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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1989

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SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR VTC

THE YEAR 1988-89 WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ONE FOR THE

WHICH WAS

THE TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC)

HIGHLIGHTED BY

IN HEADQUARTERS CONSTRUCTION FOR THE COUNCIL'S 19-STOREY THE HON STEPHEN CHEONG SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

VOCATIONAL OF START WAN CHAI,

ANNUAL REPORT OF TABLING THE

THE VTC IN THE LEGISLATIVE NEW TOWER WOULD HOUSE THOSE COUNCIL, MR CHEONG SAID THE

TRAINING

RENTED CENTRES CURRENTLY ACCOMMODATED IN

PREMISES AS WELL AS ANOTHER NEW TRAINING CENTRE.

WAS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN TWO IN A MONTH'S TIME AND THE

THE CONSTRUCTION WORK PHASES, WITH THE FIRST TO BE COMPLETED SECOND IN MID-1990.

ΤΟ

THE

MR

EXPAND AND IMPROVE IN OLDER INSTITUTES,

AT THE KWAI CHUNG AND

PROGRAMME AS PART OF AN OVERALL

AMENITIES TEACHING FACILITIES AND STUDENT CHEONG SAID THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ANNEXES KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WAS COMPLETED EARLY THIS YEAR.

MR CHEONG SAID THE BANKING

40 OFFERING SOME

IN-SERVICE COMPANIES. SO FAR,

ON OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE VTC, TRAINING CENTRE WAS OPENED LAST JANUARY, COURSES TO EMPLOYEES OF BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING IT HAD PROVIDED TRAINING TO SOME 6,500 BANKING EMPLOYEES.

HE ADDED THAT THE COUNCIL TESTING AND CERTIFICATION SKILLS.

CRAFTSMEN TO OF

INTRODUCED DURING THE YEAR

ASSESS THEIR

LEVEL

TRADE OF

TIME "THIS IS THE FIRST

AND AS AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG TRADESMEN IN FOUR TRADES, NAMELY, TYPESETTERS AND VEHICLE MECHANICS.

THAT TRADE

A

START THE

HAS TESTING

TEST WAS

MECHANICAL ELECTRICIANS,

"THE RESPONSE WAS MOST ENCOURAGING, WORKERS APPLYING FOR THE TEST, HE SAID.

WITH SOME

2,000

SERVING

BEEN MADE OFFERED

ΤΟ

FITTERS,

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