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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1980
DEVELOPMENT IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION UNRIVALLED
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THE RATE OF GROWTH IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG DURING THE PAST DECADE IS PROBABLY UNMATCHED BY ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, MR J.R. DEVEREUX, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) SAID TODAY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AT WHICH 240 STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS RECEIVED AWARDS'.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1970'S, THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE TOGETHER WITH ONE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OFFERED ABOUT 3 000 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT PLACES IN DAY COURSES.
+TODAY WE HAVE THE POLYTECHNIC AND FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OFFERING BETWEEN THEM OVER 16 000 EQUIVALENT DAY PLACES AND A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF EVENING PLACES,+ MR DEVEREUX SAID.
HE NOTED THAT WHEN THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE MOVED TO ITS HUNG HOM SITE IN 1957, THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION DONATED $1 MILLION TOWARDS THE COST OF THE PROJECT.
+THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS CONTINUED TO BE A NOTABLE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, HE SAID, THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION WAS INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WHOSE SUCCESS COULD BE SEEN FROM THE LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS AND THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE OF INDUSTRY FOR THE IR GRADUATES.
COCKEREL GOLD COINS OVERSUBSCRIBED
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MORE THAN 105 000 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE YEAR OF THE COCKEREL GOLD COINS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
OF THIS TOTAL, 48 000 APPLICATIONS WERE FOR THE PROOF COIN WHILE THE REMAINING 57 000 FOR THE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED VERSION.
HOWEVER, ONLY 14 000 PROOF COINS AND 18 000 UNCIRCULATED COINS ARE BEING OFFERED TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS. EACH COIN HAS A FACE VALUE OF $1.000. THE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED VERSION IS SOLD AT $2 200 WHILE THE PROOF COIN IS SOLD AT $3 300.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE COCKEREL GOLD COINS WAS LOWER THAN THAT FOR THE MONKEY GOLD COINS LAST YEAR. THIS WAS PROBABLY DUE TO THE STRICTER APPLICATION PROCEDURES WHICH WERE DESIGNED TO ASSIST GENUINE COLLECTORS TO OBTAIN A COIN AND TO DISCOURAGE SPECULATORS,
HE ADDED: +FURTHERMORE, IT HAS BEEN MADE CLEAR IN PRESS ADVERTISEMENTS, NEWSPAPER REPORTS AND IN THE APPLICATION FORMS, THAT IN THE EVENT OF OVERSUBSCRIPTION FOR EITHER OR BOTH VERSIONS, ONLY ONE APPLICATION FORM FROM EACH IDENTITY CARD HOLDER FOR EACH VERSION OF THE COIN WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE BALLOT.
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