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SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1975

ALL-ROUND EDUCATION MUST INCLUDE TECHNICAL SUBJECTS

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AN ALL-ROUND EDUCATION IN THE MODERN WORLD MUST OF NECESSITY CONTAIN AN ELEMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, SAID TODAY.

HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THIS ELEMENT TO BE VOCATIONAL IN NATURE NO MORE, THAT IS, THAN ANY OTHER SUBJECT TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, HE TOLD THE OPENING SESSION OF A THREE-DAY SEMINAR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT KOWLOON TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

+JUST AS THE CAREER OF THE FUTURE ENGINEER WOULD BE ENRICHED AND EVEN HELPED BY A KNOWLEDGE, HOWEVER BASIC, OF HISTORY AND

HOWEVER_BASIC, GEORGRAPHY, SO TOO WOULD THE FUTURE HISTORIAN BE ENRICHED BY A BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC TECHNOLOGY, HE SAID.

HE EXPECTED THE BIAS TO BE SLIGHTLY MORE VOCATIONAL IN SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SENIOR FORMS.

THE SEMINAR, WHICH IS ORGANISED BY STUDENTS OF NINE GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, WILL DE FOLLOWED BY AN EXHIBITION IN SEPTEMBER.

HE WAS SURE THAT PRESENT AND FUTURE STUDENTS IN SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS DURING THE SEMINAR, AND HE HOPED THAT MORE SEMINARS WOULD BE HELD AND THAT STUDENTS FROM NON-GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL SCHOOLS WOULD PARTICIPATE IN FUTURE ACTIVITIES OF THIS NATURE.

HE NOTED THAT. WHEN THE SEARCH FOR MATERIAL FOR THE EXHIBITION BEGAN, IT WAS SOON REALISED THAT VERY FEW PUPILS IN SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS HAD ANY COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE RANGE OF TECHNICAL SUBJECTS AND TECHNICAL TRAINING AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG AT SECONDARY AND TERTIARY LEVEL.

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+THIS SEMINAR IS AN ATTEMPT TO SHOW WHAT IS AVAILABLE,+ HE

HELPING TO CUT BOOK COSTS

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A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN LAM TIN HOUSING ESTATE IN KOWLOON WILL BE RUNNING AN OLD SCHOOL TEXTBOOK SALE NEXT WEEK TO HELP STUDENTS AND PARENTS KEEP DOWN COSTS OF BUYING BOOKS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL TERM.

THE STUDY ROOM SERVICE GROUP IS BEING SPONSORED AND SUPERVISED BY STAFF OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE IN THE WEST AREA LAM TIN ESTATE WELFARE BUILDING.

OLD BOOKS WHICH ARE NO LONGER NEEDED BY STUDENTS GOING INTO UPPER CLASSES WILL BE COLLECTED ON WEDNESDAY AFTER SORTING AND CHECKING, THEY WILL BE PUT ON SALE ON JULY 28.

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