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But in one industrial field printing proposed training

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schemes might be hold up because the Technical Institute could not provide

courses for those who would be receiving industrial training.

Mr. Canning said that highly specialised printing workshops,

which were required, were not available at Morrison Hill although consideration was being given to include such facilities in one of the

two institutes being planned at present.

Referring to expenditure on technical education, Mr. Canning

said that the two further technical institutes would require a capital

"When all three technical expenditure of the order of $26 to $28 million. institutes are operational the recurrent costs will be of the order of

$15 million per annum.

Pre-vocational Schools

Mr. Canning said that the expansion of pre-vocational schools

When the had a planned capital expenditure of the order of $17 million. planned projects were completed the recurrent costs of these schools would

be of the order of $5 million a year.

The Director gave an assurance that everything was being done

"to expedite the realisation of our aims" on the plans for three years

of post-primary education for all who seek it.

On the shortage of accondary schools in the New Territories,

Mr. Canning said that private secondary school operators tended to concentrate their activities in the urban areas and he could not hold out any real hope that any significantly large numbers of places would be provided

from that source in the near future.

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