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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993

SHORT-TERM MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGNS ARE ALSO UNDERTAKEN AS AND WHERE THE NEED ARISES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

FURTHER ENQUIRY CAN BE DIRECTED ΤΟ PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER, MR R LRUNG ON TEL 594 6401.

APPRENTICE TRAINING HELPS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR HONG KONG TO TRAIN A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF CRAFTSMEN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR KWOK PING-KI, TODAY (FRIDAY),

SAID

OFFICIATING AT A GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR GOVERNMENT CRAFT APPRENTICES, MR KWOK POINTED OUT THAT AS HONG KONG WAS UNDERGOING CHANGES IN THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, THERE WAS EVEN A MORE URGENT NEED TO CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS.

HOWEVER, MR KWOK NOTED THAT A SHORTAGE OF TECHNICAL HUMAN RESOURCES WAS ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

HE STRESSFD THAT WHILE THE GOVERNMENT WAS EXPANDING TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION AT TERTIARY LEVEL, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT EVERY STEP SHOULD BE TAKEN TO TRAIN SUFFICIENT CRAFTSMEN TO WORK TOGETHER WITH TECHNOLOGISTS AND MANAGERS SO AS TO STRIKE A BALANCE IMPLEMENTING THE TERRITORY'S INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

IN

GRADUATING TODAY ARE 19 CRAFT APPRENTICES WHO HAVE ACQUIRED A PARTICULAR SKILL AND ARE PROFICIENT IN THEIR OWN TRADE.

"THEY WILL BECOME THE NEW BLOOD IN THE INDUSTRY, READY TO NEW CHALLENGE IN THE DEVELOPING INDUSTRY OF HONG KONG OR EVEN ABROAD, MR KWOK SAID.

MEET

THE GOVERNMENT'S CRAFT APPRENTICES TRAINING SCHEME IS RUN BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

UNDER THE SCHEME,

NELECTED CANDIDATES UNDERGO A FOUR-YEAR TRAINING PROGRANNE WHICH COMPRISES BOTH THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL SKILL.

THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE IS OBTAINED FROM STUDY AT THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, AND PRACTICAL SKILL IS ACQUIRED THROUGH A SIX-MONTH BASIC TRAINING AT THE APPRENTICE TRAINING CENTRE, FOLLOWED BY A THREE-YEAR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING IN VARIOUS SECTIONS OF

PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS.

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