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co-operating with technical educational institutes to ensure that apprentices receive the necessary complementary technical education.
In 1979, the Apprenticeship Division registered 5,161 apprenticeship contracts, of which 770 were for non-designated trades. These contracts covered 4,674 craft apprentices and 487 technician apprentices. By the end of the year, there were 8,858 apprentices being trained in accordance with the Apprenticeship Ordinance.
Courses of instruction for apprentices, normally on a part-time day-release basis, are provided at technician level at the Hong Kong Polytechnic and at craft level, mainly at technical institutes.
In the prevocational and vocational training field, a number of centres providing training in technical, commercial and the catering trades are run by the government and by volun- tary welfare agencies.
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