SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1977
INDUSTRIALISTS URGED TO SPONSOR STAFF
FOR PART-TIME DAY RELEASE COURSES *****
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), MR. DANIEL WATERS THIS EVENING CALLED ON MORE CONTRACTORS IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS TO CONSIDER SPONSORING STUDENTS ON THE CONSTRUCTION TECHNICIANS' PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSE AT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE GRADUATION DINNER MARKING THE FOURTH GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THIS COURSE WHICH FIRST STARTED AT THE INSTITUTE IN 1970.
+THE COURSE HAS BEEN WELL SPOKEN OF BY THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL,+ MR. WATERS SAID. THIS IS PRAISE INDEED.+
DESCRIBING THE COURSE AS +A SUCCESS, + THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THAT BOTH THE CONTRACTORS AND THE STUDENTS FELT THAT THE COURSE SERVED A USEFUL PURPOSE.
BUT MR. WATERS WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT SO FAR THERE HAD BEEN ONLY ONE CLASS. HE HOPED THAT MORE EMPLOYERS WOULD SEND THEIR STAFF TO ATTEND THE COURSE.
+STUDENTS ARE SPONSORED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS AND THEY ATTEND THE COURSE FOR ONE FULL DAY AND FOR TWO EVENINGS A WEEK.
+WHILE ATTENDING THE COURSE DURING THE DAY, THEY ARE ON FULL PAY. ON THE OTHER HAND, WHAT THE STUDENT LEARNS ON THE COURSE WILL FAR OUTWEIGH THE ACTUAL COURSE FEES OR THE VALUE OF THE TIME SPENT,+ MR. WATERS POINTED OUT,
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID HE WAS NOT JUST TALKING ONLY TO CONTRACTORS AND THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.
HE SAID: +1 AM TALKING TO ALL EMPLOYERS IN ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES. I WOULD URGE THEM TO SPONSOR STUDENTS, AT BOTH CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN LEVELS.
+WE NOW HAVE AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE CLASSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES. THEIR BIG ADVANTAGE IS THAT THEY LINK THE RELATED TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WITH ON-THE-JOB TRAINING EXPERIENCE. ONE CANNOT BE DIVORCED FROM THE OTHER. THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT.+
HE CONGRATULATED THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG FOR SHOWING CONSIDERABLE INITIATIVE AND FORESIGHT,
THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE TO BE OPENED LATER THIS MONTH WAS A VERY COMMENDABLE ACHIEVEMENT AND ONE WHICH OTHER INDUSTRIES COULD DO WELL TO CONSIDER, MR. WATERS SAID.
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