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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1994

BIOTECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME INVITES ENROLMENT

ALL BIOTECHNOLOGY-RELATED COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS OPERATING PARTICIPATE IN THE 1995 BIOTECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG ARE WELCOME TO INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME,

OF INDUSTRY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL MR RAYMOND YOUNG, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

AN

THE INDUSTRY AND IS A TRAINING SCHEME EMERGING BIOTECHNOLOGY

ORGANISED BY THE BIOTECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, THE PROGRAMME AIMED AT UPGRADING MANPOWER RESOURCES FOR THE INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.

"FIFTEEN UNDERGRADUATE/POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS LOCAL

THE COMPLETED

1994 HAVE

ACQUIRED INVALUABLE RESEARCH

SUCCESSFULLY

TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS BIOTECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME AND AND INDUSTRIAL EXPOSURE AT BOTH DOMESTIC AND OVERSEAS ORGANISATIONS.

"MOST OF LAST YEAR'S

THIS PROGRAMME

DECIDED TO JOIN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE PREVIOUS GROUP OF INTERNS.

CO-SPONSORING

AGAIN THIS

COMPANIES IN YEAR

HAVE ALREADY VIEW OF THE

PROGRAMME, THE COMMITTEE HAS "AFTER A REVIEW OF THIS YEAR'S

MR YOUNG DECIDED TO ORGANISE A SIMILAR INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME IN 1995, SAID.

OF

ON THE ARRANGEMENT FOR FUNDING, HE SAID CO-SPONSORING COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS WOULD BE EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE ABOUT 50 PER CENT THE COST OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PROGRAMMES.

"MONTHLY REMUNERATION RATES

OF

THE

AND $7,000

$10.650 WILL BE INTERNS RESPECTIVELY. THE ALL

REMUNERATION FOR

PAYABLE TO UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE OF ΓΕΝΤ PER WILL SPONSOR 50 COMMITTEE INTERNS, MR YOUNG SAID.

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ONE ROUND-TRIP ECONOMY "A TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE EQUIVALENT TO CLASS AIR TICKET BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE OVERSEAS DESTINATION OR A PROVINCE CASH ALLOWANCE OF $1,000 FOR INTERNS POSTED WITHIN GUANGDONG

PARTICIPATING TERTIARY STUDENTS AND AN INSURANCE COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE INTERNSHIP PERIOD WILL BE SPONSORED BY THE COMMITTEE.

ALL FOR

"FOR OVERSEAS INTERNSHIP

PROGRAMMES, CO-SPONSORING COMPANIES ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR THEIR INTERNS THROUGHOUT THE INTERNSHIP PERIOD, MR YOUNG SAID.

TT

IN

BE

SELECTION OF ENROLMENT WILL BE INVITED IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.

TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED CANDIDATES FROM LOCAL

THE PROGRAMME COMPANIES.

WILL CONJUNCTION WITH CO-SPONSORING IMPLEMENTED BETWEEN JUNE AND SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.

CONTACT MR D C

INTERESTED COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS SHOULD CHEUNG OF THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT ON TEL 737 2206 FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

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