WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1974
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IN THE MEANTIME, +PLANS CAN PROCEED FOR A COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, SPECIALLY DESIGNED, WHICH WILL SERVE THE NEEDS OF TECHNICAL TEACHERS IN HONG KONG FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.+
ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NEW TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE
+IT IS HOPED THAT WILL BE ITS PROGRAMME FOR SERVING TEACHERS. SERVING TEACHERS WILL WELCOME THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTELLECTUAL AND TECHNICAL REFRESHMENT WHICH THIS COLLEGE WILL AFFORD,+ MR. KINGUELL SAID.
HE ALSO HOPED THAT SOME OF ITS PROGRAMMES WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS OF NON-TECHNICAL OR ACADEMIC SUBJECTS IN
+ IN THIS WAY, THESE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTUES. TEACHERS MAY GAIN A GREATER SYMPATHY FOR AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE AIMS OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG IN THE LATE SEVENTIES AND EARLY EIGHTIES.+
MR. KINGWELL WENT ON: +WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG IN EVER-INCREASING NUMBERS FOR WHITE COLLAR JOBS WHICH WILL NOT EXIST. +IF THE EDUCATIONAL PLANNERS WERE TO IGNORE THESE FACTS AND TO PROVIDE
ONLY AN ACADEMIC FORM OF EDUCATION, UNICH KOST PARENTS SEEM TO PREFER FOR THEIR CHILDREN, IT COULD ONLY BUILD UP FRUSTRATION IN MANY YOUNG POEPLE AND LOULD MEAN THAT THEY WILL BE ILL-PREPARED TO FACE THE WORLD OF WORK.+
REFERRING TO SURVEY FINDINGS BETWEEN 1967 AND 1970 WHICH INDICATED THAT HONG KONG NEEDS 250. TOCL AND DIE MAKERS A YEAR, MR. KINGUELL NOTED THAT SHORTACE OF THIS TYPE OF SKILLED MANPOWER HAD LED OVERSEAS ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONS TO LOOK TO OTHER CITIES IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA TO ESTABLISH BRANCH FACTORIES.
HONG KONG COULD NOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE LOSING THIS TYPE
OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT, HE STRESSED,
MR. KINGWELL DESCRIBED THE THREE-DAY SEMINAR AS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, AND HE HOPED THAT IT
WOULD BE THE FORE-RUNNER OF A DEVELOPING PROGRAMME OF SEMINARS AND COURSES FOR SERVING TEACHERS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR. KINGWELL'S SPEECH ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE G.1.5. PRESS ROOM, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, 6TH FLOOR.
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