THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1978
GOVERNOR LAYS FOUNDATION STONE OF NEW TECHNICAL SCHOOL
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY THAT TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT FOR ECONOMIC LIFE, AS STRESSED IN BOTH THE 1974 WHITE PAPER AND THE RECENT GREEN PAPER ON SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION.
SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE TANG SHIU KİN SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN WAN CHAI, SIR MURRAY SAID: +A TECHNICAL OR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION CAN BE STIMULATING AND SATISFYING TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND PROVIDES A SOUND BASIS FOR WHATEVER THEY DECIDE TO DO IN ADULT LIFE. IT IS A GOOD EDUCATION IN ITS OWN RIGHT.+
THE GOVERNOR SAID THE YEAR 1978 MIGHT BE REGARDED AS LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG BECAUSE IT WILL BE THE YEAR IN WHICH NINE YEARS OF EDUCATION WAS FIRST PROVIDED FOR ALL.
+ HOPE IT WILL ALSO BE REMEMBERED AS A SIGNIFICANT YEAR
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, HE SAID.
THE NEW SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL, MADE POSSIBLE BY DONATIONS FROM SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, WILL HAVE 24 CLASSROOMS AND 16 SPECIAL ROOMS AND IT WILL RUN THE FULL RANGE OF CLASSES FROM FORM ONE TO UPPER FORM SIX. IT WILL OPEN IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.
+IT WILL REHOUSE THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL, INCREASE ITS SIZE, AND MODERNISE ITS EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES, AND IT WILL ALSO MAKE THE EXISTING PREMISES OF THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL AVAILABLE TO RELIEVE CONGESTION IN THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE AND THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, SIR MURRAY SAID.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE GENEROSITY OF SIR SHIU-KIN AND SAID THE EXTENT OF HIS CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION, MEDICAL AND HEALTH AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG HAS BEEN +MASSIVE+.
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, WHO ALSO SPOKE IN THE CEREMONY, THANKED THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS PERSONAL ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION PROVISION, IN PARTICULAR TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
MR. TOPLEY ALSO THANKED SIR SHIU-KIN FOR DOING SO MUCH IN PROMOTING EDUCATION AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
ADDRESSING THE GATHERING, SIR SHIU-KIN SAID TECHNICAL EDUCATION HAS BECOME MORE IMPORTANT NOWADAYS, MAINLY DUE TO THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ECONOMY.
HE SAID THE AREA WHERE THE NEW SCHOOL IS SITUATED HAS BEEN +PARTICULARLY AUSPICIOUS+ IN THE FIELD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
/SIR SHIU-KIN
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