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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1976
+AN AREA OF 2,787 30. METRES WILL BE SET ASIDE AS OPEN SPACE
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OCCUPANTS OF FLATS TO BE ERECTED ON THE SITE, + HE SAID.
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STANTON ADDED THAT THE CROWN LAND AND SURVEY OFFICE WOULD ALGO EE OFFERING A NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL SITES AT CHUNG HON KOK AND TAI TAM ROAD ON HONG KONG ISLAND FOR SALE OVER THE NEXT FOUR *ONTHS.
COURSES FOR WOMEN AT TECHNICAL INSTITUTES
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TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN HONG KONG MUST PLAN MORE COURSES WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS FOR MCKEN IN TECHNICAL DISCIPLINES, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. ANDREW KINGWELL SAID TODAY.
ADDRESSING THE GATHERING AT THE HO TUNG TECHNICAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, NR. KINGWELL SAID: THIS IS A CHALLENGE AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND THOSE WHICH ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
+LAST YEAR, NEW INSTITUTES AT KWAI CHUNG AND KWUN TONG WERE ADDED TO THE ORIGINAL ONE AT MORRISON HILL. NEXT YEAR THE CHEUNG SHA WAN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WILL OPEN AND THE FIRST PROGRAMME OF EXPANSION OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN HONG KONG WILL BE COMPLETED WITH THE OPENING OF THE INSTITUTE AT KOWLOON TONG IN 1979.+
MR. KINGWELL, WHO IS THE ADVISER ON TECHNICAL EDUCATION, EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT BY THEN YOUNG WOMEN GRADUATES FROM TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND OTHER SCHOOLS WOULD TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WHICH WOULD THEN BE AVAILABLE IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG ALREADY HAD TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT SCHOOL LEVEL FOR BOTH SEXES AND ALL COURSES IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND IN THE POLYTECHNIC WERE OPEN TO WOMEN.
HE SPOKE ABOUT THE RELEVANCE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR GIRLS IN SOCIETY TODAY.
MR. KINGWELL ANTICIPATED THAT THE CURRICULUM IN GIALS TECHNICAL SCHOOLS WOULD BE BROADENED TO INCLUDE SUBJECTS WHICH AT PRESENT WERE ONLY TAUGHT TO BOYS IN HONG KO114,
TURNING TO THE NO TUNG TECHNICAL SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS, KINGWELL SAID THE SCHOOL -S WELL KNOWN FOR THE STANDARD CETAINED
IN MANY TECHNICAL SUBJECTS PARTICULARLY IN POTTERY.
DURING THE CEREMONY RS. KING.ELL PRESENTED PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES.
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