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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1974
$1 MILLION DONATIONS OF EQUIPMENT ACKNOWLEDGED
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, MR. ALEX S.C. WU, AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), MR. ANDREW KINGWELL, TODAY THANKED EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS AND THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER FOR THEIR DONATIONS OF EQUIPMENT TO THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE'S DEPARTMENT OF PRINTING.
THEY WERE BOTH SPEAKING AT THE DEPARTMENT'S OPEN DAY TO MARK ITS OFFICIAL OPENING IN TEMPORARY PREMISES IN CAINE LANE.
MR. WU DISCLOSED THAT DONATIONS TO THE TRAINING WORKSHOP AMOUNTED TO ABOUT $1 MILLION.
THE SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION WHICH MADE THIS TEMPORARY WORKSHOP POSSIBLE WAS STILL CONTINUING THROUGH THE AGENCY OF THE TRAINING BOARD WHICH, FOR EXAMPLE, HAD JUST ASSISTED THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN DRAWING UP THE LIST OF EQUIPMENT NEEDED WHEN THE INSTITUTE'S PRINTING DEPARTMENT MOVES TO ITS FINAL HOME IN A NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN KWUN TONG NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS DESIGNING THE MACHINERY LAYOUTS.
+THIS TASK, + MR. WU SAID, +NECESSITATED A REDUCTION IN THE COST OF EQUIPMENT ESTIMATED BY AN OVERSEAS EXPERT AT $6.4 MILLION TO THE GOVERNMENT BUDGETTED FIGURE OF $3 MILLION, WITHOUT SERIOUSLY IMPAIRING THE TRAINING TO BE GIVEN BY THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF PRINTING.+
HE ASSURED THE GOVERNMENT THAT THE TRAINING BOARD WOULD CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT IN KWUN TONG WOULD BE ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED SO AS TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING NECCESARY TO MAINTAIN THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY IN WORLD MARKETS.
MR. WU SAID THE PRINTING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG HAD GROWN AT A RAPID PACE AND KEPT UP WITH TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS.
+THIS PROGRESS WILL CONTINUE AND BECAUSE OF THIS I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS INDUSTRY OFFERS AS GOOD CAREERS PROSPECTS AS ANY OTHER, IF NOT BETTER THAN MOST, TO ANY YOUNG PERSON WHO WANTS AN INTERESTING AND CHALLENGING CAREER, AND TO GET ON IN LIFE.+
IN HIS SPEECH, MR. KINGWELL DESCRIBED THE PRINTING INDUSTRY'S DONATION OF EQUIPMENT AS +A SHINING LIGHT+ WHICH WAS, HE SAID, +TYPICAL OF THE SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE AND SELF-HELP WHICH PERVADES HONG KONG +
REFERRING TO THE TWO NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES NOW IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AT KWUN TONG AND KWAI CHUNG, HE SAID THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF CRAFT APPRENTICES AND TECHNICIANS AT SEVERAL LEVELS.
/HE BELIEVED