FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1976
+SKILLED CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY GOODS. IT IS UPON THE QUALITY OF OUR MERCHANDISE THAT THE FUTURE PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG. WILL PROGRESS.+
MR. KINGWELL STRESSED THAT THE MAIN THRUST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION WAS TAKING PLACE IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
HE SAID THAT A TEN-YEAR TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME, WHICH WAS BEING PROPOSED, WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADEQUATË FACILITIES FOR TECHNICAL TEACHERS.
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR SAID THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE MUST BE SOMETHING MORE THAN A PLACE WHERE NEW TEACHERS WERE PROCESSED. IT SHOULD ALSO BE A TECHNICAL TEACHERS' CENTRE A PLACE OF INSPIRATION, INNOVATION AND INTEGRATION, FOR ALL SERVING AND ASPIRING TECHNICAL TEACHERS.
MR. KINGWELL EMPHASISED THE NEED FOR A PERMANENT HOME FOR THE COLLEGE SINCE IT WAS ALREADY OUTGROWING ITS PRESENT TEMPORARY PREMISES.
IN HIS REPORT, THE PRINCIPAL OF THE COLLEGE, MR. PETER SMITH, SAID: THE COLLEGE EXISTS TO TRAIN TEACHERS OF TECHNICAL SUBJECTS AND TO TRAIN INSTRUCTORS FOR INDUSTRY.+
HE SAID THE COLLEGE ASSISTED THE POLYTECHNIC TO MOUNT ITS FIRST STAFF TRAINING COURSE LAST AUGUST,
THE COLLEGE ALSO RAN AN IN-PLANT COURSE FOR THE INSTRUCTORS OF THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY.
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