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FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1976

TECHNICAL TEACHERS'

COURSE STARTS IN SEPTEMBER ******

YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WITH INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE ARE INVITED TO ENROL IN THE ONE YEAR FULL-TIME COURSE COMMENCING IN SEPTEMBER AT THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE.

THE COURSE IS INTENDED FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN TEACHING IN TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

INDUCEMENT GRANTS WILL BE GIVEN TO STUDENTS ON THIS COURSE AT THE MINIMUM OF $1,070 A MONTH UP TO THE MAXIMUM OF $1,640 A MONTH, CALCULATED ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF POST- QUALIFICATION INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE.

APPLICANTS MUST HAVE SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED A TWO-YEAR FULL-TIME DIPLOMA COURSE AT THE POLYTECHNIC, A TECHNICAL COLLEGE OR A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES :- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, TEXTILES, CLOTHING, BUILDING, MARINE ENGINEERING, HOTEL AND CATERING, INSTITUTIONAL HOUSEKEEPING.

APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE, 373, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, WAN CHAI.

ALL COMPLETED FORMS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE COLLEGE BY APRIL 10.

INTER-SCHOOLS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS ******

THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, THIS AFTERNOON PRESENTED PRIZES TO THE FIRST DIVISION WINNERS OF THE ATHLETICS COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

MR. TOPLEY WATCHED SOME OF THE EVENTS AT THE HONG KONG STADIUM.

SPEAKING AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, MR. TOPLEY SAID THAT THIS YEAR 330 TEAMS PARTICIPATED IN THE INTER-SCHOOLS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPARED WITH 47 TEAMS IN 1951.

THE ASSOCIATION, WHICH WAS CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY, COULD LOOK BACK WITH PRIDE ON ITS EXPANSION DURING THIS PERIOD.

MR. TOPLEY SAID THAT +THIS EXPANSION IS REFLECTED IN ALL SPORTS NOT JUST IN ATHLETICS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT A TOTAL OF 25,000 STUDENTS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES EACH YEAR.

+STANDARDS HAVE IMPROVED TO THE EXTENT THAT HONG KONG SCHOOLS' TEAMS CAN NOW COMPETE OVERSEAS, AND HOLD THEIR OWN WITH OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES.+

MR. TOPLEY PAID TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO HAD HELPED THE ASSOCIAT- ION IN THE PAST AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WERE HELPING NOW.