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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1988
WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE CHAI WAN
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE,
THE CRAFT AND
LARGEST OF EIGHT, THERE ARE NOW 10,500 FULL-TIME PLACES AT TECHNICIAN LEVELS COMPARED WITH 4,000 IN 1982.
PART-TIME PLACES HAVE ALSO INCREASED BY MORE THAN HALF LAST SIX YEARS.
IN THE
BY SEPTEMBER 1989, THE TOTAL STUDENT
INSTITUTES WILL REACH 66,000.
POPULATION IN TECHNICAL
"THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL HAS PLAYED
SIR DAVID SAID.
A VITAL ROLE IN
QUIDING THIS REMARKABLE EXPANSION,
MR
IN HIS SPEECH AT THE CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL,
SAID THE CHAN KAM-CHUEN,
COUNCIL WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROUS SUPPORT IT RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT.
THE DETERMINATION OF
"THE SUPPORT CAN ONLY BE INTERPRETED AS
EDUCATION GOVERNMENT TO BRING ABOUT AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF TECHNICAL
OF SUPPORTING THE GROWTH OF HONG AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CAPABLE KONG'S ECONOMY," HE SAID.
INSTITUTES, THE CHAI
ENTIRELY EQUIPPED
FROM FUNDS
LIKE THE SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN TECHNICAL WAN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WAS BUILT AND MADE AVAILABLE BY THE GOVERNMENT.
OF
THE
IT IS LOCATED ON A 1.9 HECTARE SITE AND HAS A TOTAL FLOOR
METRES. SQUARE 21,000 ACCOMMODATE 2,700 STUDENTS.
INSTITUTE
CAN
AT
ANY
AREA ONE TIME
IT OFFERS 73 COURSES IN SIX
SCIENCE,
COMMERCIAL
TEACHING STUDIES, COMPUTING
DEPARTMENTS
STUDIES,
―
APPLIED ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
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