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the staff and the local industry which
could be removed. If, for instance,
Hong Kong conditions or Chinese mentality
suggest a sandwiching of practical workshop
training between the academic or theoretical
parts of the course in preference to the
postponement of practical training until
the student has graduated, the fact that
such a procedure is not always adopted
in other University courses ought not
presumably to prevent its adoption in Hong
Kong?
The Committee members who have been
considering this subject are not concerned
with the civil engineering side of the
Faculty, regarding which they have heard
no adverse criticism, nor with preparation
for the lower ranks of skilled artisans,
foremen and supervisors. For the latter
adequate arrangements are apparently being
made in the technical school and in the
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