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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1984

AND, THE SEAMEN'S TRAINING CENTRE, OPENED IN FEBRUARY, ENABLED HONG KONG TRAINED SEAMEN TO MEET INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENTS,

SAID.

A VARIETY OF OTHER TRADES INCLUDING AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICING, ELECTRICAL REPAIR AND ELECTRONICS WOULD BENEFIT WHEN THE TWO INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES, ONE AT KOWLOON BAY AND THE OTHER AT KWAI CHUNG BECOME OPERATIONAL EARLY NEXT YEAR, HE SAID.

LOOKING AHEAD, SIR EDWARD SAID 18 400 ADDITIONAL PLACES FOR TECHNICIANS, CRAFTSMEN AND APPRENTICES WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN ARE COMPLETED IN 1986, AND THE THIRD IN CHAI WAN IN 1987.

THE FUTURE SHA TIN AND CHAI WAN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WILL HAVE LARGE COMPUTER STUDIES DEPARTMENTS,

+COMPUTERS ARE ALREADY A FACT OF LIFE IN HONG KONG AND IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MADE FAMILIAR WITH THE IR USE AND OPERATION AT AN EARLY AGE.

+WE MUST ENSURE THAT THE COMING GENERATION IS TRAINED FOR TOMORROW'S WORLD, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

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THE GOVERNOR STRESSED THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

+ANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DETECTED IN HONG KONG WILL BE

REPATRIATED, HE SAID.

+THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION OF ANY KIND OF AMNESTY.+

ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, HE SAID THAT OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT HAD RESULTED IN A SLIGHT DECLINE IN THE NUMBER IN HONG KONG BUT THE RATE OF RESETTLEMENTS WAS STILL DISCOURAGINGLY SLOW.

THE CLOSED CENTRE POLICY MUST REMAIN IN FORCE TO DISCOURAGE THE ARRIVAL OF OTHERS, SAID SIR EDWARD.

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