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FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1986

THAT MEANT THAT EMPLOYERS SHOULD TRAIN ABOUT FOUR TECHNOLOGISTS, 34 TECHNICIANS AND 470 CRAFTSMEN ANNUALLY TO MEET THE GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY.

THE BOARD ALSO STATED IN THE SURVEY THAT THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY IN THE PAST 12 YEARS HAD RESULTED IN AN ACUTE SHORTAGE OF PROPERLY TRAINED CRAFTSMEN.

IF THE INDUSTRY WANTED TO MAINTAIN ITS SHARE OF INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, IT MUST MOVE UP MARKET IN TERMS OF QUALITY AND STYLING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE COUNCIL'S JEWELLERY INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE IN KWAI CHUNG, SCHEDULED TO BE OPERATIONAL IN AUTUMN, WOULD PROVIDE BASIC TRAINING COURSES IN GOLDSMITHY (K-GOLD), GOLDSMITHY (FINE-GOLD) AND PRECIOUS STONE SETTING FOR ABOUT 100 TRAINEES, HE ADDED.

THE 1985 MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT ON THE JEWELLERY INDUSTRY IS AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AT $9.50 A COPY.

EDUCATION CHIEF PRAISES PO LEUNG KUK

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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, TODAY (FRIDAY) PRAISED THE PO LEUNG KUK FOR ITS EFFORTS IN PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATION SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

SPEAKING AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE PO LEUNG KUK CHEE JING YIN PRIMARY SCHOOL IN SHA TIN, MR LEUNG PLACED ON RECORD HIS THANKS TO THE KUK FOR RUNNING SEVEN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, 10 PRIMARY SCHOOLS, THREE SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS AND SIX KINDERGARTENS WITH A TOTAL ENROLMENT OF MORE THAN 20 000 PUPILS.

THE NEW SCHOOL, WHICH BEGAN CLASSES IN SEPTEMBER, NOW HAD AN ENROLMENT OF MORE THAN 1 100 PUPILS ATTENDING 30 CLASSES IN AM AND PM SESSIONS, MR LEUNG NOTED.

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