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girls, secretarial courses. The department of mechanical, production and marine engineering operates a productivity centre. Since its inception in 1961, 33 productivity courses have been offered to more than 502 managerial and supervisory staff from local factories, representing some 15 different industries. Full-time courses at crafts- man and pre-apprentice levels are also offered in the building, electrical and mechanical trades.
The eight departments also provide part-time day and evening courses. These lead to college certificates and to City and Guilds of London Institute and other qualifications in a range of technical and commercial subjects at professional, technicians' and crafts- men's levels. A two-year part-time in-service course for training teachers of technical subjects and an 11-week part-time day-release course for workshop and trade instructors are also offered. A new part-time craft course for carpenters and joiners was started during the year.
In addition to regular day and evening courses, 51 short courses were offered during the year. These were on specific topics of current interest to local industry, such as AM transistor receiver design, modern developments in dyeing and finishing processes for wool knitwear and the matrix method of frame analysis.
A wool workshop, donated by the International Wool Secretariat and the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, and a new extension to the classroom block were completed during the early part of 1967. The wool workshop was opened by the Governor in November.
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Local and overseas firms, organizations and individuals support the work of the college by generous donations of materials, equip- ment, scholarships and funds for specific projects. Gifts of books to the college library were made by the Asia Foundation, United States Information Agency, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and individuals.
Firms in Britain and Australia continue to offer places for practical training to students who have completed three-year higher diploma courses, and 26 students took advantage of the opportunities this year. Several manufacturers in Italy have offered, for the first time, nine training places through the efforts of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries. The Cotton Spinners' Association donated a