FRIDAY, OCOOBER 7, 1977
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AWARENESS OF TECHNOLOGY
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THE RATE OF CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY IS FORCING CHANGES IN SOCIAL ARRANGEMENTS AT A GREATER PACE THAN IN THE PAST, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY SAID TODAY.
+NEW TYPES OF POWER PLANTS, NEW FUELS AND NEW MATERIALS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE NEW ARTEFACTS.+ MR. TOPLEY SAID AT THE OPENING OF THE THREE-DAY JOINT GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL PROJECT DISPLAY EXHIBITION AT LUNG CHEUNG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL.
+1 BELIEVE WE MUST ALL BE AWARE OF TECHNOLOGY- THE WAY IN WHICH TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE CAN CHANGE OUR LIVES AND THOSE OF OUR FELLOWS SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE TECHNOLOGY IN A HUMAN AND INTELLIGENT WAY, PERHAPS TO GET THE TECHNOLOGY WE NEED AS OPPOSED TO THAT WE DO NOT NEED, THE DIRECTOR SAID.
HE EMPHASISED THE NEED FOR A GREATER AWARENESS OF TECHNOLOGY AND +WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR LIVES.+
THIS, HE SAID, PARTICULARLY APPLIED TO THOSE WHO WERE NOT TECHNOLOGISTS, FOR INSTANCE, LAWYERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS WHO MUST DEAL AMONG OTHER THINGS WITH THE SOCIAL CHANGE WROUGHT BY NEW TECHNIQUES.
TO BE A GOOD TECHNOLOGIST OR A GOOD TECHNICIAN ONE MUST HAVE A GOOD GENERAL EDUCATION, MR. TOPLEY SAID.
THAT WAS WHY SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG WERE NOT BEING TRANSFORMED INTO VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS.
+AND THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO MAKE TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS PART OF GENERAL EDUCATION FOR ALL, HE ADDED.
BUT MR. TOPLEY STRESSED THE NEED TO MAINTAIN A PROPER BALANCE BETWEEN GENERAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
+FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO BE SUCCESSFUL, DEDICATED TEACHERS ARE NEEDED.
+ IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT IN WORKSHOPS AND OTHER SPECIAL ROOMS IN SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, THE DIRECTOR SAID.
MR. TOPLEY COMMENDED THE GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL STUDENT ASSOCIATION FOR ORGAN IS ING THE EXHIBITION.
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