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SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1976
TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE NEXT DECADE
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A PROGRAMME PLAN FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR THE NEXT DECADE IS AT PRESENT BEING PREPARED AND HOPEFULLY THIS SHOULD BE FINALISED EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR. MR. DANIEL WATERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), SAID THIS EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE DINNER AND BALL OF THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE STUDENTS' UNION, MR. VATERS SAID THAT A STAFFING REVIEW FOR THE TECHNICAL BRANCH OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS CARRIED OUT RECENTLY.
+THE POLYTECHNIC, THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AND SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS DO IN SOME WAY AFFECT EACH OTHER. IT IS VERY NECESSARY THAT TECHNICAL EDUCATION BE VIEWED AS A 'SEAMLESS GARMENT' AND NOT AS A DISJOINTED WHOLE,+ MR. WATERS STRESSED.
REVIEWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG MR. WATERS SAID, ANOTHER HAJOR STEP FORWARD CAME ON THE 1ST OF AUGUST 1973 WHEN THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE WAS HANDED OVER TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC. IT WAS THUS NO LONGER UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND BECAME AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTION.
+ IN 1973 THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS SUPERSEDED BY THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL,+ HE SAID.
ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1974 THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED.
THE WHITE PAPER ON SECONDARY EDUCATION WAS PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 1974. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THIS DOCUMENT RECOMMENDED THAT 25-30 PER CENT OF THE CURRICULUM IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS SHOULD BE OF A TECHNICAL/PRACTICAL NATURE.
IN SEPTEMBER 1975 TWO MORE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OPENED, AT KWAI CHUNG AND ONE AT KWUN TONG.
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+THE CHEUNG SHA WAN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IS DUE TO OPEN IN 1977 AND THE SAN PO KONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, HOPEFULLY, A YEAR LATER IT IS EXPECTED THAT THREE MORE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WILL OPEN, ONE AT SHA TIN, ONE AT TUEN MUN AND ONE AT TSUEN WAN IN THE EARLY 1980'S,+ MR. WATERS SAID.
HE ADDED: WHEN THE APPRENTICESHIP BILL, PREPARED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, SHORTLY COMES INTO BEING, IT IS HOPED THAT THIS WILL MAKE ITSELF FELT ON THE NUMBERS OF PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS.+
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