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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1974.

MORE WORKSHOP FACILITIES IN

MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

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AN EXTRA FLOOR PROVIDING MUCH-NEEDED SPACE FOR WORKSHOP FACILITIES HAS JUST BEEN ADDED TO THE WORKSHOP WING OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

WITH AN AREA OF SOME 6,000 SQUARE FEET, THE NEW FLOOR HOUSES THREE WORKSHOPS - TWO FOR TECHNICAL TEACHER TRAINING AND ONE FOR USE BY THE INSTITUTE.

FITTING AND EQUIPPING OF THE TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOPS IS WELL ADVANCED AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO COME INTO OPERATION SHORTLY. ONE OF THEM WILL SERVE AS AN ADVANCED WOODWORK WORKSHOP WHILE THE OTHER WILL BE FOR METAL WORK TRAINING INCLUDING MACHINING.

THE WORKSHOPS WILL BE AN ADJUNCT TO THE NEULY-ESTABLISHED HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE WHICH CAME INTO BEING IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR. AT PRESENT, THE COLLEGE OPERATES IN THE BUILDING VACATED BY MORRISON HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL.

THE OTHER WORKSHOP ON THE NEW FLOOR OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AS AN ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION WORKSHOP BY THE INSTITUTE.

IN LINE WITH THE EXTENSION PROGRAMME OF THE INSTITUTE, THE VEHICLE REPAIRS AND ENGINE TESTING WORKSHOP ON THE GROUND FLOOR HAS ALSO BEEN EXPANDED. THIS INVOLVED THE CONVERSION OF THE OPEN SPACE ADJACENT TO THE WORKSHOP INTO A ROOFED WORKSHOP. EXPANSION OF THE WORKSHOP BECAME NECESSARY AS THE SUPPORT GIVEN BY THE MOTOR REPAIR INDUSTRY BY SPONSORING STUDENTS FOR PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE CLASSES HAS RESULTED IN OVER-CROWDING OF THE ORIGINAL ACCOMMODATION.

THE ENTIRE EXTENSION SCHEME, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EQUIPPING OF THE WORKSHOPS, HAS RUN INTO NEARLY $1 MILLION.

THE NEW FACILITIES WERE A FOCUS OF ATTRACTION TO MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, THE NEWLY-APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, DURING HIS RECENT FAMILIARISATION VISIT TO THE INSTITUTE.

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ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION CTECHNICAL), MR. ANDREW KINGWELL THE PRINCIPAL OF THE INSTITUTE, MR. LINCOLN LIEU AND THE VICE-PRINCIPAL, MR. ALICK FONG-YAN, MR. TOPLEY SAW AT FIRST HAND WORKSHOP CLASSES IN SESSION AND WAS THOROUGHLY BRIEFED ON THE OPERATION OF VARIOUS COURSES.

THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1969 AND MOVED TO ITS NEW BUILDING IN 1970. THE INSTITUTE HAS AN EN OLMENT OF 814 FULL-TIME, 1.568 PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE AND 10,631 EVENING STUDENTS. IT AIMS AT PROVIDING BOTH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION REQUIRED BY THE PROSPECTIVE TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN IN INDUSTRY.

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