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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1976
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING COURSE PLANNED
FOR NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS CONSIDERING THE INTRODUCTION OF A NUMBER OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, AT THE FIFTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WHICH IS EARMARKED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN KOWLOON TONG.
OTHER SUBJECTS BEING CONSIDERED ARE RETAIL MERCHANDISING AND MARKETING, DESIGN, INCLUDING JEWELLERY AND APPLIED ARTS, INTERIOR DESIGN AND WINDOW DISPLAY, OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS AND WATCH REPAIRS.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), MR. DANIEL WATERS, AT THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION DONOR SCHOLARSHIPS PRESENTATION CEREMONY.
MR. WATERS SAID: +AS INDUSTRY BECOMES MORE SOPHISTICATED SO TOO MUST TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEVELOP.
+THIS MEANS PROVIDING TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR NEW INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS INNOVATING THE OLD.+
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID METALWORK AND WOODWORK IN SCHOOLS WERE BEING REPLACED BY DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, A SUBJECT WHICH WAS
INCLUDED IN THE CURRICULUM OF 33 SCHOOLS.
UP TO NOW, MR. WATERS SAID, ALL DEPARTMENTS IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES HAD RUN COURSES LINKED TO THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES OR COMMERCE.
+WITH THE OPENING NEXT YEAR OF A HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT AT CHEUNG SHA WAN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST VENTURE INTO A SERVICING INDUSTRY.
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+ THE MARINE AND FABRICATION DEPARTMENT AT THE SAME INSTITUTE IS PLANNING A WATERFRONT ANNEX,+ HE SAID.
THE VALUE OF SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED SINCE 1964 BY THE C.M.A. WAS OVER $270,000.
MR. WATERS SAID: THIS IS A WONDERFUL RECORD AND SHOWS NOT ONLY AN EXCELLENT SOCIAL GESTURE BUT ALSO THE IMPORTANCE THE C.M.A. PLACES ON TECHNICAL EDUCATION.+
THIS YEAR THE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS REACHED A RECORD OF 108 AMOUNTING TO $38,600.
RECALL ING THE ACTIVE PART PLAYED BY THE C.M.A. IN EDUCATION, MR. WATERS MENTIONED THAT IN THE MID-1950S IT GAVE $1 MILLION TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT IN SETTING UP THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (NOW THE POLYTECHNIC).
/HE ADDED: