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SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1980

DETERMINED TO SUCCEED IN THE FAMILY TRADE, FUNG-YEE DECIDED TO START WITH THE GROUND WORK AND APPLIED FOR THE CRAFT COURSE AT THE HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE. AFTER COMPLETING THE COMPREHENSIVE BASIC COURSE SHE INTENDS TO SPECIALISE IN INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECORATION AND TO DISPLAY HER TALENT INHERITED FROM THREE GENERATIONS OF CRAFTSMANSHIP.

TOGETHER WITH HO FUNG-YEE, THREE OTHER GIRLS STUDY IN THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT AT THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE. THEIR TWO-YEAR FULL-TIME TECHNICIAN COURSE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING IS COMPARATIVELY MORE CONCERNED WITH THE THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE SUBJECT.

MR HSU NOTED THAT YOUNG PEOPLE NOWADAYS ARE MORE CAREER CONSCIOUS AND LESS BOUND BY TRADITIONAL CONCEPTS WHEN THEY SELECT THEIR STUDY COURSES.

+WITH THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG, THE DEMAND FOR TECHNOLOGISTS, TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN WILL BE GREATER THAN IT HAS BEEN AT ANY TIME.

+THERE ARE ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF BOTH SEXES TO PURSUE AN EXCITING AND REWARDING CAREER IN THIS FIELD.

+THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENTS OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ARE ESTABLISHED PRIMARILY TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE IN THE LONG TERM BY PROVIDING THE NECESSARY COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION ON A MORE SYSTEMATIC AND SCIENTIFIC BASIS, + MR HSU SAID.

AT PRESENT, THE DEPARTMENT AT HAKING WONG INSTITUTE RUNS A WIDE RANGE OF COURSES FOR BOTH FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME STUDENTS VARYING IN DURATION FROM ONE TO THREE YEARS.

THE COURSES COVER ALMOST EVERY SEGMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG AND ARE AT CRAFTSMAN TO TECHNICIAN LEVELS.

ON SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF A COURSE, STUDENTS ARE AWARDED EITHER DIPLOMAS OR CERTIFICATES.

WITH THESE QUALIFICATIONS, SOME GRADUATES MOVE ON TO FURTHER STUDIES- THE MAJORITY OF GRADUATES FROM FULL-TIME COURSES ARE QUICKLY ABSORBED EVERY YEAR BY THE CONSTRUCTION

INDUSTRY.

ANTI-RABIES MESSAGE TO BE BROUGHT TO FISHERMEN

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A TWO-WEEK CAMPAIGN TO INOCULATE ALL DOGS ON FISHING VESSELS AGAINST RABIES WILL START ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 31).

THE CAMPAIGN, CONDUCTED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, IS GEARED TOWARDS THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PERIOD WHEN MOST OF THE FLEET RETURNS TO HOME PORTS FOR THE FESTIVITIES.

THE DEPARTMENT'S