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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1974
LECHNICAL EDUCATION NOT INFERIOR SAYS SIR MURRAY
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· THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY URGED STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO ABANDON THE TRADITIONAL ASSUMPTION OF SUPERIORITY IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL EDUCATION.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE ST. SIMON'S LUI HING CHOI SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN TUEN MUN, SIĘ MURRAY DESCRIBED THIS CONCEPTION A BEING QUITE OUT-OF-DATE IN MODERN HONGKONG, AS IT H..3 BEEN GUTDATED IN OTHER PARTS OF ASIA.+
+1 HUPE THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS ALIKE WILL APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF TECH ICAL EDUCATION AS A FORM OF EDUCATION IN ITS OWN RIGHT, REGARDLESS OF HOW THE STUDENT VILL SUBSEQUENTLY EARN HIS LIVING.+
HE NOTED THAT THE OPENING OF THIS SCHOOL MARKED. AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN THE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. IT ALSO HAD GREAT SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE FUTURE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS TAKING STEPS TO DEVELOP VARIOUS PARTS OF THE N.T. INTO NEW TOWNSHIPS, WITH TUEN MUN DEING ONE OF THEM. +A CONTRACT HAS JUST BEEN AWARDED FOR A NEW ROAD TO TUEN MUN THAT WILL ENSURE VASTLY IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS AN MAKE THE TUEN KUN AND YUEN LONG AREA MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.
+INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE HUCH OF THE POPULATION IN THE NEW TOWNS WILL LOOK TO INDUSTRY NEAR THEIR HOMES FOR EMPLOYMENT.
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+AND, IN THE WIDER CONTEXT, IT IS LARGELY ON OUR INDUSTRY'S ABILITY TO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY AND PIJDUCE NOU AND MORE SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTS FOR EXPORT THAT HONG KONG'S CONTINUED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS WILL DEPEND. THIS IN TURN DEMANDS NEY AREAS SUCH AS TUEN MUN IN WHICH INDUSTRY CAN EXPAND AND DEVELOP.
+IT ALSO REQUIRES TECHNOLÓGICAL BACK-UP, AND THE EXPANSION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIAL. HENCE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS NEW SCHOOL IN THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT AREA, + HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR WENT ON TO SAY THAT EDUCATION WAS A PROCESS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT WHICH SHOULD BE AIMED AT CULTIVATING THE STUDENT'S INTELLECTUAL CAPABILITY, MORAL RECTITUDE, 'PHYSICAL FITNESS AND MANUAL DEXTERITY SO THAT HE MAY BECOME A USEFUL WELL-ROUNDED PERSON ABLE TO STAND ON HIS OWN FEET AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO AND BENEFIT FROM THE WORLD AROUND HIM.
+TO-DAY THE TECHNICAL AND ACADEMIC ASPECTS OF EDUCATION HAVE EQUAL PARTS TO PLAY IN THIS PROCESS.+
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
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