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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1977

TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT CHEUNG SHA WAN NEARING COMPLETION

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THE $18 MILLION TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT CHEUNG SHA WAN IS RAPIDLY NEARING COMPLETION.

IT IS TO BE KNOWN AS HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE BECAUSE OF A DONATION OF $5 MILLION BY MR. HAKING WONG, A PROMINENT INDUSTRIAL IST, WHOSE COMPANY'S PRODUCTS INCLUDE CAMERAS, BINOCULARS, CASSETTE TAPE RECORDERS, ELECTRONIC FLASH UNITS AND SLIDE VIEWERS.

THE INSTITUTE OCCUPIES AN AREA OF SOME 8,600 SQUARE METRES BETWEEN LAI CHI KOK ROAD AND FORTUNE STREET. THE MAIN PEDESTRIAN ACCESS IS BY WAY OF LAI CHI KOK ROAD AT ITS SOUTH WESTERN SIDE.

ITS DESIGN IS SIMILAR TO THE INSTITUTES AT KWUN TONG AND KWAI CHUNG. THE INSTITUTE HAS THREE BUILDING BLOCKS LINKED TOGETHER BY COVERED CORRIDORS. HOUSED IN THE MAIN FIVE-STOREY BLOCK ARE 55 TEACHING ROOMS, WORKSHOPS AND LABORATORIES WITH FACILITIES FOR COURSES IN HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM, CONSTRUCTION, MARINE AND FABRICATION, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, A LIBRARY AND STAFF AND STUDENT COMMON ROOMS ARE IN A FOUR-STOREY BLOCK.

THE REMAINING BLOCK HAS AN ASSEMBLY HALL WHICH SERVES AS A GYMNASIUM WITH A COVERED PLAY AREA, CANTEEN FACILITIES ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND MINOR STAFF QUARTERS ON THE UPPER FLOORS.

WHEN FULLY OPERATIONAL, THE INSTITUTE WILL BE ABLE TO TURN OUT 500 FULL-TIME AND 1,500 PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE STUDENTS YEARLY. THERE WILL ALSO BE COURSES IN THE EVENING,

THE PRINCIPAL OF THE INSTITUTE, MR. ROBERT BRAY, SAID THAT HE ALREADY HAD 150 STUDENTS ON PART-TIME DAY RELEASE.

+THEY ARE VEHICLE BODY REPAIR APPRENTICES WHO ARE UNDERGOING TRAINING IN TEMPORARY PREMISES IN CAINE LANE. WE STARTED THE COURSE IN SEPTEMBER, 1976 FOLLOWING DEMAND FROM INDUSTRY, + MR. BRAY SAID.

THE CAINE LANE FACILITIES WERE VISITED IN JANUARY BY EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL.

MR. BRAY SAID THAT THE ADMISSION OF FULL TIME STUDENTS WOULD BE IN SEPTEMBER AT THE START OF THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR.

THE PRINCIPAL IS LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING INTO THE INSTITUTE. +I EXPECT SHALL TAKE OVER THE BUILDING FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN APRIL,+ MR. BRAY SAID.

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