4060035
P.R. 33.
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
NFORMATION
SERVICES
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
Friday, October 24, 1975
Speech by the Governor at the opeing
ceremony of Kwun Tong Technical Institute
The recent history of technical education in Hong Kong shows
several notable landmarks; the setting up of the Morrison Hill Technical
Institute in 1969 and the establishment of the Polytechnic in 1972 were
too such. However we must go back to 1965 for an event which was to have
I refer a far-reaching effect on the development of technical education.
to the formation of the Industrial Training Advisory Committee which pioneered
much of the work that is now the responsibility of the Hong Kong Training
Council.
The Industrial Training Advisory Committee commenced its programme
of manpower surveys as early as 1966. These surveys revealed a serious
lack of technical education facilities for craftsmen and technicians.
led to the recommendation that Government should establish four more
technical institutes. Two new technical institutes, this one and the other
This
at Kwai Chung, have been built in parallel and both commenced classes last
month. Foundation work for the third institute at Cheung Sha Wan is in
progress and planning for the fourth institute at San Po Kong is in hand, The opening of this institute, the first of the four new institutes, is
another significant milestone in the progress of technical education in
Hong Kong.
It is appropriate that this institute should be located in Kwun
Tong, which for some years has been a centre of considerable industrial
activity, and I am confident that both students and industrialists will
take full advantage of the courses offered.
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