TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1984
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$83M MORE FOR NEEDED INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
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MORE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FACILITIES WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR, WHEN THE KWAI CHUNG TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX IS COMPLETED, DR FRANCIS TIEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL SAID TODAY.
A $83-MILLION CONTRACT TO BUILD THIS COMPLEX AT TAI LIN PAI ROAD, KWAI CHUNG, HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE HSIN CHONG CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED BY THE COUNCIL.
PRESIDING AT THE CONTRACT-SIGNING CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON, DR TIEN SAID THAT THE KWAI CHUNG COMPLEX IS THE SECOND OF THE TWO COMPLEXES BEING CONSTRUCTED BY THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED WELL-TRAINED MANPOWER FOR INDUSTRY.
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FIVE TRAINING CENTRES FOR THE AUTOMOBILE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS, MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING, AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES - WILL BE HOUSED IN THE TEN-STOREY BUILDING, PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 4 100 TRAINING PLACES A YEAR.
FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME COURSES AT OPERATIVE, CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN LEVELS WILL BE OFFERED IN THESE CENTRES.
+WORKSHOPS IN THE CENTRES WILL BE DESIGNED AND EQUIPPED TO SIMULATE AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE ACTUAL WORKING CONDITIONS IN INDUSTRY SO THAT TRAINEES WILL BE EXPOSED TO AN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAINING.
+UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSES, TRAINEES WILL BE ABLE TO ENTER INDUSTRY FOR FURTHER JOB EXPERIENCE OR BECOME APPRENTICES AND RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON THE JOB+, HE SAID.
HE ALSO SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE FIRST COMPLEX IN KOWLOON BAY WAS GOING WELL AND THAT ENROLMENT OF TRAINEES WOULD START SOON.
+WHEN THESE TWO INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BUILDING PROJECTS COME INTO FRUITION, HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO EMBARK ON A WELL-DEVISED SYSTEM OF MANPOWER TRAINING TO SUSTAIN THE GROWTH OF LOCAL INDUSTRY, + DR TIEN SAID.
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