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SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1979

GOING TO TECHNICAL SCHOOL CAN BE QUITE A REWARDING EXPERIENCE

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GOING TO SCHOOL EVEN WHEN YOU ARE 60 YEARS OF AGE CAN PROVE TO BE QUITE A REWARDING EXPERIENCE

LITERALLY.

IT HAS BEEN SO FOR MR, CHOW CHUN-BON WHO BELIEVES THAT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN.

AND IT HAS PAID OFF HANDSOMELY FOR HIM.

FOR HIS SON, DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW TOO.

ALL FOUR ARE NOW OPERATING A FASHION DESIGN HOUSE IN KOWLOON CATERING SPECIALLY FOR THE GARMENT-MAKING INDUSTRY.

ALL FOUR ARE ALSO QUALIFIED TRADE INSTRUCTORS -- THANKS TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

+ALL OF US NEARLY BECAME CLASSMATES, QUIPPED THE DAUGHTER, MRS. KAM SIU-MAN.

+BUT AS THE COURSE WAS ALREADY FULL, MY FATHER HAD TO BE PUT ON THE WAITING LIST.+

THE FATHER DID MANAGE TO GET A PLACE IN A SUBSEQUENT COURSE AND COMPLETE HIS TRAINING A FEW MONTHS LATER.

MRS. KAM HAD THIS TO SAY OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S FOUR-WEEK BLOCK RELEASE INDUSTRIAL TRADE INSTRUCTORS' COURSE: +NOT ONLY DOES IT HELP BOOST PRODUCTION RATE BUT IT WILL ALSO HELP IMPROVE FASHION DESIGNING IN HONG KONG.+

URGING ALL EMPLOYERS TO RECOMMEND THE IR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE UP THE COURSE, MRS. KAM SAID EMPLOYERS WOULD EVENTUALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS.

THE COURSE HAS INDEED PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR.

+DEMAND FOR PLACES IS STEADILY GROWING,+ SAID THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE RESOURCES CENTRE, HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE, MR. NGAN HIN-WAH.

JUST WHY THIS PARTICULAR COURSE IS SO POPULAR IS, MR. NGAN SUGGESTED, PERHAPS IT'S THE DECEPTIVELY SHORT DURATION OF THE COURSE.+

IN REALITY, THE COURSE IS VERY INTENSIVE AND IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SOME YEARS OF WORKING EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRIES, AND ARE INSTRUCTING OTHER WORKERS AS PART OF THEIR JOB.

+ THE CHOW AND KAM FAMILIES FOR INSTANCE HAVE HAD LONG EXPERIENCE IN A GARMENT FACTORY, MR. NGAN SAID.

/TRAINING BEGINS .....