XN000022-1978-07-10 — Page 12

11

MONDAY, JULY 10, 1978

PART-TIME EVENING COURSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES

******.

ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED TO ATTEND PART-TIME EVENING CLASSES IN MORE THAN 60 COURSES DUE TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER AT HONG KONG'S FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS.

THIS IS 14 PER CENT MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED LAST YEAR.

THE 66 COURSES COVER 10 DISCIPLINES - CLOTHING INDUSTRIES- COMMERCIAL STUDIES CONSTRUCTION= ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING GENERAL STUDIES HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM MARINE AND FABRICATION= MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PRINTING AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES CONDUCTED AT POST-FORM 5 TECHNICIAN LEVEL AND POST-FORM 3 CRAFT LEVEL.

▬▬

TO BE

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL BE NOTIFIED BY POST THIS WEEK,

THE RATIO OF THE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS TO THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED IS ABOUT 4 TO 1, BUT FOR A FEW POPULAR COURSES, THE RATIO EXCEEDS 10 TO 1.

APPLICANTS FOR TECHNICIAN LEVEL COURSES WHO SAT THE 1978 HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A SELECTION INTERVIEW SHORTLY AFTER THEIR EXAMINATION RESULTS ARE ANNOUNCED.

APPLICATIONS FOR FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME DAY RELEASE COURSES AT THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WILL BE INVITED LATER THIS MONTH AND A SECOND ENROLMENT FOR A FEW HALF-YEARLY COURSES WILL BE CONDUCTED IN LATE DECEMBER.".

IF SUFFICIENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, APPLICATIONS WILL BE INVITED IN OCTOBER FOR MORE THAN 80 SHORT COURSES DESIGNED TO MEET THE DEMAND OF LOCAL INDUSTRY.