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MONDAY, MAY 7, 1979

THE 12 DISCIPLINES ARE HOTEL KEEPING AND TOURISM, COMMERCIAL STUDIES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES, INDUSTRIAL

TECHNOLOGY, PRINTING, TEXTILE INDUSTRIES, CLOTHING INDUSTRIES, MARINE AND FABRICATION AND DESIGN.

COURSES OFFERED ARE MAINLY AT CRAFT LEVEL (POST-FORM 111) AND TECHNICIAN LEVEL (POST-FORM V), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

THESE COURSES ARE SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE WORKING IN

THE TOUR IST, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FIELDS TO FURTHER THEIR STUDIES. SOME COURSES ALSO REQUIRE THE STUDENTS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE RELEVANT TRADES, HE ADDED.

DURATION OF MOST OF THE COURSES IS THREE YEARS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME SIX-MONTH, ONE-YEAR AND TWO-YEAR COURSES.

APART FROM THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE PREMISES. THE EVENING CLASSES ARE ALSO CONDUCTED IN A NUMBER OF CENTRES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, INCLUDING YUEN LONG, TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN AND SHAU KI WAN.

+THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PLANS TO OPEN ADDITIONAL CENTRES WHENEVER THE NEED ARISES FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE STUDENTS, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED DURING OFFICE HOURS STARTING ON THURSDAY AT ALL THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES EXCEPT LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WHICH IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ALL THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AND ALL THE DISTRICT OFFICES.

APPLICANTS SHOULD RETURN THE COMPLETED FORMS ON

MAY 19 TO THE RESPECTIVE INSTITUTE TO WHICH THEY ARE APPLYING.

HOWEVER, THOSE APPLYING FOR COURSES RUN BY THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE SHOULD RETURN THE FORMS TO THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

+FORM V STUDENTS SITTING THE 1978-79 CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION MAY APPLY, AND THEY CAN LEAVE OPEN THE COLUMN ON THE APPLICATION FORMS CONCERNING THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION RESULTS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THEY SHOULD ALSO RETURN THE FORMS ON MAY 19, HE ADDED.

APPLICATIONS FOR FULL-TIME COURSES RUN BY THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WILL BE INVITED IN JULY, AND THE SPOKESMAN -ADVISED THOSE INTERESTED TO WATCH FOR THE RELEVANT ANNOUNCEMENTS NEARER THE DATE.

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