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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1994

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GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOVT APPRENTICES

NEXT

WAY OR EMPLOYMENT

WATER

WITH MANY MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS EITHER UNDER

YEARS, THERE ARE FEW

LOT OF A STARTING IN THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TECHNICAL STAFF IN HONG KONG, THE DIRECTOR OF SUPPLIES, MR HU MAN-SHIU, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

A OFFICIATING AT APPRENTICES, MR HU

GRADUATION

CEREMONY

GOVERNMENT FOR

CRAFT

SAID HONG

HAD

ALSO

KONG'S CREATED

RAPID

A

INTO INTEGRATION STRONG DEMAND

FOR

THE TRAINED

CHINA ECONOMY OF TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.

GRADUATING TODAY ARE 47 CRAFT APPRENTICES WHO HAVE PARTICULAR SKILL AND ARE PROFICIENT IN THEIR OWN TRADE.

ACQUIRED A

-

AN

-

MR HU SAID THEY WOULD FORMALLY BECOME PART OF HONG KONG'S

AND INTELLIGENT INDUSTRIOUS, VALUABLE ASSET FORCE AND WOULD HELP TO BUILD A BETTER HONG KONG.

INNOVATIVE

MOST WORK

HE ENCOURAGED THEM TO CONTINUE

AND TO KEEP BROADEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES IN THEIR FIELDS.

FOR LOOKING

UP WITH THE

OPPORTUNITIES TO OF ADVANCEMENT

"YOU WILL FIND IT REWARDING IN YOUR FUTURE CAREER,

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MR HU SAID.

HAD PROGRESSED HE POINTED OUT THAT A NUMBER OF PAST GRADUATES TO HIGH POSITIONS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

OF YOU HERE AS LONG AS

HE SAID.

"THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTION TO ALL KBENNESS AND UNFAILING EFFORT ARE MAINTAINED,

THE GOVERNMENT CRAFT APPRENTICES TRAINING SCHEME IS RUN BY

ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE

AS LARGE

THE OBJECTIVE OF IT HAS A HISTORY OF MORE THAN 20 YEARS WITH PROVIDING TRAINED CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE WELL AS TO MEET THE EVER-INCREASING DEMAND OF THE INDUSTRIES AT IN HONG KONG.

COURSE WHICH LEARNING WITH PRACTICAL

SELECTED CANDIDATES UNDERGO A FOUR-YEAR TRAINING COMBINES AN APPROPRIATE MEASURE OF ACADEMIC TRAINING.

THE PRESENT ANNUAL RECRUITMENT FIGURE FOR CRAFT APPRENTICES

A

INTERVAL. SIX-MONTH

AT PRESENT, 100 THROUGH TWO INTAKES AT CRAFT APPRENTICES ARE RECEIVING TRAINING UNDER THE SCHEME.

1969,

MORE THAN

IS

308

2,000

CRAFTSMEN HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING AND ARE MAKING A

"SINCE THE

SCHEME

WAS

LAUNCHED IN

VALUABLE

CONTRIBUTION

IN

THE MEETING

NEEDS

ENGINEERING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG,

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MR HU SAID.

OF THE

DIVERSIFIED

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