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TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1976
NEW SUBSIDIZED PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL
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A $7.4 MILLION SIX-STOREY FULLY SUBSIDIZED PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN NAM CHEONG STREET, SHAM SHUI PO, TO BE RUN BY THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION IS MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARDS COMPLETION.
THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTRIBUTION FOR THIS PROJECT TOTALLED $6.1 MILLION. THE 19-CLASSROOM SCHOOL IS SCHEDULED TO BE OPENED IN SEPTEMBER 1976. IT WILL HAVE THREE MECHANICAL, THREE FABRICATION AND FOUR ELECTRICAL WORKSHOPS. IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE THREE TECHNICAL DRAWING ROOMS AND TWO SCIENCE LABORATORIES.
THE SCHOOL, WITH ACCOMMODATION FOR 1,120 PUPILS, WILL OFFER THREE YEARS SECONDARY EDUCATION TO BOYS IN THE 12-14 AGE GROUP.
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF ABOUT 50 PER CENT GENERAL EDUCATION AND 50 PER CENT TECHNICAL STUDIES IN ELECTRICAL, MECHNICAL AND FABRICATION ENGINEERING.
IT WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGEST PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG.
TOMORROW, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) MR. ANDREW KINGWELL, WILL ACCOMPANY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, MR. C.P. HUNG, ON A VISIT TO THE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE EVENT COVERED. MR. KINGWELL AND MR. HUNG ARE DUE TO ARRIVE AT THE SCHOOL IN NAM CHEONG STREET. OPPOSITE PAK TIN ESTATE, AT ABOUT 3 P.M. TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).