WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1977
OVER 76 PER CENT OF POLYTECHNIC GRADUATES FIND JOBS
ANOTHER 18 PER CENT CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES
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OUT OF 989 STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM THE POLYTECHNIC LAST JULY ONLY 44 OR 4.5 PER CENT WERE STILL LOOKING FOR WORK IN NOVEMBER AND ONLY EIGHT OR 0.8 PER CENT CANNOT BE TRACED, DR. THE HON. S.Y. CHUNG TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON.
IN TABLING THE POLYTECHNIC'S FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 1976, HE SAID +758 GRADUATES, OR 76.6 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL OUTPUT WERE PLACED IN APPROPRIATE EMPLOYMENT WITH THE GREAT MAJORITY IN THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS.
+ THE REMAINDER, THAT IS 179 GRADUATES OR 18.1 PER CENT OF THE OUTPUT, MOVED ON TO FURTHER THEIR STUDIES, EITHER IN THE POLYTECHNIC OR ELSEWHERE.+
DR. CHUNG, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE POLYTECHNIC, ALSO SPOKE OF ANOTHER YEAR OF RAPID GROWTH IN STUDENT POPULATION.
COMPARED WITH 1972-73 WHEN THE POLYTECHNIC WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED, THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME STUDENTS HAD INCREASED BY 153 PER CENT (FROM 1,583 TO 3.998), PART-TIME DAY RELEASE STUDENTS BY 81 PER CENT (FROM 1,025 TO 1,854) AND PART-TIME EVENING STUDENTS BY 44 PER CENT (FROM 9,819 TO 14,117).
IN ADDITION THERE WERE 3,541 STUDENTS IN VARIOUS SPECIAL SHORT COURSES THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR.
+THE POLYTECHNIC LAST YEAR, THEREFORE, PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL-ORIENTED TERTIARY EDUCATION FOR A TOTAL OF 23,510 STUDENTS WHICH IS INDEED A VERY SIGNIFICANT FIGURE IN HONG KONG'S CONTEXT, HE SAID.
DR. CHUNG REFERRED TO THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEW BUILDING COMPLEX.
+WITHOUT THIS ADDITION TO ITS CAMPUS, THE POLYTECHNIC WOULD HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO INCREASE ITS STUDENT POPULATION OR EVEN SUSTAIN THAT OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR, HE SAID.
DR. CHUNG CONTINUED THAT WORK WAS NOW IN PROGRESS ON THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROGRAMME, WHICH WOULD BE LARGELY DEVOTED TO MUCH-NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS IN STUDENT AMENITIES, INCLUDING A SWIMMING POOL FUNDED BY AN ANONYMOUS PRIVATE DONATION.
IT WAS THE EARNEST HOPE OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND HIMSELF THAT MORE PRIVATE DONATIONS WOULD BE FORTHCOMING TO DEVELOP THE POLYTECHNIC +WHICH IS PLAYING AND WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WELFARE OF HONG KONG
HE SAID HRH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HAD GRACIOUSLY CONSENTED TO OFFICIATE AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE POLYTECHNIC'S NEW LIBRARY. THE POLYTECHNIC IS DEEPLY HONOURED BY THIS RECOGNITION OF ITS GROWING IMPORTANCE IN HONG KONG'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.+
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