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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1977

MORE GIRLS MAKE USE OF

TECHNICAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

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A YEAR FROM NOW, SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD CHAN YUK-HA WILL BECOME ONE OF THE FEW GIRLS TO BATTLE INTO THE FEW INDUSTRIES WHICH ARE STILL MONOPOLISED BY MEN.

ELECTRONICS DESIGN AND TELEVISION SERVICING ARE TRADITIONALLY MEN'S JOBS, BUT TO YUK-HA THESE ARE THE TYPES OF WORK FOR WHICH SHE IS NOW BEING TRAINED AT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

THOUGH BEING THE ONLY GIRL IN THE INSTITUTE'S RADIO MECHANICS CRAFT LEVEL CLASS, YUK-HA HAS HAD NO DIFFICULTIES IN CATCHING UP WITH HER OTHER CLASSMATES.

+! FIND WHAT I HAVE BEEN LEARNING VERY INTERESTING AND I PLAN TO TAKE UP ANOTHER YEAR OF ADVANCED TRAINING IN TELEVISION MECHANICS IN THE COMING ACADEMIC SESSION, SHE SAID.

WHEN ASKED WHY SHE CHOSE TO TAKE UP TECHNICAL EDUCATION, YUK-HA SAID: +1 THINK IT IS GOOD TO LEARN A SKILL AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE AN ELECTRONICS DESIGN OR TELEVISION SERVICING TECHNICIAN. +

AND YUK-HA WAS ONE OF THOSE LUCKY ONES WHO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THEIR FAMILIES WHEN SHE DECIDED TO EMBARK UPON A TECHNICAL CAREER. +MY PARENTS ARE OPEN-MINDED PEOPLE AND THEY SIMPLY LET ME MAKE MY OWN DECISION,+ SHE SAID.

DUE TO CHANGING SOCIAL ATTITUDES TO BLUE-COLLAR JOBS AND THE EVER-INCREASING DEMAND FOR MANPOWER AND SKILLED LABOUR IN THE INDUSTRIES, GIRLS ARE NOW MORE WILLING TO MAKE USE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, THE VICE PRINCIPAL OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, MR. ALICK FONG YAN SAID.

THE INSTITUTE, LIKE THE TWO OTHERS IN KWAI CHUNG AND KWUN TONG, OFFERS TECHNICIAN AND CRAFT LEVEL COURSES COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS, ON A FULL-TIME, BLOCK-RELEASE, PART-TIME DAY, OR PART-TIME EVENING BASIS.

COURSES BEING OFFERED AT MORRISON HILL INCLUDE MECHANICAL ; ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COMMERCIAL STUDIES CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL STUDIES, THE KWAI CHUNG TECHNICAL

INSTITUTE PROVIDES COURSES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, COMMERCIAL STUDIES, AND CLOTHING AND TEXTILES- WHILE AT KWUN TONG, COURSES ARE AVAILABLE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, PRINTING, AND CLOTHING AND TEXTILES.

COMMENTING ON THE GIRL STUDENT ENROLMENT AT MORRISON HILL, MR. FONG YAN SAID: +APART FROM THE COMMERCIAL STUDIES AND GENERAL STUDIES DEPARTMENTS WHICH NORMALLY CLAIM A HIGH NUMBER OF FEMALE STUDENTS, COURSES IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION HAVE ALSO ATTRACTED FEMALE STUDENTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.+

/+THIS YEAR,