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WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1974

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HE DISCLOSED THAT THE CAPITAL COST OF SEVEN NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AT PRESENT DAY PRICES WAS ESTIMATED AT AROUND $220 MILLION.

THESE WERE THE TECHNICAL, INSTITUTES NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT KWUN TONG AND KUAI CHUNG AND SCHEDULED FOR OPENING BY SEPTEMBER 1975, THE ONE PLANNED FOR CHEUNG SHA WAN, THE ONE DUE TO BE OPENED IN 1977 IN SAN PO KONG AND THREE OTHERS WHICH WERE DUE TO BE BUILT IN SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENT DECADE +DEPENDING ON TO WHAT DEGREE PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED INSTITUTES ARE SUPPORTED BY INDUSTRY,+ MR. WATERS SAID.

HE SAID THE NEW TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE WHICH WOULD BEGIN COURSES IN SEPTEMBER WOULD ALSO BE RUNNING UPGRADING COURSES FOR IN-SERVICE TEACHERS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL TEACHER AND WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR TRAINING AT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WAS ALREADY ABSORBED BY THE NEW COLLEGE AND NEW QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED STAFF WERE BEING APPO INTED.

EARLIER THIS MONTH THE COLLEGE RAN A SEMINAR FOR SERVING TECHNICAL TEACHERS.

MR. WATERS SAID IT WAS, HOPED THAT IN 1976 THE COLLEGE WOULD MOVE FROM ITS TEMPORARY PREMISES IN THE OLD JUNIOR TECHNICAL SCHOOL BUILDING TO THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL BUILDING WHERE THE OLD TECHNICAL COLLEGE USED TO BE.

SOMETIME AGO THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ENHANCED FINANCIAL CRANTS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR MATURE, EXPERIENCED PEOPLE FROM INDUSTRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE UP TEACHER TRAINING FOR ONE-YEAR FULL TIME.

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+THIS SCHEME HAS NOW BEEN APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT. WE ADVERTISED IT AND RECEIVED 697 APPLICATIONS. COMING SEPTEMBER A NUMBER OF STUDENT TECHNICAL TEACHERS WILL BE ENROLLED ON THIS BASIS,+ MR. WATERS SAID.

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