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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1976
+SUCH UNITS TAUGHT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WOULD HAVE OBVIOUS LIMITATIONS DEPENDING ON THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE. POSSIBLE UNITS ARE TECHNICAL DRAWING AND MATHEMATICS.
+THE SAME UNITS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR BOTH DAY-TIME STUDY AS WELL AS EVENING STUDY. A STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE A COURSE OF FULL-TIME STUDY AND LATER TO IMPROVE HIS QUALIFICATIONS BY OBTAINING A FURTHER NUMBER OF UNITS BY PART-TIME EVENING STUDY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT AS WITH ALL SYSTEMS, THERE WOULD BE DISADVANTAGES AND ONE OF THESE WAS THAT IT WOULD BE MORE COMPLEX TO ADMINISTER,
BUT, HE SAID, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE BENEFIT TO THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT IS VERY CLEAR. BETTER RECOGNITION WILL BE ABLE TO BE GIVEN TO HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND HE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF HIS QUALIFICATIONS IF HE WISHES,
+ IN OTHER WORDS, CREDIT-UNITS WILL INCREASE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND STUDENT MOBILITY BY PROVIDING FOR A WIDE SPECTRUM OF ABILITIES AND NEEDS.+
MR. WATERS ADDED: +AS HONG KONG BECOMES MORE SOPHISTICATED, PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING MORE GENERAL EDUCATION UP TO A HIGHER LEVEL. IT IS GENERALLY FELT THAT VOCATIONAL TYPE TECHNICAL COURSES SHOULD BE LEFT TO TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND INSTITUTIONS OF THAT KIND.
HE PRAISED THE SALESIAN FATHERS FOR NOT ONLY PROVIDING EDUCATION OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL TYPE IN HONG KONG BUT ALSO OF THE SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL TYPE.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID THAT STANDARDS WERE HIGH AT TANG KING PO SCHOOL AND IT WAS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG WHERE THERE WERE THREE +SCHOOLS+ IN ONE.
+YOU HAVE AN ANGLO-CHINESE SECONDARY TECHNICAL SECTION, A VERNACULAR CHINESE MIDDLE SECTION AND LASTLY BUT NOT LEAST, A TRADE OR VOCATIONAL SECTION.
+BY TRADITION, A LARGE AMOUNT OF HONG KONG'S SCHOOL ING HAS ALWAYS BEEN CARRIED OUT IN THE AIDED SECTOR AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS RELIED UPON DEDICATED SPONSORS TO RUN SUCH SCHOOLS. TANG KING PO SCHOOL IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SUCH A SCHOOL, MR, WATERS SAID.