WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1983
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+THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY DIFFICULTY IN SPENDING THE FUNDS ALLOCATED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT.
+THE DIFFICULTY RESTS WITH THE DETERMINATION OF THE PRIORITIES OF THE PROJECTS.
+BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT FUNDS TO MEET THE VARIOUS REQUESTS, VERY OFTEN MANY REQUESTS MUST BE EITHER HELD OVER OR REFUSED.
+OTHER THAN SIMPLY RELYING ON GOVERNMENT'S RESOURCES TO MEET THIS KIND OF LOCAL DEMAND, ONE POSSIBLE WAY IS TO LOOK FOR THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY ORGANISATION, HE SAID.
GOOD PROSPECTS FOR TRAINED GARMENT DESIGNERS
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TRAINED GARMENT DESIGNERS AND PATTERN MAKERS ARE MUCH IN DEMAND IN HONG KONG BECAUSE OF THE GROWING FASHION INDUSTRY.
MOST STUDENTS OF THE KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE'S CLOTHING DEPARTMENT HAD FIRM JOB OFFERS EVEN BEFORE THEIR GRADUATION, MISS SUSANNA JU, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, SAID.
THE DEPARTMENT OFFERS TWO-YEAR CERTIFICATE COURSES AND TWO-YEAR DIPLOMA COURSES.
MANY OF THE GRADUATES FROM THE CERTIFICATE COURSES ARE NOW SERVING IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY AS ASSISTANT LINE SUPERVISORS, QUALITY CONTROLLERS, PATTERN GRADERS AND SEWING MACHINISTS WHILE SOME HAVE BEEN APPOINTED ASSISTANT MANAGERS, MISS IU POINTED OUT.
AS THE LOCAL FASHION INDUSTRY MUST RELY ON QUALITY RATHER THAN MASS PRODUCTION TO COMPETE IN OVERSEAS MARKETS, EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS FOR TRAINED DESIGNERS AND PATTERN MAKERS REMAIN GOOD, SHE SAID.
THE DEPARTMENT'S FIRST BATCH OF DIPLOMA COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE GRADUATING THIS SUMMER.
DESPITE THE CURRENT RECESSION, MISS IU SAID SHE WAS OPTIMISTIC THEY WOULD HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT.
ON THE COURSES, SHE SAID, THOUGH CREATIVITY IS IMPORTANT, IT MUST BE COMBINED WITH PRACTICABILITY AS THE FASHION INDUSTRY DOES NOT RELY ON FANCY DESIGN ALONE FOR SUCCESS.+
AS PART OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME, STUDENTS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED
TO ORGANISE THEIR OWN FASHION SHOWS.
LAST MONTH, THEY STAGED A DISPLAY OF SOME 100 GARMENTS OF THEIR OWN DESIGN AT THE INSTITUTE, ATTRACTING HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS FROM NEARBY SCHOOLS.
/THE STAGE
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