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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1987

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GOOD EMPLOYMENT PROFILE FOR 1980 TI GRADUATES

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A RECENT SURVEY SHOWED THAT TECHNICIAN COURSE GRADUATES OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WERE EARNING AN AVERAGE MONTHLY INCOME OF $5 659 WITHIN SIX YEARS AFTER GRADUATION, REPRESENTING AN AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE OF 15.6 PER CENT IN REAL TERMS.

THE SURVEY, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND CONDUCTED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, WAS AIMED AT STUDYING THE EMPLOYMENT PROFILE OF FULL-TIME STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED IN 1980 FROM THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

IT SHOWED THAT OF THE 1 767 GRADUATES, ONLY TWO PER CENT WERE UNEMPLOYED AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY, AND OVER 70 PER CENT HAD TAKEN UP PART-TIME STUDIES AFTER GRADUATION.

OF THE EMPLOYED GRADUATES, MOST OF THEM ARE WORKING IN THE MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMERCIAL AND SERVICES TRADES. MOST OF THEM (75 PER CENT) WERE SATISFIED WITH THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT, WORKING HOURS AND JOB NATURE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT,

AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY, ABOUT 79 PER CENT OF THE EMPLOYED GRADUATES WERE HOLDING JOBS RELEVANT TO THE COURSES THEY STUDIED IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT MORE STUDIES

OF THIS KIND IN THE FUTURE, A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN SAID.

+THE FINDINGS OF SUCH STUDIES ASSIST THE COUNCIL IN FORMULATING TECHNICAL EDUCATION PLANNING BY THROWING LIGHT ON THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF THE GRADUATES AND THE DEGREE OF THEIR ACCEPTANCE BY INDUSTRY ON A LONG-TERM BASIS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

ALERT ELDERLY FOIL DECEPTION ATTEMPTS *****

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS AGAIN URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY RECIPIENTS OF WELFARE BENEFITS, TO BE ON THEIR GUARD AGAINST PEOPLE POSING AS STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT.

THE APPEAL FOLLOWS A RECENT SPATE OF DECEPTION ATTEMPTS REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S FIELD UNITS IN TO KWA WAN, LAM TIN, WONG TAI SIN AND NGAU TAU KOK.

IT IS GRATIFYING TO SEE THAT THE PROSPECTIVE VICTIMS, SIX ELDERLY RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANTS, WERE ALL ABLE TO FOIL SUCH ATTEMPTS,+ A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

/HE SAID