Monday, August 13, 1973
SEVEN MORE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES PLANNED
Technical education in Hong Kong will receive a much-needed boost
with the completion in 1975 of two new technical institutes which will go
a long way towards meeting the increasing demand for skilled craftsmen and
technicians in industry,
The two institutes
one to be built in Kwai Chung and the other
in Kwun Tong
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are among seven being planned or considered for major
industrial areas, which together with the institute at Morrison Hill will
make a total of eight.
Planning for building and equipping the first two institutes is
already in an advanced stage and sub-structure work is expected to start
within the next few months according to Mr. Dan Waters, Principal of the
Morrison Hill Technical Institute who has been seconded to the Education
Department Headquarters to work on the planning.
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"Both should be ready at the start of the 1975/6 academic year,
said Mr. Waters, "and two more are scheduled to come into operation one
in Cheung Sha Wan and one San Po Kong in 1976 and 1977 respectively."
Plans and locations for the other three are being studied by the
government. It was likely, said Mr. Waters, that they would be built within
new towns such as Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun so that they could serve
industry there.
A decision on these three institutes will be made at a later date
after a review of future requirements.
/Mr. Waters *******