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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10.

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+DE COURSE, WE ARE AWARE OF THE IR PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS. INSTANCE, WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY TAKING UP DELICATE WORK T- IRES INTENSE VISUAL CONCENTRATION WHILE LAM WOULD NOT BE TABLE FOR WORK INVOLVING LONG HOURS OF STANDING.

+OTHER THAN THESE CONSIDERATIONS, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT E SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE FOUR-YEAR COURSE,+ MR KWOK SAID. THE TRAINING CENTRE NOW COVERS EVERY MAJOR TRADE AND PLACES AL EMPHASIS ON THEORIES AND PRACTICAL SKILLS.

INITIALLY, CRAFT APPRENTICES WILL ATTEND A SIX-MONTH FULL-TIME NEERING COURSE AT TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, FOLLOWED BY SIX MONTHS' IC TRAINING AT THE CENTRE AND THREE YEARS' ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.

DURING THE IR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, CRAFT APPRENTICES WILL REMAI IN THE DEPARTMENT OR BE DEPLOYED TO OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

FE THEY WOULD RECEIVE INSTRUCTION AND HELP FROM WORKSHOP ETRUCTORS AND EXPERIENCED WORKERS.

*ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT GUARANTEE SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT AFTER GRADUATION, A GREAT NUMBER OF POSTS SUCH AS INSPECTORS, WORKS SUPERVISORS AND ARTISANS ARE FILLED BY THESE YOUNG PERSONS AFTER TRAINING,+ MR KWOK SAID,

MR KWOK HOPED THAT MORE DISABLED YOUTHS WOULD BENEFIT FROM --E GOVERNMENT'S APPRENTICE TRAINING AND THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR

CULD OFFER SIMILAR TRAINING FOR THEM.

IMPORTANCE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION STRESSED

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IT IS IMPORTANT THAT INFORMATION ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE NOTICE OF WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT 1*: THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, DR JAMES HAYES, AT THE CONCLUSION OF A SEVEN-DAY OCCUPATIONAL

ALTH PROMOTION SCHEME IN TSUEN WAN TODAY (SUNDAY).

DR HAYES SAID THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AT 40K WAS THE JOINT RESPONSIBILITY OF BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEE..

+AT EACH WORKPLACE, THE EMPLOYER T AND WHAT MEASURES SHOULD PE

THE TO A MINIMUM, HE SAID.

ST KNOW WHAT HAZARDO

MOVE OF REDUCE

HE ADDED THAT METHODS AGAINST CARDS COULD INCLUDE FQUATE VENTILATION, THE SUPPLY OF ROTICTIVE EQUIPMENT,

RATIONAL RULES AND PROPER HANDL ho

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