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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1987

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ENGINEER TRAINEES GET MORE SUBSIDY

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THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE MONTHLY SUBSIDY FOR GRADUATE TRAINEES RECEIVING TRAINING UNDER THE ENGINEERING GRADUATE TRAINING SCHEME (EGTS) HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM $2 000 TO $2 150 WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1.

THE SUBSIDY FOR ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES RECEIVING APPROVED PRACTICAL TRAINING IN INDUSTRY UNDER THE SCHEME ALSO HAS GONE UP FROM $1 000 TO $1 200 PER PERSON PER MONTH.

THE EGTS, INTRODUCED IN 1983, IS ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE ON TRAINING OF TECHNOLOGISTS TO ENABLE ENGINEERING GRADUATES TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY PRACTICAL TRAINING.

EACH TRAINEE RECEIVING TRAINING UNDER THE SCHEME WILL BE GRANTED A SUBSIDY TO BE PAID THROUGH HIS EMPLOYER AS PART OF HIS SALARY.

SINCE 1983, A TOTAL OF 130 TRAINING SCHEMES FROM 92 EMPLOYERS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE.

EMPLOYERS WISHING TO OFFER TRAINING PLACES FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATES AS WELL AS UNDERGRADUATES MAY CONTACT THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE ON 5-8932341 EXT. 271.

KWAI TSING CELEBRATES TIN HAU FESTIVAL

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MORE THAN 30 000 KWAI TSING RESIDENTS, FISHERMEN AND WORSHIPPERS TODAY (THURSDAY) TOOK PART IN COLOURFUL CELEBRATIONS TO COMMEMORATE THE BIRTHDAY OF THE SEA GODDESS TIN HAU ON TSING YI ISLAND.

STARTING FROM 8.30 AM, THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS AND WORSHIPPERS WERE ATTRACTED BY THE GRAND PROCESSION OF LIONS, UNICORNS AND COLOURFUL 'FA PAU PRESENTED BY ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY ON THEIR WAY FROM THE TSING YI NEW PIER TO THE ALTAR.

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE CELEBRATIONS WAS THE ARRIVAL BY SEA AND LAND OF THE 'FA PAU', FOLLOWED BY A CEREMONY OFFICIATED BY KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN COAK, AT NOON NEAR TSING YI GARDEN.

AMONG OFFICIATING GUESTS WERE KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HO TUNG-CHING, TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR CHAU HOW-CHEN AND THE DISTRICT COMMANDER OF KWAI TSING POLICE DISTRICT, MR BRIAN ELEY.

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