CO129-591-1 Hong Kong University Advisory Committee- recommendations 10-1-1944 - 5-12-1944 — Page 53

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(a) The Sultan Idris Training College,

Tanjong Malim for Malay vernacular schools throughout Malaya.

(b) Malay Women Teachers' Training

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

(11) 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 Malaya.

(III) The establishment of facilities for producing trained

Beachers of English.

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first place

(IV) We also recommend that the fullest use be made of

rhatever former Asiatic staff may be available especially as many of them have, no doubt, during the enemy occupation, been abming responsibilities opraully undertaken by Europeans.

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35. have, in paragraph 11 desve, recommended that griority shoute to giren to the revival of the Medical Ssently at Hong Kong University. In order to ensure the earliest possible provision of an adequate number of locally qualified doctors for Malaya, we recommend that the facilities for the training of medical students previously available at King Baward VII Hedical College should be restored and that, while Raffles College should be zo-organised finarily for the Greining of teachers, provision should also be made at that Institution as soon as practicable for teaching First year selerne to medical students.

16. fiz the interests of the seals poloblištetion of the general 1570 of the territories Early(steps should be taken as soon to revive and extend the vocational treini,

before [aspracticabile hostilities began and so resume the edugational development which was penetrating more deeply into the general economes of country

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Vo recomend that such steps should include;

In Hong Kong

(1) The restoration of facilities for general training

previously given in the Trade School and the Junior Wedbucal school: such training to be based on the requirements of the public service and the industries of the Colony. The Junior Technical School should alm at the provision of apprentices

for engineering works end the bullding trades.

The Goverzanent Trade School, which was to some exkent misnamed as in fact it operated as a technical college, should function as before and be renamed accordingly.

(11) The Evening Institute should be revived with commercial

and technical classes as required by popular demand.

In Malaya