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MONDAY, MAY 10, 1982

BIG DEMAND FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE GRADUATES

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THERE IS A CONTINUING BIG DEMAND BY EMPLOYERS IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY FOR FULL-TIME GRADUATES FROM THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

A RECENT SURVEY OF FULL-TIME 1980/81 GRADUATES OF THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES SHOWED THAT AROUND 77 PER CENT OF THEM FOUND JOBS WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF GRADUATION.

ANOTHER 17 PER CENT OF THEM WERE PURSUING FURTHER FULL-TIME STUDIES, AND SIX PER CENT WERE STILL LOOKING FOR JOBS AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY.

THE MAIN FIELDS OF EMPLOYMENT ARE INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND THE GOVERNMENT.

SOME 1 000 GRADUATES RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY WHICH WAS

CARRIED OUT AMONG 1 720 GRADUATES.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY OF THE GRADUATES WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE YEAR BEFORE, WITH AN INCREASE RATE RANGING FROM 10.6 PER CENT TO 26.1 PER CENT ACCORDING TO FIELDS OF STUDY AND QUALIFICATIONS.

COMPARED WITH 1976 SALARIES, THE STARTING SALARIES OF THE GRADUATES IN 1981 INCREASED BY 77.8 TO 96.9 PER CENT IN THE TECHNICAL AREAS, AND BY 75.5 TO 89.2 PER CENT IN THE COMMERCIAL AND SERVICES SECTOR, DEPENDING ON THEIR LEVELS OF WORK.

THE MAIN SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYMENT WERE PRESS ADVERTISEMENTS, TECHNICAL INSTITUTE CIRCULARS AND TEACHERS.

THE NUMBER OF CRAFT STUDENTS JOINING THE APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME ROSE TO 61.6 PER CENT, AS COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR'S FIGURE OF 48.2 PER CENT.

THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ARE MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG, HAKING WONG AND LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

TEMPORARY WATER CUT

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FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO PREMISES IN CHAI WAN WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR EIGHT HOURS FROM 10 PM ON THURSDAY (MAY 13) TO 6 AM THE NEXT DAY TO FACILITATE WORK ON THE SUPPLY SYSTEM OF THE SAI WAN SERVICE RESERVOIR.

AFFECTED AREAS ARE SUN YIP STREET, FUNG YIP STREET, SUN ON STREET, ON YIP STREET, WING PING STREET, HONG PING STREET, CHAI WAN ROAD BETWEEN WING PING STREET AND SUN YIP STREET INCLUDING YUE WAN ESTATE, CHAI WAN FERRY CONCOURSE AND CHAI WAN RECLAMATION CLASS II LICENCED AREA.

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