SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1974
IN THE BORDER TOWN OF SHA TAU KOK 17 WOMEN ARE ATTENDING
A PRACTICAL CLASS WHERE THEY ARE TAUGHT SEWING AND
KNITTING. SIMILAR CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE IN MANY PARTS
OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, KOULOON AND HONG KONG.
THE BIGGEST ADULT EDUCATION CENTE IS AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH
SCHOOL IN KOWLOON, WHERE MORE THAN 900 PUPILS OF NORMAL SCHOOL AGE STUDY SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSES LEADING TO THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.
AT THE SAME CENTRE, THERE ARE 28 ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CLASSES FOR ADULTS AND FIVE TEACHERS CLASSES.
ANOTHER BIG CENTRE IS ON HONG KONG ISLAND. THIS CENTRE
IS AT THE CLEMENTI MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE ANOTHER 900
PUPILS OF NORMAL AGE ARE GIVEN SECONDARY EDUCATION. THREE MUSIC CLASSES FOR TEACHERS ARE ALSO HELD AT
THIS CENTRE.
SEPARATELY, THREE ART CLASSES FOR TEACHERS ARE
CONDUCTED AT THE CULTURAL CRAFTS CENTRE IN TANNER
ROAD, NORTH POINT.
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WOODWORK CLASSES ARE NORMALLY ATTENDED BY MEN. BUT
THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR WOMEN TAKING WOODWORK LESSONS. TWO
OF THEM GO TO THE CENTRE AT HOLLYWOOD ROAD WHILE THE
THIRD ATTENDS A CLASS AT NORTH POINT AND THE FOURTH IN
THE FARM ROAD CENTRE IN KOWLOON.
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