SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1979
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OVER 2,700 GRADUATE FROM EVENING COURSES IN
TECHNICAL INSTITUTES
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MORE THAN 2,700 STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED FROM VARIOUS EVENING COURSES RUN BY THE FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN THE 1978-79 SESSION.
THE COURSES COVER 10 DISCIPLINES INCLUDING HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES, COMMERCIAL STUDIES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES, PRINTING, TEXTILE INDUSTRIES, CLOTHING INDUSTRIES AND MARINE FABRICATION.
+ IN THE 1978-79 SESSION THERE WERE 13,000 STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE EVENING COURSES IN THE FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES - MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG AND HAKING WONG, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SIXTY-SIX EVENING COURSES ARE OFFERED IN THE 10 DISCIPLINES AND CAN BE BROADLY CLASSIFIED INTO TWO LEVELS, THE TECHNICIAN LEVEL (POST-FORM V) AND THE CRAFT LEVEL (POST-FORM |11), HE ADDED.
THE DURATION OF THE EVENING COURSES VARY FROM SIX MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS.
IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, THE FIFTH INSTITUTE RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WILL COME
- INTO OPERATION IN KOWLOON TONG.
TWO NEW DISCIPLINES WILL BE OFFERED BY THE INSTITUTE, NAMELY INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN, WHEN THE NUMBER OF EVENING COURSES OFFERED WILL BE INCREASED TO 80.
+IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT WITH THE OPENING OF THESE COURSES MORE TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL MANPOWER WILL BE TRAINED FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
MOST GRADUATES FROM EVENING COURSES ARE EMPLOYED IN THE DAY-TIME AND THEY PURSUE THEIR STUDIES, RELEVANT TO THEIR WORK, IN THE EVENING TO ACQUIRE HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS AND BETTER PROMOTION PROSPECTS.
+AMONG THESE STUDENTS, SOME MAY PURSUE FURTHER STUDIES IN HIGHER LEVEL COURSES IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OR IN THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN ADDITION TO THE GRADUATES FROM THE EVENING COURSES. MORE THAN 2,000 STUDENTS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED VARIOUS SHORT COURSES RUN BY THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN THE 10 DISCIPLINES, HE SAID.
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