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The Employment Cervice of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service continues to provide employment assistance to the socially maladjusted. The Employment Service Committee of the council co-ordinates the placement activities of various voluntary welfare organisations in respect of socially maladjusted

The Labour Department is represented on the committee.

job-seekers.

Information on rights and obligations of employers and employees under the law is provided in the form of guides and leaflets prepared by Labour Relations Service of the Labour Department. These publications

and distributed free of charge updated regularly and

employers' associations, workers' unions and members of the public.

the

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The modification made under this Article is that vocational guidance is generally not available to adults.

Article 4

The

Construction Industry Training Centres operated by the Construction Industry Training Authority provide one-year basic craft training in key building trades and one-year basic technician training to Secondary Three and Secondary Five

Five leavers seeking craft and technician apprenticeships in the industry. They also provide a number of short training/retraining courses for adult workers. The two Clothing Industry Training Centres operated by the Clothing Industry Training Authority provide full-time and part-time courses for the training of workers in the clothing industry. All these centres are financed by a levy on the respective industries.

The Apprenticeship Ordinance, which is

administered by the Apprenticeship Division of the Technical Education and Industrial Training Department, stipulates that an employer may employ young persons aged between 14 and 18 in designated trades (42 trades have been designated so far) only if they are employed as apprentices under contracts of apprenticeship registered with the. Technical Education and Industrial Training Department. Employers of apprentices in non-designated trades or of apprentices in designated trades whose age is 19 years or above may have contracts registered with the Director of Technical Education and Industrial Training Department on a voluntary basis if both parties to the contract wish to avail themselves of

benefits which the ordinance

offers.

The polytechnics and technical institutes offer a wide range of evening courses practical subjects in addition to day courses. These evening courses are open to young people as well as adults.

The Vocational Training Council has set up 20 training boards and seven general committees to assist it in carrying out some of its stipulated functions. Vineteen training centres have been established to provide pre-employment and updating/upgrading training. These include full-time courses of duration varying from several weeks to one year and part-time courses organised for up-grading purposes. In addition, an engineering graduate training scheme

training scheme is operated by the council on an industry-wide basis. To provide more and better training opportunities for school leavers as well as for in-service personnel, the various training boards promote and organise apprenticeship and traineeship schemes and subsidised courses for their respective sectors.