WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1975
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+SO IN SECONDARY EDUCATION THE RECESSION AND THE MANY OTHER PRIORITY CALLS ON PUBLIC FINANCES ARE RESULTING IN US MAKING CONSIDERABLY LESS PROGRESS THAN WE WOULD HAVE WISHED OR CAN REGARD AS PRUDENT,+ HE SAID.
ON TECHNICAL EDUCATION, SIR MURRAY SAID: THOUGH THE RATE OF BUILD UP HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT AFFECTED BY OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION, I AM SATISFIED THAT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THE EXPANSION OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IS PROGRESSING REASONABLY WELL,+
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE THREE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES NOW IN OPERATION HAD A TOTAL ENROLMENT OF 2,300 AND THIS WAS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 3,350 IN 1976/77 AND EVENTUALLY TO 4,050.
HE SAID TENDERS HAD BEEN CALLED FOR A FOURTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT CHEUNG SHA WAN AND, IF ALL GOES WELL, CLASSES WILL OPEN IN SEPTEMBER 1977.
A FIFTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE PLANNED AT SAN PO KONG IS EXPECTED T BE COMPLETED IN 1979.
TURNING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, SIR MURRAY SAID SO FAR 8,900 PLACES HAD BEEN PROVIDED AND THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION HOPED TO EXCEED THE 10,000 MARK BY SEPTEMBER 1976.
ON TERTIARY EDUCATION, THE GOVERNOR SAID PROGRESS AT THE POLYTECHNIC HAD BEEN VERY HEARTENING.
HE NOTED THAT WORK ON EXPANDING THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IN HUNG HOM HAD GONE AHEAD VERY RAPIDLY. THE NEW WORKSHOPS AND LECTURE ROOMS WOULD BE READY NEXT JULY WHILE THE LIBRARY FULLY EQUIPPED A LITTLE LATER.
+THIS WILL MEAN, HE SAID, THAT THE POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS AT PRESENT USING TEMPORARY PREMISES AT TAIKOO DOCKS, SHAU KEI WAN, WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR HUNG HOM CAMPUS.
+IT WILL ALSO ENABLE THE UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNIC COMPUTER CENTRE TO MOVE INTO THE NEW ACCOMODATION THERE.+
SIR MURRAY SAID PLANNING FOR PHASE II OF THE POLYTECHNIC'S DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TEACHING SPACE AND FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF WAS WELL ADVANCED.
IN THE CASE OF THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, THE GOVERNOR SAID PRIORITY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO MAINTAINING THE GROWTH OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENT PLACES,
+EVEN THOUGH THIS HAS MEANT THAT THE CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMME HAS HAD TO DE REPHASED, I AM SURE THAT THIS PRIORITY WAS RIGHT,+
1 HE SAID.
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