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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1977

+THIS YEAR, GIRLS FORM 14 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION,+ HE ADDED.

+ IN THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, BESIDES CHAN YUK-HA IN THE CRAFT LEVEL RADIO MECHANICS CLASS, THREE OTHER GIRLS ARE STUDYING AT THE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN LEVEL.

+ANOTHER NINE GIRLS HAVE ENROLLED IN THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, OF WHOM FIVE ARE STUDYING AT TECHNICIAN YEAR-ONE LEVEL AND FOUR AT TECHNICIAN YEAR-TWO LEVEL,+ MR. FONG YAN SAID.

TWENTY-YEAR-OLD SO SHUK-CHING, ONE OF THE FOUR GIRLS IN THE TECHNICIAN YEAR-TWO CLASS, SAID SHE TOOK UP CONSTRUCTION STUDIES BECAUSE SHE HAS A KEEN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT.

+WHEN ONE SEES A BUILDING, ONE USUALLY DOES NOT KNOW HOW IT IS BUILT, BUT IN THIS TWO-YEAR COURSE WE ARE TAUGHT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, VARYING FROM BRICK-LAYING, CARPENTRY TO SURVEYING AND DRAFTSMANSHIP, SHE SAID.

WHEN SHE FINISHES HER STUDIES, SHUK-CHING HOPES TO WORK AS A QUANTITY SURVEYOR IN A CONSTRUCTION FIRM.

THE VICE PRINCIPAL POINTED OUT THAT GIRLS CAN DO AS WELL AS BOYS AND SOMETIMES EVEN BETTER IN TECHNICAL COURSES.

+ONE DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE PHYSICALLY STRONG TO DO WELL IN A JOB IN ELECTRONICS, CLOTHING AND TEXTILES, OR EVEN PRINTING. GENUINE INTEREST IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE, + MR. FONG YAN SAID.

+AS THERE IS A GREAT DEMAND FOR TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN IN THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS, AMPLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL EDUCATED AND WELL-TRAINED YOUNG MEN AS WELL AS WOMEN, THE VICE PRINCIPAL REMARKED.

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