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THRUSDAY, JUNE 14, 1984

EMPLOYERS COULD PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUPPLEMENTING STUDENT'S ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE BY PROVIDING PRACTICAL TRAINING PLACES, HE SAID.

+RESPONSE FROM EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STUDENTS HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING THIS SUMMER WITH SUFFICIENT TRAINING PLACES IN THE HOTEL, TOURISM AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES.

+HOWEVER, A SMALL NUMBER OF PLACES ARE REQUIRED IN OTHER INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING CLOTHING, PRINTING, CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND THE COMMERCIAL SECTORS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

EXPERIENCE SHOWED THAT THE SUMMER PRACTICAL TRAINING SCHEME PUT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STUDENTS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH EMPLOYERS MANY OF WHOM OFFERED PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS UPON THEIR COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, HE ADDED.

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EMPLOYERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE SCHEME CAN DIRECTLY CONTACT THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES: MORRISON HILL (5-745321) KWAI CHUNG (0-246221), KWUN TONG (3-414331), HAKING WONG (3-615161) AND LEE WA1 LEE (3-383611).

DRY-WEATHER CHANNEL FOR SHING MUN RIVER *****

WORK HAS STARTED ON DESILTING THE SHING MUN RIVER AT SHA TIN.

SILT, MUD AND OTHER DEPOSITS ARE BEING REMOVED FROM A TWO- KILOMETRE STRETCH OF THE CONCRETE-LINED RIVER CHANNEL BETWEEN THE LOWER SHING MUN DAM AND THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY BRIDGE NEAR TAI WAI.

A $1.7 MILLION CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO YICK KEE AND PARTNERS LIMITED BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES DIGGING A DRY-WEATHER CHANNEL OVER THE SAME LENGTH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER. THIS WILL BE TWO-AND- A-HALF METRES WIDE AND ONE METRE DEEP AND LEAD WATER AWAY IN THE . DRY SEASON, WHEN THE LEVEL OF THE RIVER IS NORMALLY VERY LOW,

THEREBY PREVENTING SILT FROM BEING DEPOSITED ON THE MAIN RIVER CHANNEL BED DUE TO SLOW WATER MOVEMENT.

THE WORK WILL BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE DRY WEATHER IN NOVEMBER.

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