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THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1985

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NEW COMPLEX TO PROVIDE BETTER TRAINING

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FIVE TRAINING CENTRES OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC) WILL MOVE INTO A NEW BUILDING AT 13 SAN KWAI STREET, KWAI CHUNG, TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO PROVIDE BETTER INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FACILITIES.

THE $120 MILLION KWAI CHUNG TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX,

THE SECOND TO BE BUILT BY THE COUNCIL, WILL HOUSE THE ELECTRONICS MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORK ING, AUTOMOBILE, ELECTRICAL AND TEXTILÉ TRAINING CENTRES.

WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF ABOUT 16 000 SQUARE METRES, THE FIVE CENTRES WILL OFFER IN SEPTEMBER 19 FULL-TIME AND FOUR PART-TIME COURSES RANGING FROM 30 HOURS TO ONE YEAR IN LENGTH AND WILL TURN OUT 4 100 TRAINED PERSONNEL ANNUALLY.

THE TRAINING CENTRES ARE EQUIPPED TO SIMULATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE ACTUAL WORKING CONDITIONS IN INDUSTRY, SO THAT TRAINEES ARE EXPOSED TO AN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR TRAINING.

ENROLMENT OF TRAINEES TO COURSES ORGANISED BY THE TRAINING CENTRES HAS ALREADY STARTED. ENQUIRIES ON COURSE AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS CAN BE MADE AT THE KWAI CHUNG TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX ON 0-204253 OR THE KOWLOON BAY TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX ON 3-7506818.

DB MEMBERS OBSERVE USD OPERATIONS *****

KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TODAY (THURSDAY) OBSERVED VARIOUS OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT'S ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.

THE 10 BOARD MEMBERS WENT FIRST TO THE LAM TIN SERVICE RESERVOIR PLAYGROUND TO WATCH A GENERAL DUTIES TEAM IN ACTION AGAINST HAWKERS AT TAK TIN ROAD.

IN YUET WAH STREET THEY TOURED THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINT WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH A VEHICLE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND A CARBON FILTRATION SYSTEM TO CUT OUT THE ODOROUS SMELL EMITTED FROM THE RCP.

THEY THEN TOURED THE NGAU TAU KOK MARKET COMPLEX, WHICH WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO PROVIDE BOTH MARKET FACILITIES AND INDOOR RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES UNDER ONE ROOF.

AT SHUI WO STREET IN THE TOWN CENTRE, BOARD MEMBERS NOTED IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THE ENVIRONMENT SINCE THE SETTING UP OF A HAWKER PERMITTED AREA WHICH WAS THE RESULT OF A MAJOR HAWKER RE-ORDER ING EXERCISE.

/THE EXERCISE