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P.R. 33.

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

NFORMATION

SERVICES

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SUPPLEMENT

Friday, October 24, 1975

Speech by the Governor at the opeing

ceremony of Kwun Tong Technical Institute

The recent history of technical education in Hong Kong shows

several notable landmarks; the setting up of the Morrison Hill Technical

Institute in 1969 and the establishment of the Polytechnic in 1972 were

too such. However we must go back to 1965 for an event which was to have

I refer a far-reaching effect on the development of technical education.

to the formation of the Industrial Training Advisory Committee which pioneered

much of the work that is now the responsibility of the Hong Kong Training

Council.

The Industrial Training Advisory Committee commenced its programme

of manpower surveys as early as 1966. These surveys revealed a serious

lack of technical education facilities for craftsmen and technicians.

led to the recommendation that Government should establish four more

technical institutes. Two new technical institutes, this one and the other

This

at Kwai Chung, have been built in parallel and both commenced classes last

month. Foundation work for the third institute at Cheung Sha Wan is in

progress and planning for the fourth institute at San Po Kong is in hand, The opening of this institute, the first of the four new institutes, is

another significant milestone in the progress of technical education in

Hong Kong.

It is appropriate that this institute should be located in Kwun

Tong, which for some years has been a centre of considerable industrial

activity, and I am confident that both students and industrialists will

take full advantage of the courses offered.

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