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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1974.
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLETE STRUCTURE FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION
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HONG KONG IS DEVELOPING A COMPLETE STRUCTURE FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), MR. ANDREW KINGWELL SAID TODAY WHEN HE DISTRIBUTED TECHNICAL SCHOLAR- SHIPS DONATED BY MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
MR. KINGWELL CONGRATULATED THE ASSOCIATION FOR ENCOURAGING DONORS TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SCHOLARSHIPS WHICH WERE GIVEN TO STUDENTS TO STUDY, WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION, IN ALL THE TYPES OF TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG.
HE POINTED OUT THAT EACH PART OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION STRUCTURE HAD ITS PLACE AND ITS OWN PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE AND EACH HELPED AND SERVED THE OTHER..
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*THE TECHNICAL BRANCH OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSI BLE FOR ALL TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSIT- 1ES AND THE POLYTECHNIC. AT PRESENT THE VARIOUS SEGMENTS FOR WHICH THE TECHNICAL BRANCH IS RESPONSIBLE ARE: PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOLS, TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE.
+HONG KONG, IN COMMON WITH OTHER MODERN CITIES WILL NEED THE SERVICES OF SKILLED OPERATORS, CRAFTSMEN, TECHNICIANS AND PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN INCREASING NUMBERS IF IT IS TO SUCCESS- FULLY COMPLETE THE MANY EXPANSION PROGRAMMES SUCH AS THE MASS TRANSIT, ROAD BUILDING, REHOUSING, ETC., WHICH ARE IN TRAIN,+ KR. KINGWELL SAID.
THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE, WHICH COMMENCED OPERATIONS ON - SEPTEMBER 4, WILL OPERATE A VARIETY OF COURSES FOR THE FULL-TIME TRAINING OF TECHNICAL TEACHERS AT ALL LEVELS AND HAS PLANS TO COMMENCE NEW COURSES FOR TEACHERS.
+IN THIS WAY,+ MR. KINGWELL SAID,+EXISTING TECHNICAL TEACHERS CAN BE BROUGHT UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND IT IS HOPED THAT THERE WILL SOON BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER TEACHERS TO TAKE CONVERSION COURSES FOR TECHNICAL SUBJECTS.
+THESE CONVERSION COURSES WILL UNDOUBTEDLY HELP WITH THE PROGRAMME OF PRACTICAL SUBJECTS IN ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN FORMS I TO 11 WHICH IS ENVISAGED IN THE WHITE PAPER.+
THE COLLEGE WILL BE GRADUALLY EXPANDED WHEN IT MOVES INTO THE BUILDING TO BE VACATED BY THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL, THE BUILDING WILL BE REFURBISHED AND SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE NEEDS OF TECHNICAL TEACHERS.
AFTER CONVERSION, IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE COLLEGE TO PROVIDE THE EQUIVALENT OF 660 FULL-TIME PLACES.
AR. KINGWELL,