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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1974.
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION VISITS THREE SECONDARY SCHOOLS
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, CONTINUED HIS TOUR OF EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS TODAY WHEN HE VISITED THREE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
AT THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN WOOD ROAD. MR. TOPLEY SAW SOME PUPILS ENGAGED IN METALWORK, AND WOODWORK WHILE OTHERS WERE DO ING TECHNICAL DRAWING.
THE DIRECTOR WAS TAKEN ROUND THE SCHOOL BY THE PRINCIPAL, MR. ALAN MARTIN. THE SCHOOL HAS AN ENROLMENT OF 729. WHEN IT WAS OPENED IN 1933 IN CAROLINE HILL ROAD AS THE JUNIOR TECHNICAL SCHOOL THE ENROLMENT WAS LESS THAN 300.
AT THE END OF FORM 5 A STUDENT CAN OFFER UP TO NINE SUBJECTS IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION. AT FORM 6 ONLY SCIENCE SUBJECTS ARE OFFERED AT HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ''A'' LEVEL.
MR. MARTIN TOLD THE DIRECTOR THAT IT WAS HOPED TO INTRODUCE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY TWO TECHNICAL AND TWO COMMERCIAL STREAMS AT FORM 4 LEVEL AND TO CREATE A FORM 6 COMMERCIAL/ART COURSE.
MR. TOPLEY WAS GIVEN DETAILS OF THE PLANS FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE SCHOOL WHICH WOULD HAVE NEW PREMISES AT A NEARBY SITE.
TENDERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CALLED FOR NEXT APRIL SO THAT CONSTRUCTION CAN START A MONTH LATER. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION IN SEPTEMBER 1976.
AT PRESENT HONG KONG HAS A TOTAL OF 16 TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.
FROM WOOD ROAD MR. TOPLEY WENT TO 01 KWAN ROAD TO VISIT THE SHENG KUNG HUI TANG SHJU KIN SECONDARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS ONE OF 34 PRIVATE NON-PROFIT-MAKING SCHOOLS INCLUDED IN THE THREE-YEAR BOUGHT PLACES SCHEME.
STARTING THIS SEPTEMBER THE SCHOOL HAS ALSO BEEN GIVEN THE ''PER CAPUT GRANT'' UNDER THE SAME SCHEME. THIS MEANS THAT A GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY OF $312 A YEAR FOR A BOUGHT PLACE IS PAID TO THE SCHOOL IN ADDITION TO THE FEE ASSISTANCE OF $280 A YEAR GIVEN TO EACH ASSISTED PUPIL UP TO FORM 3.
THE DIRECTOR WAS TAKEN ON A CONDUCTED TOUR OF THIS ANGLO-CHINESE CO-EDUCATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL BY THE SUPERVISOR, ARCHDEACON CHEUNG WING-NGOK AND MRS. DORIS NG HUI KIT-HING, THE PRINCIPAL.
THE SCHOOL, WHICH HAS AN ENROLMENT OF 1,404, PROVIDES FULL SECONDARY EDUCATION UP TO MATRICULATION LEVEL.
MR. TOPLEY