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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1987

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS CAN BE PREVENTED AT NO COST

AVOIDED BY CARE OR MOST INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS COULD BE SAFETY PRACTICES, WHICH INVOLVED NO COST, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS WORKS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

GOOD AND

SPEAKING TO GRADUATING APPRENTICES UNDER THE GOVERNMENT

SCHEME RUN APPRENTICE TRAINING

BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HE URGED THEM TO REALISE HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS

ΤΟ AND

TRY TO LEARN HOW TO AVOID INDUSTRIAL

ENCOURAGE

OTHERS TO DO LIKEWISE.

ACCIDENTS,

TO

"DURING 1986, THERE WERE ALMOST 54,000 INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN 1985 AND, WITH 91 FATALITIES. THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN UNFORTUNATELY, THE TREND IS CONTINUING INTO 1987," MR BARNES SAID.

WAS

AND INNOVATION

UPGRADE THE

PROGRESS TECHNICAL

HE SAID HONG KONG WAS WELL KNOWN FOR

ΤΟ HAVING THE TERRITORY AND, IN 1987, THE CONTENT OF ITS PRODUCTS TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE.

Н

TECHNICIANS, NOT

WORKERS INCREASINGLY, THE USE OF HIGHER TECHNOLOGY MEANS THAT

GOVERNMENT APPRENTICE NEED MORE SOPHISTICATED SKILLS. THE AIM OF THE TRAINING SCHEME IS TO PROVIDE TRAINED CRAFTSMEN AND ONLY FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE BUT ALSO FOR THE INDUSTRIAL LABOUR FORCE,' HE SAID.

**

MR BARNES SAID HE WAS ON THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE TRAINING, THE MATERIAL COVERED VERY IMPRESSED WITH

IN THE PROGRAMME WHICH

SHOULD ENSURE

THE THAT

APPRENTICES'

THEORETICAL PROFICIENCY TECHNOLOGY WAS MATCHED BY THEIR SKILL IN PRACTICAL WORK.

IN

HELP AND TRAINING COURSE SCHEME AS WELL AS AND EXPERIENCED

"I AM SURE YOU WILL APPRECIATE THE PROVIDED TO YOU BY STAFF ENGAGED IN THE TRAINING THE INSTRUCTION RECEIVED FROM WORKERS DURING YOUR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING," HE TOLD THE GRADUATES.

WORKSHOP

INSTRUCTORS

THE TRAINING SCHEME GRADUATING FROM

TODAY WERE 63 CRAFT IN 1969, APPRENTICES AND 31 TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES. SINCE IT STARTED

TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN HAVE GRADUATED UNDER NEARLY 2,000 SCHEME.

THE

CERTIFICATES PRESENTED

AND TROPHIES TO MR BARNES THEN

THE WENT APPRENTICES. THE "BROWN" CUP FOR THE BEST TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES

THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES MR CHEUNG FO-CHUNG OF DEPARTMENT AND MR YUNG CHI-CHUNG OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.

ΤΟ

APPRENTICE WAS

THE "LAISHLEY" CUP FOR THE BEST CRAFT TO MR

TAK-WAI

THE WONG

OF "HOWES" DEPARTMENT AND THE (BASIC TRAINING}

WAS RECEIVED

ELECTRICAL

FOR PLAQUE

BY MR

AND MECHANICAL THE BEST CRAFT LAU CHI-KONG

THE OF

AWARDED SERVICES APPRENTICE WATER

SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.

ALSO PRESENT

AT

TODAY'S

CEREMONY WERE THE

DIRECTOR

OF

ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM OSBORNE,

STAFF INVOLVED

IN THE TRAINING PROGRAMME AND PARENTS OF THE GRADUATING APPRENTICES.

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