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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1980

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A TOTAL OF 3 799 TRAINEES COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING IN VARIOUS COURSES AND WERE NOW WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY, HELPING TO UNDERPIN FUTURE SUCCESS OF THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY.

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DR TIEN SAID THAT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HAD ANOTHER BUOYANT YEAR IN 1979 AND THE NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS GREW FROM 74 000 TO 82 000, AN INCREASE OF 11 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1977, SOME 1 200 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN HAD COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE AND ENTERED THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHERE THEY ACQUIRED MORE ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE BEFORE BECOMING FULLY QUALIFIED CRAFTSMEN.

THE TRAINEES FROM BOTH CENTRES WERE HIGHLY REGARDED BY THE IR INDUSTRIES AND OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT FAR EXCEEDED THE NUMBER OF TRAINEES AVAILABLE.

TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE INDUSTRY, THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY WAS PLANNING TO BUILD A SECOND TRAINING CENTRE SOON, DR TIEN ADDED.

INOCULATE YOUR DOG AGAINST RABIES ****

THE BEST METHOD OF PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF RABIES IS FOR ALL DOG OWNERS TO HAVE THEIR DOGS INOCULATED AGAINST THE DISEASE THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, THE HON J.M. RIDDELL-SWAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON HENRY HU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID THAT SINCE THE CONFIRMATION OF THE RABIES CASE ON OCTOBER 4, 1 864 DOGS HAD BEEN INOCULATED.

HE SAID THAT DOG CONTROL TEAMS HAD BEEN IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED THAT SAME AFTERNOON IN THE AREA WHERE THE CASE OCCURRED TO EXAMINE EVERY DOG AND DESTROY ALL THOSE NOT INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES AND TO ENSURE THAT ALL DOGS WERE UNDER PROPER CONTROL.

+THIS ACTION IS CONTINUING AND UP TO YESTERDAY 400 DOGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. ADDITIONALLY AN AREA OF ROUGHLY 20 SQUARE KILOMETRES OF SURROUNDING COUNTRY TOGETHER WITH THE WHOLE CLOSED AREA OF THE BORDER WAS DECLARED AN AREA WHERE NO DOG, OTHER THAN POLICE AND ARMY DOGS, COULD BE MOVED INTO OR OUT EXCEPT WITH A PERMIT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES.+

TWENTY ADDITIONAL DOG CONTROL UNITS HAVE NOW BEEN FORMED

AND A FURTHER 30 WOULD SHORTLY BECOME OPERATIONAL.

+THESE UNITS WILL BE DEPLOYED TERRITORY-WIDE BUT WILL CONCENTRATE IN THE FIRST INSTANCE ON AREAS CLOSE TO THE AFFECTED AREA AND OTHER AREAS OF HIGH PRIORITY INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS FISH MARKETS WHERE JUNKS CONCENTRATE.+

/THE UNITS