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SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1978
NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTE TAKING SHAPE AT KOWLOON TONG
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BUILDING WORK HAS STARTED ON HONG KONG'S FIFTH TECHNICAL
INSTITUTE.
THE INSTITUTE, TO BE LOCATED ON A SITE IN RENFREW ROAD, KOWLOON TONG, WILL INITIALLY BE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS THE FOUR EXISTING INSTITUTES THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, THE KUNG TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, THE HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AND THE KWAI CHUNG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, AND THERE IS ROOM FOR EXPANSION.
COURSES TO BE PROVIDED AT THE KOWLOON TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WILL INCLUDE AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING COMMERCE- DESIGN ENGINEERING- CLOCK AND WATCH REPAIR FOOTWEAR AND OPTICAL MECHANICS.
PART OF THE BUILDING WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR AND A NUMBER OF COURSES WILL BE STARTED AT THAT TIME. HOWEVER, FULL WORKSHOP FACILITIES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 1980.
THE KOWLOON TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WILL HAVE STUDENTS UNION OFFICES, STUDENT COMMON ROOMS, AND FACILITIES FOR SPORT AND RECREATION.
THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES TOGETHER WILL HAVE PLACES FOR ABOUT 5,000 FULL-TIME STUDENTS, PLUS 1,400 PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE STUDENTS. BETWEEN 15,000 AND 20,000 STUDENTS ALS WILL BE ON EVENING COURSES WHEN FULL DEVELOPMENT IS REACHED IN ABOUT THREE YEARS TIME.
THE FOUR EXISTING TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, WHICH PLAY A MAJOR PART IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, ARE NOW WELL DISTRIBUTED GEOGRAPHICALLY THROUGHOUT THE URBAN AREAS OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON.
THE ROLE OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IS TO PROVIDE A BROAD BASE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR CARFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS
IN THE MANUFACTURING AND SERVICES INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS COURSES IN BUSINESS AND COMMERCE.
THE INSTITUTES OFFER TWO-YEAR DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING- PRODUCTION ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TEXTILE MANUFACTURE= AND BUSINESS STUDIES AND ACCOUNTANCY.
THERE ARE ALSO MANY ONE-YEAR CRAFT-BASED COURSES THAT ENABLE STUDENTS PROCEED TO AN APPRENTICESHIP AND PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE STUDIES.
MANY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE GRADUATES WHO HAVE COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES PROCEED TO THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC FOR HIGHER CERTIFICATE OR HIGHER DIPLOMA,
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