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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1977
EFFORTS AT +CONTINUING EDUCATION+ IN HONG KONG OUTLINED ******
CONTINUING EDUCATION SHOULD LINK PRACTICAL TRAINING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SOCIAL PURPOSES WHICH IT IS INTENDED TO SERVE, MR. JOHN WINFIELD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (FURTHER), SAID TODAY.
MR. WINFIELD SAID, AT THE CONFERENCE ON ADULT EDUCATION ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, THAT HE SAW TECHNICAL EDUCATION AS BEING VERY MUCH A PART OF ADULT EDUCATION BECAUSE IT DERIVED
ITS STRENGTH AND PURPOSE FROM THE MAJOR OCCUPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS - THE IR WORK AND IN RETURN IT GAVE A NEW STRENGTH AND PURPOSE TO THE PURSUIT OF THAT WORK.
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THE PRESENT EMPHASIS ON TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG IS MORE THAN MERELY COMPLEMENTARY TO THE CONCERN OF ADULT EDUCATION, HE ADDED.
THE GOVERNMENT HAD IN RECENT YEARS PAID A GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, A MAJOR FEATURE OF WHICH HAD BEEN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, WITH THE FIFTH DUE TO OPEN IN 1979 AND THE FUTURE POSSIBILITY OF A SIXTH, IF A CLEAR NEED COULD BE DEMONSTRATED, HE STATED.
+TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT THE POST-FORM 3 LEVEL PARTICULARLY, IS A MAJOR FORM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR WHICH EXTENSIVE PROVISION IS BEING MADE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE,+ MR. WINFIELD SAID,
OUTLINING THE MAJOR PROPOSALS OF THE GREEN PAPER, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID THE GREEN PAPER STRESSED THE ROLE OF THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH AT PRESENT CATERED TO SOME 60,000 YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS.
+CURRENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION IS ROUGHLY 19.4 PER CENT OF TOTAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE,+ HE SAID, AND +THE DEVELOPMENTS PROPOSED IN THE GREEN PAPER, TOGETHER WITH THE EXTENSION BOTH OF FREE EDUCATION AND THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION'S POWERS TO ENSURE COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE WILL ADD CONSIDERABLY TO THE ANNUAL BILL.+
+THE VERY HIGH LEVEL OF EXPENDITURE HAS TO BE BORNE IN MIND WHEN ONE CONSIDERS DEVELOPMENTS WHICH ARE HIGHLY DESIRABLE, BUT PERHAPS OF A LOWER PRIORITY THAN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND TERTIARY EDUCATION,+ HE ADDED.
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