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electronics, machine shop and metal working, welding, plastics, printing and textiles, will benefit from two new industrial training centres now under construction; one, at Kowloon Bay, will commence operation in January next year, and the other, at Kwai Chung, in September.
82.
(v) Computer Education
But improvements to education are not simply a matter of constructing new schools
schools and institutes,
institutes, nor just of training teachers and instructors. We must ensure that the coming generation is trained for tomorrow's world. Computers are already a fact of life in Hong Kong and it is essential that our young people are made familiar with their use and operation at an early age. A pilot scheme begun in 1982 has provided computer equipment for 105 Government-aided secondary schools and these are now teaching computer studies at the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Level. Computer training is also being provided in technical institutes and the future Shatin and Chai Wan Technical Institutes will have
large computer studies departments. A start has therefore been made, but we must examine whether we are doing enough.
83.
Before leaving education. I should mention that the Government is examining the recommendations of a working party chaired by the Honourable Alex Wu concerning, among other things, the production of primary and secondary school textbooks written
written in Chinese. These will fill a long felt
need.
84.
(c) Medical services
(1) Hospital projects
Population growth and movement have imposed
considerable strains on
our hospitals, but the
shortfall in
/the
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