TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980
SIR JACK ADDED THAT DESPITE THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT OF AIRFREIGHTING, OUR MAGNIFICENT HARBOUR, SHIPPING AND THEREFORE SHIP REPAIRING, WOULD REMAIN VITAL ALWAYS TO OUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY.
HE NOTED THAT HONGKONG UNITED DOCKYARDS NOW HAS AT THE TSING YI YARD THREE FLOATING DOCKS, COMPLETE WITH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT, WHICH CAN HANDLE SHIPS OF UP TO 100 000 DEADWEIGHT TONS A MAJOR STEP TO ENSURING THAT HONG KONG CONTINUES TO BE AN ATTRACTIVE REPAIR PORT..
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PLANS FOR MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
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PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE PLAYING
AND WILL CONTINUE TO
PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE PROVISION OF A TECHNICAL WORKFORCE FOR OUR INDUSTRIES.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND SOCIAL CENTRE IN SHA TIN THIS AFTERNOON.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD PLANNED FOR THE BUILDING OF 12 MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN THE NEW TOWNS, INCLUDING TWO IN SHA TIN, WHICH WOULD BE READY IN 1982, AND ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY CLASSES IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AS FROM SEPTEMBER 1981.
MOREOVER, IN ORDER TO KEEP IN LINE WITH HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL DIVERSIFICATION AND NEEDS, NEW TECHNICAL SUBJECTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM FROM TIME TO TIME, HE SAID.
SIR JACK BELIEVED THAT PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION WAS INCREASINGLY WANTED BY PARENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND WAS BECOMING AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM.
+WITH A LARGE TECHNICAL CONTENT IN ITS CURRICULUM, WHICH IS GEARED TO THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY, HE SAID, +PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES BOTH FOR JOBS AND FOR FURTHER EDUCATION AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL.
SIR JACK NOTED THAT THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND SOCIAL CENTRE WOULD CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO THE SHA TIN COMMUNITY,
HE SAID THE POPULATION THERE WAS EXPECTED TO GROW FROM THE PRESENT 56 000 TO A STARTLING 420 000 IN 1986.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW TOWN OF THIS SIZE REQUIRES A BALANCED PROVISION OF HOUSING, INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
THE NEW PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND SOCIAL CENTRE, OFFERING SERVICES TO BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS, AND TO THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE SHA TIN COMMUNITY, SIR JACK SAID.
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