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MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1980

A FINAL COMPUTER ISED REPORT COMPILED BY HONG KONG UNIVERSITY WILL BE PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SURVEY WAS TO COLLECT INFORMATION IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF INDUSTRY IN THE NEW TOWN.

IT WAS ALSO TO GATHER INFORMATION FROM FACTORY MANAGERS ABOUT THE IR REASONS FOR SETTING UP OPERATIONS IN TUEN MUN AND ANY PROBLEMS THEY FACED.

ALL INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE REPORT IN SUCH A WAY THAT INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED.

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THE SURVEY HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN BY STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND LECTURERS AND STUDENTS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY.

PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS - A SUCCESS STORY ******

PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE HONG KONG

EDUCATION SUCCESS STORIES+, MR DAN WATERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) SAID AT THE JOINT PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY OF THE CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AT THE CITY HALL TODAY (MONDAY).

HE SAID HE WAS VERY PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL WORKING PARTY WHICH PRODUCED ITS REPORT IN 1970 AND ON WHICH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT POLICY WAS MODELLED ALONG ITS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

THE SUCCESS OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MR WATERS SAID, COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION WHO WERE CONSCIENTIOUS, DEDICATED AND WHO REALLY BELIEVED IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

+ANOTHER REASON WHY THEY HAVE SUCCEEDED IS BECAUSE OF THEIR CLOSE LINKS WITH THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, HE SAID.

THESE CLOSE LINKS HAVE EXISTED EVER SINCE THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1969 AND SINCE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL LEAVERS WERE ADMITTED DIRECT TO THE SECOND YEAR OF AN APPRENTICESHIP AND TO THE SECOND YEAR OF A PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE CRAFT COURSE.

THIS PRACTICE COMMENCED IN SEPTEMBER, 1970.

MR WATERS SAID HE WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT FORMS IV AND V WERE TO BE INTRODUCED INTO PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS STARTING IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1981-82,

+1 AM CONVINCED THERE ARE MANY VERY BRIGHT PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL PUPILS WHO ARE FULLY CAPABLE OF GOING ON TO FORMS IV AND V AND OF GETTING GOOD RESULTS IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION, HE SAID.

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