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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1976
IT IS HOPED THAT WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE: THERE WILL BE MORE DEMAND FOR SUCH CLASSES.
THE KWAI CHUNG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER TWO EXISTING ONES IN MORRISON HILL AND KWUN TONG, HAVE THE MAJOR FUNCTION OF ORGANISING TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO COMPLEMENT THE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROVIDED BY INDUSTRY.
ALTHOUGH THE COMMON DEPARTMENTS ARE BROADLY SIMILAR IN THE THREE INSTITUTES, THE COURSES IN EACH HAVE A DIFFERENT EMPHASIS.
+FOR EXAMPLE, COURSES IN CLOTHING AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IN KWAI CHUNG ARE DESIGNED FOR TRAINING TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN IN SPINNING, DYEING, AND FINISHING WORK IN COTTON MILLS, WHILE IN KWUN TONG, THE STRESS IS LAID ON KNITTING,+ MR. LIEU SAID.
THE INSTITUTE IS INSTALLED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF MACHINES FOR THESE COURSES, INCLUDING A SOPHISTICATED COMBER NEWLY ORDERED FROM AN INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE MACHINES EXHIBITION IN MILAN,
THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS DIRECTED TOWARDS TRAINING TECHNICIANS IN THE TYPE OF WORK REQUIRED IN POWER STATIONS WHILE THE TRAINING IN KWUN TONG IS FOR THE 'LIGHT' ELECTRONIC
INDUSTRIES.
THE INSTITUTE'S OFFICE STUDIES COURSE, ONE OF THE SEVERAL COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS OFFERED, IS RECOGNISED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS IN LONDON.
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