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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1982

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNCIL SAID THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ADMITTED ACCORDING TO THE IR MODE OF STUDIES WAS 2 967 FOR FULL-TIME COURSES, 6 171 FOR PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSES AND THE REMAINDER 13 867 FOR PART-TIME EVENING COURSES.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT 10 601, OR 46 PER CENT OF THE NEW STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING TECHNICIAN OR COMPARABLE LEVEL COURSES AND THE REST (54 PER CENT) ARE ATTENDING CRAFT OR COMPARABLE LEVEL COURSES.

WITH THIS NEW INTAKE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS

STUDYING IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES HAS RISEN TO 35 143, HE ADDED.

THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, MAINLY MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, HAKING WONG, KWUN TONG AND LEE WAI LEE, ARE RUNNING 224 COURSES COVERING 12 DISCIPLINES.

TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION, EXPANSION PROGRAMMES ARE BEING UNDERTAKEN AT THE EXISTING

TECHNICAL INSTITUTES INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS AND ANNEXES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

MOREOVER, NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN ARE BEING PLANNED FOR COMPLETION BY 1985, HE ADDED.

LORD BELSTEAD VISITS JEWELLERY FACTORY

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THE BRITISH MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, LORD BELSTEAD, THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING VISITED THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND A JEWELLERY FACTORY IN HUNG HOM.

AT THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICE IN OCEAN CENTRE, THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR ALEX PURVES BRIEFED LORD BELSTEAD ON THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND PROGRAMMES TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG.

AFTER THE MEETING, LORD BELSTEAD, ACCOMPANIED BY MR PURVES, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR HUGH BOYLE AND THE SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, MR CHRISTIAN ADAMS VISITED THE CONTINENTAL JEWELLERY LTD. IN HUNG HOM, AND WAS WELCOMED BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR CHARLES CHAN.

HE WAS SHOWN AROUND THE COMPANY'S WORKSHOP AFTER A BRIEFING BY MR CHAN ON HONG KONG'S JEWELLERY INDUSTRY.

CONTINENTAL JEWELLERY LTD. IS A LOCALLY-OWNED COMPANY WHICH PRODUCES EARRINGS, RINGS, NECKLACES AND PENDANTS MAINLY FOR EXPORT TO THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.

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