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(4) It has been said that if Hong Kong is to keep its
industrial boom technical education must be greatly
improved. What steps are being taken?
I do not think anybody would quarrel with the proposition that if Hong Kong is to retain its position
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in the industrial field it must/strive for greater
efficiency; this means better management and the applica-
tion of more and better technical skills.
We must remember, however, that education services
already take about 18% of the Colony's annual budget.
There is a severe problem of priorities in expanding
education facilities. There is, for example, still
much to do in the field of primary education.
However, the Hong Kong Government accepts that
technical education should have a high priority and
present plans include a new Technical Institute,
extensions to the Technical College and two new Secondary
Technical Schools.