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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1992

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APPRENTICE SCHEME GIVES IMPETUS TO ECONOMY

THE GOVERNMENT'S TECHNICIAN AND CRAFT APPRENTICE TRAINING SCHEME NOT ONLY EQUIPS THE TRAINEES FOR THEIR FUTURE CAREER BUT ALSO HELPS TO GIVE IMPETUS TO THE DYNAMIC ECONOMY OF HONG KONG.

THIS WAS STATED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR STEPHEN CHEONG A GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR THE TRAINEES TODAY (FRIDAY).

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OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY, MR CHEONG SAID THE FOUR-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE AND USEFUL TRAINING PROGRAMME COVERED BOTH THEORY AND PRACTICE AND PROVIDED A GOOD SOLID FOUNDATION FOR THE APPRENTICES то MEET THEIR NEW CHALLENGES.

HE SAID THE GRADUATING APPRENTICES COULD CREATE A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR HONG KONG THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE IN THEIR JOBS.

NOTING THAT HONG KONG HAD EMBARKED ON A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF LARGE-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS, MR CHEONG SAID A GREAT NEED FOR TECHNICAL PERSONNEL TO CARRY OUT THE ENGINEERING WORKS WOULD BE REQUIRED.

SINCE 1969, MORE THAN 2,600 TECHNICAL PERSONNEL HAD BEEN TRAINED UNDER THE SCHEME.

"NOW, ANOTHER BATCH OF FRESH GRADUATES ARE GOING TO JOIN THIS FORCE; THEY WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE THE CONTRIBUTIONS ΤΟ THE COMMUNITY MADE UNDER THIS SCHEME, HE ADDED.

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GRADUATING TODAY WERE 22 CRAFT APPRENTICES AND NINE TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES WHO HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TRAINING COURSE WHICH WAS ORGANISED BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE PROGRAMME, WHICH INCLUDED ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO COPE WITH THE NEEDS FOR PROFICIENCY IN THEORETICAL TECHNOLOGY AND SKILL IN PRACTICAL WORK.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR KWOK PING-KI, STAFF INVOLVED IN TRAINING PROGRAMME AND PARENTS OF THE GRADUATING APPRENTICES.

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