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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1976

STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM INTEGRATION OF ISWT AND POLYTECHNIC

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STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT MOST FROM THE INTEGRATION OF THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK TRAINING AND THE POLYTECHNIC AS IT WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO BROADEN THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY (MONDAY) BY DR. K. LEGG, DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, AT THE ORIENTATION DAY OF THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK TRAINING TO MARK THE START OF ITS NEW ACADEMIC YEAR.

THIS YEAR, 65 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK TRAINING FOR THE TWO-YEAR COURSE THAT WILL LEAD TO THE AWARD OF A CERTIFICATE IN SOCIAL WORK. TOGETHER WITH THOSE WHO ARE MOVING INTO THE SECOND YEAR OF THE COURSE, THE INSTITUTE WILL HAVE 115 STUDENTS UNDER TRAINING.

DR. LEGG SAID THAT THE INTEGRATION WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS OF THE INSTITUTE TO APPRECIATE THE PROBLEMS AND

INTERESTS OF STUDENTS IN OTHER DISCIPLINES,

FROM THE POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS' VIEWPOINT, HE WENT ON, IT WILL HEIGHTEN THEIR AWARENESS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG AND ALSO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL WORK PROJECTS.

COMMENTING ON THE REASONS FOR THE INTEGRATION, DR. LEGG SAID: +THE INSTITUTE, IN THE NEW POLYTECHNIC ENVIRONMENT, WILL HAVE WIDER HORIZONS IN THE VERY IMPORTANT TASK OF MEETING THE SOCIAL WORK MANPOWER NEEDS OF HONG KONG.

+ IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE WIDER POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE DEVELOP- MENT AND A GREATER PROBABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION OF SOCIAL WORK COURSES OF ALL KINDS.+

IT WAS ALSO PROBABLE, HE SAID, THAT THERE WOULD BE A MUCH CLOSER CO-OPERATION AND CO-ORDINATION WITH THE TWO UNIVERSITIES AND THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES SO THAT ALL LEVELS AND ASPECTS OF SOCIAL WORK WOULD BE EMBRACED.

DR. LEGG TOLD THE STUDENTS THAT THEY WERE ENTERING A FIELD OF ENDEAVOUR THAT COULD ONLY MAKE THE LOT OF THE UNDERPRIVILEGED BETTER.

+SOCIAL WORK IS A DEDICATED PROFESSION AND CAN BRING MUCH SATISFACTION TO YOU AS A PERSON AS WELL AS TO THOSE WHOM YOU WILL EVENTUALLY HELP,+ HE SAID.

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