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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1976

COMMONWEALTH REGIONAL SEMINAR OPENS NEXT TUESDAY

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ABOUT 30 KEY PERSONNEL REPRESENTING 13 COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC ARE TO MEET IN HONG KONG FROM SEPTEMBER 28 TO OCTOBER 7 FOR A SEMINAR TO CONSIDER THE VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY CAN BE DEVELOPED IN ORDER TO MAKE EDUCATION AND TRAINING MORE EFFECTIVE.

THEY WILL STUDY INFORMATION CONTRIBUTED BY EACH COUNTRY ABOUT ITS LEGISLATION, ORGANISATION AND INSTITUTIONS RELATING TO TRAINING PROGRAMMES, AND EXCHANGE IDEAS ABOUT HOW INDUSTRY CAN BEST PROVIDE PRACTICAL TRAINING THAT IS COMPLEMENTARY TO WORK DONE IN THE COLLEGES.

CONSIDERATION WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO STANDARDS AND CONTENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AS WELL AS EXAMINATIONS AND AWARDS, CONCENTRA- TION WILL BE ON THE TECHNICIAN LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING WHERE SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS LIE AND THE CLOSEST PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN

INSTITUTIONS AND INDUSTRY IS VITALLY NEEDED.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE SEMINAR WILL SUGGEST TRAINING MEASURES AND ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WILL BE HELPFUL TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN MEETING THEIR NEEDS FOR TECHNICAL MANPOWER AND RECOMMEND POSSIBLE SCHEMES FOR COMMONWEALTH CO-OPERATION.

THE SEMINAR IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

IT WILL BE OPENED BY DR. S.Y. CHUNG, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE POLYTECHNIC.

THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD IN THE LEE GARDENS HOTEL, 22ND FLOOR, AT 10 A.M. NEXT TUESDAY.

A BRIEF WELCOMING ADDRESS WILL BE MADE BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT'S EDUCATION DIVISION, MR. BERNARD FONG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND MR. MICHAEL COLLINS, SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER, WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE TECHNICAL BRANCH OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, BONAVENTURE HOUSE, 91 LEIGHTON ROAD, 2ND FLOOR, HONG KONG AT 10 ̊ A.M. TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE PRESS CONFERENCE COVERED.

THE SEMINAR PRESS OFFICER, MR. J.H. EVANS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST YOUR REPRESENTATIVES.

PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ASSIGNED TO COVER NEXT TUESDAY'S OPENING CEREMONY ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT MR. EVANS ON THE 22ND FLOOR, LEE GARDENS HOTEL, NOT LATER THAN 9.40 A.M.

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