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(a) in practical training centres and vocational training
centres;
(b) in colleges of education (including the Hong Kong
Technical Teachers' College) and schools of nursing;
(c) in post-secondary colleges (q.v.);
(d) in the five technical institutes (q.v.) at craft level
(for Form III leavers) and lower technician level
(for Form V leavers);
(e) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic (q.v.) at lower technician
level (for Form V leavers), higher technician level
(for Forms V and VI leavers) and "associateship" or
technologist level (for higher technicians); and
(f) at the two universities (q.v.) at degree or technologist
level (for Form VI leavers) or at postgraduate level.
It is intended that about 5,000 of the Polytechnic's lower technician
course places (somewhat less than half of present provision at this
level) should be transferred to the technical institutes over a
four-year period, thus enabling the Polytechnic to concentrate on
higher level work and to introduce a limited degree programme.
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Craft and technician level courses are closely related to
apprenticeship schemes. The Apprenticeship Ordinance lays down
clear provision which all apprentices in designated trades and
their employers must abide by. In Hong Kong a clear distinction has
developed between "technical education" and "training". The former
is seen as the acquisition of knowledge and understanding of the
theory and principles relevant to a particular vocation, and such
practical elements as are included in technical education are only
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