SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1974
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ON THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME OF THE COLLEGE, THE PRINCIPAL REVEALED THAT IT WAS ENVISAGED THAT FULL-TIME STUDENT ENROLMENT COULD INCREASE GRADUALLY FROM THE EXISTING 120 TO 660 IN 1977/78.
EXPANSION AND INCREASED STUDENT ENROLMENT CERTAINLY CALLS FOR MORE FACILITIES AND LARGER ACCOMMODATION. THESE REQUIREMENTS, MR. SMITH ADDED, WOULD BE MET WHEN THE COLLEGE TAKES OVER THE EXISTING BUILDING OF THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL WHEN NEW PREMISES FOR THE LATTER BECOME AVAILABLE. THE VACATED VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL BUILDING WILL BE ADAPTED AND REFURBISHED SPECIALLY TO SUIT THE REQUIREMENTS OF TECHNICAL TEACHERS.
+WE SHALL THEN BE IN A POSITION TO CATER ALSO FOR THE NEEDS OF SPECIAL GROUPS OF TECHNICAL TEACHERS SUCH AS THOSE WORKING WITH THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND THOSE IN DETENTION CENTRES+, MR. SMITH OBSERVED.
THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE BEGAN ITS
IT IS AT PRESENT FIRST SESSION ON SEPTEMBER 4 THIS YEAR. OPERATING IN THE VACATED BUILDING OF THE PREVIOUS MORRISON HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL. THE NEW COLLEGE REPLACES THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL TEACHER TRAINING OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WHERE TECHNICAL TEACHER TRAINING WAS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED.
OFFERING A WIDE RANGE OF COURSES FOR TEACHER TRAINEES, PRACTISING TEACHERS AND INDUSTRIAL TRADE INSTRUCTORS ALIKE ON A FULL-TIME, PART-TIME AND EVENING BASIS, THE COLLEGE IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
ITS FACILITIES INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WORKSHOPS FOR THE PRACTICE OF MANUAL SKILLS, TWO WELL-EQUIPPED WORKSHOPS
- FOR THE STUDY OF THE TECHNOLOGY OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS - ARE BEING FITTED IN A NEWLY-ADDED FLOOR OF THE NEARBY MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WHOSE FACILITIES THE COLLEGE AT PRESENT LARGELY SHARES.
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