A.C.F.C. 28/33.
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION IN THE COLONIES
JUNIOR TECHNICAL SCHOOL, HONG KONG.
At the 38th Meeting of the Advisory Committee
it was reported that the Government of Hong Kong, in
accordance with the advice of a local Committee on
Technical Education, had decided to establish a
Junior Technical School and to develop evening
classes in connection with that School. What was
contemplated was a system of pre-apprenticeship
education, followed by apprenticeship, for which
practical training in the work would be supplemented
by technical and other education in evening classes,
the ultimate aim being the local production of
supervisors and foremen in constructive trades.
As the first Principal of this School the Board of
Education recommended Mr. G. White, who took his
degree in Engineering at Glasgow University, and
had for some time been acting as head of the Civil
and Mechanical Engineering Department in the
Plymouth and Devonport Technical College.
2.
Mr.
White joined the post at the beginning of December,
1932. Copies of his first report on the opening of
the School and plans for its development are
circulated herewith for the information of members.
It will be observed from the report that Mr.
White is bearing in mind the need for close contact
with local employers and the industrial world.
this connection the principles observed in the
selection of pupils for admission (page 4) are of
special interest. Effective means have been taken
known
for making/the functions of the School to the
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