in London. The staff responsible for the particular courses involved at this level and the equipment would have to be agreed by the University but the College would be quite distinct and separate in every other way. It should be appreciated that considerable additions of equipment would be needed and of more highly qualified staff. Meanwhile it is proposed that the Technical College be renamed the College of Technology in order to enhance the status of the technicians trained within its walls and also to recognise in some measure the high level of training being offered. It is further proposed that it be given a considerable degree of autonomy under a Board of Governors; the College would be provided with funds in the way of grants-in-aid, would be responsible for deciding its own method of operation within the general framework of Government policy in technical and technological education and would recruit its own staff.
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The College should continue to play an outstanding part in the field of technical education providing a service to industry not only in training but also in the shape of consultancy work as well as the present testing arrangements. It is also suggested that the library should be built up to the point where it can be used to provide a 'Technical Information Service' to which firms would pay an agreed sum thus enabling them to have access to training books, manuals, films, programmes, reference books and the like.
6.1.3. Hong Kong is fortunate in having a College which has acquired something of a tradition in industry for high standards and thoroughness. The principal and his staff are imbued with a spirit of service and an anxiety to give of their best but the supporting services such as the administrative staff and the ancillary workshop and laboratory technicians are far from adequate. Moreover the College is working under considerable difficulties created by maintaining a complex teaching institution of this kind under the direct control of Government. The proposals made above, and expanded in the following paragraphs, are intended to assist Government, the Department of Education and the College staff in providing first class facilities.
6.2. Course Policy
6.2.1. The course policy of the College should be decided by the Board of Studies, consisting of the Principal as Chairman with heads of college departments and sections as members, taking into account all the relevant factors arising from any economic development proposals, manpower statistics, advisory committees, industry itself, Government etc. The present arrangement whereby the policy is vetoed by Government is unnecessarily restrictive and not in the best interests of the Government itself. If the funds available to the College are inadequate then the necessary cut should be announced and the College left to amend its own course policy. There are often different ways of achieving the same object e.g. a part-time day alternative to a full-time course, whereby money can be saved and the course go on albeit in a less effective manner. 6.2.2. It is noted that there is a proposal to remove teacher and instructor training from the College and to place it in the proposed institute. It is suggested that this proposal be reviewed since this subject is not only one requiring experienced handling but it is also of the foremost importance. A newly fledged institution will have problems enough in its early years. The subject may well be one on which expert assistance and advice would be valuable. The pedagogic Unit might
investigate one or two teaching problems which have arisen on the technical side, one of which could be the problems arising from the use of Chinese as a medium of instruction. There will be a need for the formation of industrial training officers as has already been mentioned and the Unit could share in this work. The training of teachers of technical and commercial subjects for secondary work will also doubtless grow.
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