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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1977

TOP PRIORITY GIVEN TO PART-TIME DAY COURSES AT

TECHNICAL INSTITUTES

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THE RUNNING OF PART-TIME DAY RELEASE COURSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IS GIVEN TOP PRIORITY BY THE TECHNICAL DIVISION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) MR. DANIEL WATERS SAID THIS MORNING.

HE ADVISED EMPLOYERS INTERESTED IN SENDING STUDENTS ON SUCH COURSES TO CONTACT THE IR NEAREST TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT MORRISON HILL, CHEUNG SHA WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND KWUN TONG OR THE TECHNICAL DIVISION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,

+SINCE 1970, INDUSTRIALISTS, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAVE GOT PART-TIME DAY CLASSES GOING WITH A REASONABLE DEGREE OF SUCCESS. ON THE OTHER HAND, MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE,+ MR. WATERS TOLD THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 12TH NATIONAL CONVENTION.

HE ADDED: + | SHOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PLEA TO INDUSTRIAL ISTS TO SUPPORT OUR PART-TIME DAY RELEASE COURSES IN INSTITUTES, THESE PART-TIME COURSES ARE IN FACT LINKED VERY COLSELY WITH APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING. THIS IS, IN TURN, LINKED WITH THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE.

+APPRENTICES ARE NORMALLY RELEASED BY THEIR FIRMS ON FULL PAY TO ATTEND SUCH COURSES AT AN INSTITUTE FOR ONE FULL DAY A WEEK. THIS CONSISTS OF SIX HOURS OF STUDY. IN ADDITION AN APPRENTICE NORMALLY STUDIES TWO EVENINGS A WEEK WHICH CONSISTS OF FOUR HOURS, IN HIS OWN TIME. THUS HE STUDIES A TOTAL OF TEN HOURS A WEEK.

+THIS IS MORE SATISFACTORY THAN BY TRYING TO STUDY IN THE

WATERS EVENINGS, WHEN ONE IS TIRED, AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK,+ MR. POINTED CUT.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF WERE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS. IN ADDITION, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WAS REPRESENTED ON THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND WORKING PARTIES OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL AND SYLLABUSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WERE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR COMMENT.

+ IN THIS WAY WE ARE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THE CURRICULA MEET THE ACTUAL NEEDS OF INDUSTRY. WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS, + MR. WATERS SAID,

HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE GOOD OPPORTUNITIES IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

+WE NEED YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WHO REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRY TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF AND ARE INTENSELY INTERESTED IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION. THIS WILL MAKE OUR CITY-STATE PROSPEROUS, + MR. WATERS SAID.

/INDUSTRIAL