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Wednesday, November 28, 1973

The expansion of the existing technical institute at Morrison

Hill by the addition of a sixth floor on the workshop block commenced

earlier this month, while the first two of the new technical institutes

at Kwai Chung and Kwun Tong would come into operation in September 1975.

Planning work for the third new technical institute at Cheung Sha

Wan "is well advanced and is scheduled for completion in 1976. The fourth,

to be at San Po Kong, is also being planned and should be opened about a

year later," he added.

Secondary Schools

Mr. Canning reported that 22 new secondary school projects were

completed during the past year. When fully developed these projects would

provide some 21,000 additional places.

Referring to the new targets for secondary education expansion

proposed by the Board of Education, Mr. Canning said that Mr. Wilson Wang

"geems to have mis-read the Board's interim target which was to provide

places for 80 per cent of the relevant age group by 1981 or within eight

years."

A new code of aid was introduced during the year for all government

aided secondary schools.

"This new code of aid has unified the older codes of aid for grant

and subsidised secondary schools and means increased government subventions.

"Uniform staffing and salary structures for all government and aided

secondary schools have now been introduced," he said.

The Director ...................