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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1974.
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HE SAID: IN THIS NEW STRUCTURE, EACH PART HAS ITS PLACE AND ITS OWN PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE AND EACH HELPS AND SERVES THE OTHER; THE TECHNICAL BRANCH OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG OUTSIDE OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND THE POLYTECHNIC.+
MR. KINGWELL STATED THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN THIS STRUCTURE COULD NOT BE OVER EMPHASISED.
+THEY WILL BE VERY LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF THE CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS WHO WILL SERVE HONG KONG DURING THE LATE 1970'S AND THROUGHOUT THE 1980'S.+
THE PRINCIPAL OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, MR. LINCOLN LIEU, REFERRED TO HIS INSTITUTE'S IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROVIDING PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE TRAINING FOR BOTH CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES.
THIS WAS THE RESULT OF THE EFFORTS AND CO-OPERATION OF THE APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING UNIT OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE ENCOURAGING RESPONSE AND INTEREST SHOWN BY INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.
MR. LIEU DISCLOSED THAT DURING THE 1973/74 SESSION, THE INSTITUTE ENROLLED OVER 1,300 REGISTERED APPRENTICES SPONSORED
. BY INDUSTRY, A REMARKABLE 30 PER CENT INCREASE IN STUDENT INTAKE
OVER 1973.
HE SAID THAT DURING THE LAST SESSION, A TOTAL OF 98 COURSES WERE PROVIDED FOR MORE THAN 13,700 CRAFT AND POST- SECONDARY STUDENTS INVOLVING 85 FULL-TIME AND 544 PART-TIME TEACHING STAFF IN 19 CENTRES.
CMEN'S CHESS COMPETITION
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CHILDREN LIVING IN THE SHEK LE HOUSING ESTATE WILL GET
A CHANCE TO SHOW JUST HOW GOOD THEY ARE IN CHESS ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 30) IN A COMPETITION TO BE HELD AT THE ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE.
THE TOURNAMENT, BEGINNING AT 2 PM UNTIL 5 PM, IS · DIVIDED INTO A JUNIOR GROUP FOR THOSE IN PRIMARY THREE OR BELOW AND A SENIOR GROUP FOR PRIMARY FOUR AND ABOVE.
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SOME 200 CHILDREN ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE. EACH WILL HAVE TO PLAY THREE DIFFERENT GAMES STARTING WITH MARBLE CHESS THEN ANIMAL CHESS AND FINALLY CHINESE CHESS.
PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE FOUR BEST PLAYERS IN EACH GROUP WHILE THOSE WHO REACH THE SEMI-FINALS WILL ALSO BE GIVEN CONSOLATION PRIZES.
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