1.   Amelia began to feel better-the essay she wrote on car mechanics, a course requirement, won first prize.

2.   In most big cities advertisements for workers, from plumbers to car mechanics, go unanswered for weeks.

3.   The classes are designed for the uninitiated, starting with the basics of car mechanics.

4.   Car mechanics tell you the truth.

5.   Loggers, carpenters and car mechanics live here, but so do lawyers, civil servants and artists.

6.   Tony Vogelsburg, an environmental manager at the company, said car mechanics should use the best product they can find.

7.   Other projects would build medical clinics, sports clubs and stadiums, roads and vocational schools to train car mechanics, electricians and plumbers.

8.   Mustapa said several foreigners are also being trained in basic skills, including learning to be car mechanics, at activities centers in Malaysia.

9.   She said the government should buy equipment to test pollutant emissions from vehicles as few car mechanics in Hong Kong had the proper equipment to do real emissions tests.

10.   The report, issued Thursday, also said that positions for foreign semiskilled workers, including car mechanics, should be gradually increased over time.