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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1975

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ANOTHER 560 STUDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 20 ARE ATTENDING

TECHNICAL INSTITUTE REMOVE CLASSES RUN BY THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION TO PREPARE THEM FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL COURSES OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

THIS IS A ONE-YEAR EVENING COURSE AND STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT FORM 1 MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH.

MEANWHILE, MORE THAN 4,500 STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING THE PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL COURSES OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL

INSTITUTE. THE SUBJECTS TAUGHT ARE ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL DRAWING.

THESE EVENING COURSES, WHICH LAST FOUR YEARS, ARE OFFERED BY THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE TO ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE TO RAISE THEIR GENERAL EDUCATIONAL STANDARD SO THAT THEY MAY LATER CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES IN SOME TECHNICAL FIELD.

COMMENTING ON THE PROVISION OF THESEAND OTHER COURSES FOR YOUTH, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (FURTHER), MR. WILLIAM FISHER-SHORT SAID TODAY: +THIS IS ALL PART OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S DRIVE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF EXISTING FINANCIAL STRINGENCY TO MEET THE DESIRES OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.+

HE POINTED OUT THAT FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO PREFERRED TO TAKE UP EMPLOYMENT AT THE LEGAL AGE BUT WHO ALSO WISHED TO CONTINUE FORMAL SECONDARY SCHOOL TYPE EDUCATION, THERE WERE THE SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSES WHICH USE BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE AS MEDIA OF

INSTRUCTION.

THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FOUND THAT THEY COULD ONLY DEVOTE TIME TO FORMAL EDUCATION IN THEIR LATER TEENS COULD TAKE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE FOR ADULTS.

+FOR THOSE PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVERS WHO DO NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE SCHOOL COURSE BUT WHO WISH TO BE PREPARED FOR WORK IN THEIR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT THERE IS THE VERY POPULAR YOUNG PEOPLE'S COURSE.

+FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO BE PREPARED TO TAKE UP PART-TIME TECHNICAL EDUCATION THERE ARE THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE REMOVE CLASSES LEADING TO THE PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL COURSES,+ MR. FISHER-SHORT SAID.

THOSE YOUNGSTERS WHO WISHED TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COULD ATTEND THE EVENING INSTITUTE CLASSES RANGING FROM ELEMENTARY TO ADVANCED LEVELS.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID THAT TEENAGERS WHO POSSESSED A HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION COULD PURSUE THEIR STUDIES OF CHINESE LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS BY ATTENDING COURSE RUN BY THE EVENING SCHOOL OF HIGHER CHINESE STUDIES.

MR. FISHER-SHORT SAID THAT FOR THOSE WHO WISHED TO DEVELOP THEMSELVES THROUGH LESS FORMAL EDUCATION COULD ENROL IN THE MANY AND VARIED COURSES IN THE ADULT EDUCATION AND RECREATION CENTRES

+IN ALL THESE WAYS, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS ATTEMPTING TO MEET THE DESIRE FOR EDUCATION IN ITS WIDEST SENSE AMONG OUR TEENAGE WORKING YOUTH AND ALTHOUGH WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE, EVEN IN THE PRESENT DIFFICULT TIMES, WE ARE ABLE TO HELP MORE THAN 31,500 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE NEGLECTED, HE SAID,