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SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1983

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TECHNICAL INSTITUTE GRADUATES IN DEMAND

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TECHNICAL INSTITUTE GRADUATES WERE READILY ACCEPTED BY COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY LAST YEAR DESPITE THE RECESSION.

THIS WAS THE CONCLUSION DRAWN BY THE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY HELD AMONG 1 979 FULL-TIME STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED LAST YEAR FROM THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES MANAGED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.

BY OCTOBER 1982, 1 297 GRADUATES, OR 70.5 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL, HAD OBTAINED JOBS MOST OF WHICH WERE RELATED TO THEIR COURSES OF STUDY.

COMPARED WITH THE FIGURES IN 1981, THERE WAS A 15 PER CENT INCREASE IN THEIR STARTING SALARIES.

THE INCREASE, BY 30 PER CENT, WAS PARTICULARLY NOTICEABLE AMONG GRADUATES IN COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE COURSES RUN AT THE POST-FORM THREE LEVEL.

ALMOST 60 PER CENT OF THE CRAFT GRADUATES JOINED THE APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME FOR FURTHER TRAINING,

THE SURVEY WAS CONSIDERED MORE ACCURATE WITH A TRUE RESPONSE RATE OF 96 PER CENT.

FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEWS OF NON-RESPONSE GRADUATES BY TELEPHONE HELPED TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY.

OVER 85 PER CENT OF THE GRADUATES WHO HAD OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT WERE EARNEST TO ENHANCE THE IR QUALIFICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE BY ENROLLING IN PART-TIME COURSES RUN BY THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OR THE POLYTECHNIC.

WEATHER BOOKLET FOR SHIPPING NOW AVAILABLE

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THE ELEVENTH EDITION OF THE HONG KONG WEATHER SERVICES FOR SHIPPING+, CONTAINING INFORMATION ON HONG KONG PORT METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES, WEATHER SERVICES FOR SHIPS IN THE CHINA SEAS, THE WESTERN PACIFIC AND THE PORT OF HONG KONG, IS NOW ON SÁLE.

PUBLISHED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, THE BOOKLET ALSO CONTAINS DETAILS OF BROADCAST SCHEDULES OF WEATHER BULLETINS AND WARNINGS FOR SHIPPING, INTERNATIONAL CODES FOR SHIPS WEATHER REPORTS AND WEATHER SERVICES FROM NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.

COPIES MAY BE PURCHASED FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, AT $8 A COPY.

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