FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1978
MORE PRACTICAL WORK TO BE INTRODUCED IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TOWARDS THE GOAL OF HAVING AT LEAST ONE TECHNICAL SUBJECT INCLUDED IN ALL SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULA, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), MR. DANIEL WATERS SAID TODAY.
MR. WATERS WAS SPEAKING AT THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT WHICH HE PRESENTED SCHOLARSHIPS TO 218 RECIPIENTS.
HE SAID THE INTRODUCTION OF MORE PRACTICAL WORK INTO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM SHOULD DO A GREAT DEAL TO OVERCOME THE WHITE- COLLAR COMPLEX WHICH STILL EXISTS TO SOME DEGREE AMONG STUDENTS.
SOME SCHOOLS WILL HAVE ACCOMMODATION CONVERTED INTO PRACTICAL ROOMS AND FOR OTHERS LACKING SUITABLE FACILITIES, CENTRAL WORKSHOPS WILL BE BUILT. TWO SUCH CENTRES ARE BEING PLANNED FOR OPERATION BY 1980.
REFERRING TO THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED WHITE PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, MR. WATERS SAID IT WAS INTENDED THAT A NUMBER OF DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE COURSES IN TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL STUDIES WOULD BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE POLYTECHNIC TO THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES. THIS WILL ENABLE THE POLYTECHNIC TO CONCENTRATE ON HIGHER LEVEL WORK.
TO PROVIDE MORE ROOM FOR THESE COURSES, EXISTING INSTITUTES WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL FLOORS AND AT THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL
INSTITUTE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN KOWLOON TONG, AN ANNEX WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
MR. WATERS SAID THAT TECHNICAL EDUCATION OVER THE YEARS HAD SEEN A STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
HE RECALLED THAT THE CMA DONATED $1 MILLION TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OLD TECHNICAL COLLEGE WHICH HAD NOW +BLOSSOMED · TO BECOME THE POLYTECHNIC,
AND, OF THE FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN OPERATION, AS WELL AS THE FIFTH WHICH IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ABOUT 27 PER CENT OF THE CAPITAL COST OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE EQUIPMENT WERE DONATED.
+THE SCHOLARSHIPS WHICH ARE BEING PRESENTED HERE TODAY ARE JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS GENEROSITY WHICH ONE FINDS IN HONG KONG, MR. WATERS SAID.
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