CO129-591-1 Hong Kong University Advisory Committee- recommendations 10-1-1944 - 5-12-1944 — Page 20

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(a) The Sultan Idris Training College, Tanjong Malim for Malay vernacular schools throughout Ialaya.

(b) Malay Women Teachers' Training

College, Malacca, for vernacular, schools for Malay girls throughout Malaya.

The establishment, as soon as practicable, at Singapore and Kuala Lumpur respectively, of institutions for the training of teachers for service in Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools throughout Iblaya.

(III) The establishment of facilities for producing trained

teachers of English.

(IV) He also rocommend that the fullest use be made of

whatever former Asiatic staff may be available especially as many of thom have, no doubt, during

the enery occupation been undertaking responsibilities normally undertaker by Europeans.

15. In order to ensure the earliest possible provision of an adequate number of locally qualified doctors for ialaya, we recommend that the facilities for the training of medical students previously available at King Edward VII Ladical College should be restored and that, while Raffles College should be re-organised in the first place for the training of teachers, provision should also be made at that Institution as soon as practicable for teaching first year science to medical students.

16. Early stops should be taken as soon as practicable to revive and extend the vocational training given before hostilities begen and so resume the educational development which was penetrating more deeply into the general economy of the country.

We recommend that such steps should include;

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(1) The restoration of facilities for general training

previously given in the Trade School and the Junior Technical School: such training to be based on the requirements of the public service and the industries of the Colony.

The Government Trade School, which was to some extent misnamed as in fact it operated as a technical collogo, should function as before and be renamed secordingly.

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The Junior Technical School should aim at the provision of apprentices for engineering works and the building trados.

(ii) The Evening Institute should be revived with commercial

and tochnical classes as required by popular demand.

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