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INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, HE SAID, WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INDUSTRY ITSELF AND RELATED TECHNICAL EDUCATION WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT.
SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT HAD BEEN DONE IN THE FIELD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RECALLED THAT AT ONE TIME HONG KONG HAD ONLY ONE TECHNICAL COLLEGE -- NOW THE POLYTECHNIC.
+WE NOW HAVE FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN OPERATION. WE ALSO HAVE 10 PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN OPERATION AND THREE MORE IN THE PIPE LINE. WE ALSO HAVE 14 SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND OTHERS IN THE BUILDING PROGRAMME.+
A FIFTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WAS DUE TO BE BUILT AT KOWLOON TONG AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN 1979. IN SEPTEMBER 1974, A TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED TO TRAIN TECHNICAL TEACHERS NOT ONLY FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES BUT ALSO FOR THE TEACHING OF TECHNICAL SUBJECTS IN ALL TYPES OF SCHOOLS.
ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION, MR. WATERS SAID THAT A WORKING PARTY WAS SET UP TO LOOK AT ALL FORMS OF EDUCATION BEYOND FORM THREE, INCLUDING TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
MR. WATERS SAID THE WORKING PARTY CARRIED OUT A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH INTO THE PROBLEMS AND TO SEE WHAT FORM OF POST-FORM THREE EDUCATION WAS MOST SUITABLE FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE NEEDS. A GREEN PAPER ON IT WOULD BE PUBLISHED SOON.
IN CONCLUSION, MR. WATERS SAID: +WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED. WE CONSIDER THAT WE ARE SERVING THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG AND THERE ARE EXCITING PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.+
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