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FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1980
COPIES OF THE DRAFT PLAN INCLUDING NOTES ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING ENTRANCE- THE DISTRICT OFFICE (ISLANDS), INTERNATIONAL BUILDING, FOURTH FLOOR, 141 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL AND THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE, 17TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG.
UNDER A NOTICE PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, ANY PERSON AFFECTED BY THE DRAFT PLAN MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD, C/O PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG BEFORE JULY 29.
COPIES OF THE DRAFT PLAN ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 19TH FLOOR, ALSO IN MURRAY BUILDING.
TECHNICAL INSTITUTES MUST HAVE INDUSTRY'S HELP
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TECHNICAL INSTITUTES REQUIRE THE CO-OPERATION OF INDUSTRY
AND COMMERCE TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS RECEIVE THE ESSENTIAL UP-TO-DATE PRACTICAL CONTENT OF THEIR TRAINING, SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN SAID TODAY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN KOWLOON TONG, THE FIFTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE RUN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
SIR YUET-KEUNG SAID THAT MODERN TECHNOLOGY WAS ADVANCING RAPIDLY AND IT WAS THE TASK OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTES TO PREPARE THE TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN WHO WOULD BE HANDLING ALL MODERN SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT.
+THE TASK CANNOT BE COMPLETED BY THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ENTIRELY WITHIN THEIR OWN RESOURCES. EXPERIENCE IN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT IS A NECESSARY PART OF THE TRAINING PROCESS, AND THIS IS WHERE INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE COME INTO THE EDUCATION PICTURE,+ HE SAID.
AT PRESENT MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF ALL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STUDENTS ARE UNDERGOING PART-TIME COURSES WITH A LARGE PART OF THEIR WEEK SPENT IN INDUSTRY.
COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY IS NOT RESTRICTED TO STUDENT LEVEL, AND SIR YUET-KEUNG SAID: EVERY YEAR A NUMBER OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STAFF RETURN TO INDUSTRY FOR PERIODS OF TWO TO FOUR WEEKS, USUALLY
IN THE SUMMER MONTHS TO UP-DATE THEIR KNOWLEGDE OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES.+
SPEAKING ON THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS, HE SAID IN THE PRESENT DAY STUDENTS HAVE MORE FREEDOM OF CHOICE AND A FORM 3 STUDENT WOULD BE ABLE TO STATE HIS CHOICE IN THE POST FORM 3 ALLOCATION SYSTEM WITH EXPECTATION OF GETTING WHAT HE WANTS.
+THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WILL BE PART OF THE SYSTEM OF ALLOCATION AND THEY PROVIDE CRAFT COURSES AS A WORTHWHILE ALTERNATIVE TO A FORM 4 PLACE IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL, SIR YUET-KEUNG SAID.
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