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FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1984

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APPLICATIONS FOR ALL FULL-TIME, ONE-YEAR CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN COURSES WILL CLOSE AT THE END OF THE MONTH. COURSES WILL START IN SEPTEMBER WITH THEORY SESSIONS HELD AT VARIOUS TECHNICAL INSTITUTES FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS. FORM THREE TO FORM FIVE SCHOOL-LEAVERS MAY APPLY.

DR FRANCIS TIEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, AND DR GEOFFREY YEH, OF THE HS IN CHONG CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED WERE ORIGINALLY TO HAVE OFFICIATED AT THE CEREMONY, BUT WERE UNABLE TO DO SO. AS THEY WERE OUT OF TOWN,

IN HIS SPEECH READ BY MR MORGAN, DR TIEN SAID THAT THE COMPLEX WAS A MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING HERE.

HE FELT THAT THE COURSES OFFERED WOULD BE POPULAR BECAUSE THEY HAD ALL BEEN CAREFULLY PLANNED BY TRAINING BOARDS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

+ALL FULL-TIME TRAINEES WILL BE PAID WEEKLY ALLOWANCES, AND A PLACEMENT SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED TO HELP TRAINEES TO FIND SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT.

+ IN ADDITION, ALL TRAINEES AT THE CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN LEVELS WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE TECHNICAL EDUCATION ON A DAY-RELEASE BASIS IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, AND WILL BE EXEMPTED FROM THE RELEVANT PART OF AN APPRENTICESHIP,+ DR TIEN SAID,

GREAT DEMAND FOR GOVERNMENT FACTORY UNITS

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LEASES FOR ALMOST HALF OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S LATEST INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, WANG CHEONG FACTORY ESTATE, WERE SIGNED DURING THE FIRST TWO DAYS SINCE APPLICATIONS OPENED ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 18).

ADDRESSING A SEMINAR TODAY, HOUSING MANAGER MR FOK PO-CHOI SAID THIS REFLECTED THE GREAT DEMAND FOR GOVERNMENT FACTORY UNITS.

THE SEMINAR, CO-ORGANISED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG GARMENT MANUFACTURERS, WAS HELD AT THE FEDERATION'S PREMISES IN TSIM SHA TSUI. ABOUT 100 MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATION ATTENDED.

MR FOK, TOGETHER WITH MR STEPHEN TONG, THE BUILDING'S ARCHITECT, EXPLAINED THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS OF WANG CHEONG FACTORY ESTATE.

THE SEMINAR ALSO INCLUDED ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY INTRODUCED BY MR LAU WING-HANG, A DIVISIONAL FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

/MR

ER FOK ....