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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1975

DAY RELEASE. COURSES AVAILABLE AT

TECHNICAL INSTITUTES

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TH: THREE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES RUN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ARE INVITING APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSES FOR THE 1975-76 SESSION BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.

THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), MR. DANIEL WATERS AND THE PRINCIPALS OF THE THREE INSTITUTES - MORRISON HILL AND THE TWO NEW ONES AT KWAI CHUNG AND KWUN TONG - GAVE DETAILS OF THE COURSES AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON.

ALL THREE INSTITUTES WILL OFFER COURSES ON ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

COURSES ON CLOTHING AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT KWAI CHUNG AND KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WHILE COURSES FOR SECRETARIES/STENOGRAPHERS AND ON OFFICE STUDIES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT MORRISON HILL AND KWAI CHUNG.

CONSTRUCTION COURSES WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLY AT MORRISON HILL AND COURSES ON PRINTING AT KWUN TONG,

A VARIETY OF OTHER COURSES INCLUDING RADIO AND TELEVISION MECHANICS, AIR-CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION AS WELL AS MOTOR VEHICLE MĚCHANICS ARE BEING OFFERED BY ONE OR TWO INSTITUTES.

THE ANNUAL FEES FOR FULL-TIME COURSES ARE $400 (TECHNICIAN) AND $120 (CRAFT) WHILE THAT FOR PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE IS $80.

APPLICATION FORMS FOR FULL-TIME COURSES AND COPIES OF THE +GUIDE TO APPLICANTS+ CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE THREE INSTITUTES, ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES AT TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND SHEK LEI. APPLICATION FORMS FOR PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSES ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE THREE INSTITUTES AND THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR CRAFT COURSES ARE GENERALLY THE COMPLETION OF FORM 3 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BASIC CRAFT COURSES WHERE COMPLETION OF FORM 2 IS STIPULATED,

FOR CONSTRUCTION CRAFT COURSES, COMPLETION OF PRIMARY 6 IS THE REQUIREMENT.

FOR TECHNICIAN COURSES, COMPLETION OF FORM 5 IS THE MINIMUM. ENTRY REQUIREMENT.

APPLICANTS FOR PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSES SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN WORK APPROPRIATE TO THE COURSE THEY WISH TO BE ENROLLED. IN ADDITION, THEY MUST BE SPONSORED, AND HAVE THE APPLICATION FORMS SIGNED BY THEIR EMPLOYERS.

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ALL COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE INSTITUTES SELECTED BY AUGUST 18.

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