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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1981
+NOT SO LONG AGO, PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION WAS VIEWED BY PARENTS WITH SUSPICION. THEY SAW IT AS A DEAD-END, A BLEAK PROMISE OF NOTHING MORE THAN A MONOTONOUS JOB IN A FACTORY.
+THAT THINKING HAS NOW CHANGED AS PARENTS SEE WITH THE IR OWN EYES THE VARIED DEMAND FOR SKILLED CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS IN INDUSTRY, MR HAYE SAID.
FOR THE LESS ACADEMIC INCLINED PUPILS, THIS FORM OF EDUCATION OFFERS AN ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE AS THEY CAN SEEK POST FORM ⠀⠀ EDUCATION THROUGH THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND THE POLYTECHNIC.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE CAPABLE OF COMPLETING THEIR ACADEMIC EDUCATION, THERE ARE NOW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
TO MEET POPULAR DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING 12 MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, MAINLY IN THE NEW TOWNS, AT A COST OF ABOUT $200 MILLION. THESE SCHOOLS WILL BE COMING INTO STREAM BY 1982.
MR HAYE COMMENDED THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE KUK FOR THE IR FORESIGHT IN BREAKING NEW GROUND IN THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THEIR SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
IN THE EDUCATION FIELD, THE KUK IS OPERATING 17 SCHOOLS THREE SECONDARY, EIGHT PRIMARY, THREE SPECIAL AND THREE KINDERGARTENS.
+THIS IS YOUR FIRST PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL WHICH I AM SURE WILL NOT BE YOUR LAST. I AM ALSO CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL OPERATE IT WITH GREAT SUCCESS AS WITH YOUR OTHER 17 SCHOOLS, + MR HAYE SAID.
CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL START ON THE PO LEUNG KUK C.W. CHU PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WITH COMPLETION EXPECTED BY DECEMBER 1982. THE SCHOOL OCCUPIES A SITE OF ABOUT 5 480 SQUARE METRES.
CAPITAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED AT $16 MILLION WITH AN EXTRA $1.6 MILLION REQUIRED FOR FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT.
THE SCHOOL WILL HAVE 25 CLASSROOMS WITH AN ENROLMENT OF ABOUT 1 000 PUPILS. IN ADDITION IT WILL HAVE A LARGE HALL, NINE WORKSHOPS AND A NUMBER OF SPECIAL ROOMS, EQUIPPED WITH MODERN MACHINERY.
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