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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1976
KWAI CHUNG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE: TRAINING GROUND FOR TECHNICIANS
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KWA! CHUNG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
THE THIRD OF ITS
ITS KIND TO BE COMPLETED FOR THE EXPANSION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG —— WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY DR. S.Y. CHUNG, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE COUNCILS, ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 20).
THE INSTITUTE, TOGETHER WITH THE ONE IN KWUN TONG, COMMENCED CLASSES LAST SEPTEMBER. FOUNDATION WORK FOR AN INSTITUTE IN CHEUNG SHA WAN IS IN PROGRESS WHILE PLANNING FOR THE FIFTH AT SAN PO KONG IS IN HAND..
THE KWAI CHUNG INSTITUTE IS BUILT ON A STANDARD DESIGN AND HAS FIVE FLOORS, ACCOMMODATING 32 TEACHING AND SPECIALIST CLASSROOMS, AN, ÁSSEMBLY HALL, A LIBRARY, A THEATRE, AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES.
THE NOISIER WORKSHOPS AND SPECIALIST CLASSROOMS ARE SEPARATED
FROM THE TEACHING AREAS BY THE HALL AND THEATRE.
A SPECIAL FEATURE IS A WELL-EQUIPPED 40-BOOTH LANGUAGE LABORATORY WHICH ENABLES TEACHERS TO TAKE A MODERN APPROACH TO THE TRAINING OF LANGUAGE SKILLS.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THE INSTITUTE, MR, LINCOLN LIEU, POINTED OUT THAT MOST OF THE COURSES OFFERED WERE GEARED TOWARDS THE TRAINING OF TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN.
AT THE MOMENT IT HAS 39 CLASSES 14 FULL-TIME
DAY CLASSES, NINE PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE CLASSES AND 16 PART-TIME EVENING CLASSES, WITH AN ENROLMENT OF 1,261 STUDENTS.
COURSES ARE RUN BY FIVE TEACHING DEPARTMENTS: CLOTHING INDUSTRIES, TEXTILE INDUSTRIES, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND COMMERCIAL STUDIES.
A TOTAL OF 456 STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING THE FULL-TIME DAY CLASSES, 227 STUDENTS THE PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE CLASSES, AND 578 STUDENTS THE PART-TIME EVENING CLASSES.
+THE INSTITUTE IS NOT RUNNING AT ITS FULL CAPACITY YET,+ MR. LIEU SAID,+ALTHOUGH IT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD UP TO FULL CAPACITY PACITY IN ABOUT THREE TO FOUR YEARS.+
+WE WOULD PREFER MORE CLASSES ON A PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE BASIS, COMBINING CLASSROOM TEACHING WITH PRACTICAL ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, AS THEY ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF DEVELOPING OUR MANPOWER,+ HE SAID.
/IT IS HOPED