THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1982
5.
MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, THE SIXTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT
TUEN MUN WILL START OPÉRATION IN SEPTEMBER 1985, WHILE TWO AUDITIONAL AND BIGGER TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, EACH WITH AN ESTIMATED TAPACITY FOR 2 500 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT PLACES, WILL BE
.FTER. EXPANSION OF EXISTING INSTITUTES IS ALSO
FILT
PLANNE.. ? MORGAN SAID.
BUT THE MOST AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME TO BUILD NEW VOCATIONAL TRAIL & FACILITIES WILL BE REALISED IN 1984 WHEN NINE NEW
::DUSTRIAL CENTRES WILL BE OPENED.
THE PROGRAMME INVOLVES THE BUILDING OF A $60-MILLION,
5 700 SQUARE METRE COMPLEX IN KOWLOON BAY AND ANOTHER $70-MILLION,
6 700 SQUARE METRE COMPLEX IN KWAI CHUNG TO HOUSE THE CENTRES.
THESE CENTRES, WHICH WILL BE OPERATED BY THE RELEVANT
TRAINING BOARDS OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, WILL INCLUDE:-
* AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING INDUSTRY TRAINING
CENTRE
*
ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE
* HOTEL TRAINING CENTRE
MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE
* PLASTICS INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE
* PRINTING INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE
* TEXTILE INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE
* ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE
* WELDING TRAINING CENTRE
THE READY ACCEPTANCE BY THE INDUSTRY OF GRADUATES FROM THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IS DUE IN PART TO THE STRONG EMPHASIS ON PRACTICAL TRAINING.
EVEN TECHNICIAN PROGRAMMES CONSIST ROUGHLY OF 35 PER CENT RELEVANT WORK PRACTICE, 15 PER CENT COMMUNICATION STUDIES AND 50 PER CENT RELATED THEORETICAL STUDIES.
FULL-TIME CRAFT PROGRAMMES ARE MADE UP OF 50 PER CENT PRACTICE, WITH THE REMAINING TIME DEVOTED TO GENERAL EDUCATION AND RELATED TECHNICAL SUBJECTS.
FOR PART-TIVE CRAFT COURSES, THE PROPORTION OF PRACTICAL WORK IS REDUCED AS THE STUDENTS ARE GAINING PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AT WORK.
THE RELEVANCE OF THE TRAINING STUDENTS RECEIVED AT THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IS CLEARLY SHOWN BY THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY EALED THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION DIVISION OF TEITO
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