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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17,

JULY 17, 1974

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+THE GREEN LIGHT IS EXPECTED SOON CONCERNING THREE MORE BY 1980 IN THE NEW TOWNS OF SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN,+ MR. KINGWELL SAID.

HE STRESSED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POLYTECHNIC AND OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WAS ONE IMPORTANT ASPECT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION BUT NOT THE ONLY ONE.

+ IF THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ARE TO GET A FEEL FOR AND SYMPATHY WITH TECHNICAL SUBJECTS, THE CURRICULUM IN ALL SCHOOLS, NOT JUST SECONDARY TECHNICAL SUBJECTS, WILL HAVE TO BE EXAMINED CRITICALLY. NEW SUBJECTS MUST BE INTRODUCED AND THE EXISTING SUBJECTS TAUGE IN A MORE PRACTICAL WAY.

+WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE WHITE PAPER ON EDUCATION BY THE END OF THE MONTH. I HOPE THAT IT WILL CONTAIN PROPOSALS WHICH, IF REALISTICALLY IMPLEMENTED, WILL MEAN THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WILL HAVE A BROAD UNDER- STANDING OF THE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE INCREASING SYMPATHY FOR THE NEW TECHNICAL SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY WILL LIVE.

+THIS WILL BE A NEW FIELD WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED WITH GREAT CARE AND UNDERSTANDING IF THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS AGE GROUP, BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS, ARE TO BE SATISFIED,+ MR. KINGWELL SAID.

HE EMPHASISED THAT THE MAIN BURDEN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE SECONDARY FIELD WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY FALL ON THE SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND MANY MORE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW PROGRAMME.

+ IN FACT, SIX MORE MUST BE COMMENCED URGENTLY TO COMPLETE THE APPROVED 1976 TARGETS. HOWEVER, IN A SITUATION WHERE THE AVAILABILITY OF PLACES FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ON A FIVE-YEAR BASIS IS UNLIKELY TO EXCEED 40 PER CENT UNTIL 1980, THE ROLE OF THE PREVOCATIONAL AND SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.

+THESE SCHOOLS OFFERING A THREE-YEAR SECONDARY EDUCATION WITH A PRACTICAL BIAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. THEY HAVE ACHIEVED EXCELLENT RESULTS AND THE IR POPULARITY WILL ENSURE THEIR CONTINUED SUCCESS. ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTES WILL REQUIRE TECHNICAL TEACHERS.+

TODAY'S CEREMONY MARKS THE INAUGURATION OF THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE WHICH WILL IN THE FIRST INSTANCE OPERATE IN TEMPORARY PREMISES. ITS FIRST HONE THIS COMING SEPTEMBER WILL BE THE VACATED MORRISON HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL.

+AS SOON AS A NEW TECHNICAL SCHOOL CAN BE BUILT TO REHOUSE THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL, THE BUILDING WHICH THEY. VACATE WILL BE REPROVISIONED AS A MEDIUM TERM HOME FOR THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE,+ MR. KINGWELL SAID.

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