTE AT THE CHAT WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE.

MR. HENDERSON SAID THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE HE INTENDED INTRODUCING LEGISLATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO MAKE IT COMPULSORY FOR A POSTER GIVING A SUMMARY OF EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION TO BE DISPLAYED IN A CONSPICUOUS POSITION IN ALL PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT.

BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES COULD THEN EASILY READ WHAT THEIR RESPECTIVE OBLIGATIONS AND ENTITLEMENTS WERE UNDER THE LAW, HE SAID. COMPULSION TO DISPLAY THE POSTER WOULD BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.

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