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Monday, August 13, 1973

SEVEN MORE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES PLANNED

Technical education in Hong Kong will receive a much-needed boost

with the completion in 1975 of two new technical institutes which will go

a long way towards meeting the increasing demand for skilled craftsmen and

technicians in industry,

The two institutes

one to be built in Kwai Chung and the other

in Kwun Tong

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are among seven being planned or considered for major

industrial areas, which together with the institute at Morrison Hill will

make a total of eight.

Planning for building and equipping the first two institutes is

already in an advanced stage and sub-structure work is expected to start

within the next few months according to Mr. Dan Waters, Principal of the

Morrison Hill Technical Institute who has been seconded to the Education

Department Headquarters to work on the planning.

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"Both should be ready at the start of the 1975/6 academic year,

said Mr. Waters, "and two more are scheduled to come into operation one

in Cheung Sha Wan and one San Po Kong in 1976 and 1977 respectively."

Plans and locations for the other three are being studied by the

government. It was likely, said Mr. Waters, that they would be built within

new towns such as Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun so that they could serve

industry there.

A decision on these three institutes will be made at a later date

after a review of future requirements.

/Mr. Waters *******