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of professional training leading to a Diploma in Education. A total of 43 students obtained the Diploma in 1971.
The Lingnan Institute of Business Administration was inaugurated in September 1966. The institute provides facilities for graduate study and research in the broad area of business administration, and offers a two-year curriculum leading to the degree of Master of Business Administration.
The Department of Extra-mural Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong offered over 400 courses and had an enrolment of 12,478 during 1970–1. In addition to general courses, the department has so far provided certificate programmes in hotel management, hotel operation, social welfare, the promotion and techniques of tourism, tourist guiding, applied design, transistor technology, com- puter fundamentals and programming, Chinese history, Chinese literature, general banking administration, basic systems analysis, librarianship, advanced translation and the teaching of modern mathematics in secondary schools. The majority of the courses are conducted in Cantonese or Mandarin. The department also offers correspondence courses in English and Chinese writing, English and Chinese language and literature, business administration, design and other subjects.
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THE POLYTECHNIC
The Polytechnic Planning Committee, established by the Govern- ment in 1969 with the intention of expanding higher technical and vocational education in Hong Kong by setting up a polytechnic based on the existing Technical College, completed its recommenda- tions to the Governor in July 1971. In the same month the Hong Kong Polytechnic Ordinance was enacted and the first Director of the Polytechnic appointed. At the end of the year plans were in hand for the development of the new Polytechnic aimed at provid- ing 4,000 full-time and 20,000 part-time places by 1974–5.
THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
The college, a post-secondary institution operated by the Govern- ment, had a total enrolment of 11,853 students in 395 classes, comprising 1,820 full-time students in 64 classes, 662 part-time day-release students in 27 classes and 9,371 evening students in 304 classes distributed over 10 centres. It has eight departments: build- ing, surveying and structural engineering; commerce and manage- ment studies; electrical engineering; mechanical, production and