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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1988

WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE CHAI WAN

TECHNICAL INSTITUTE,

THE CRAFT AND

LARGEST OF EIGHT, THERE ARE NOW 10,500 FULL-TIME PLACES AT TECHNICIAN LEVELS COMPARED WITH 4,000 IN 1982.

PART-TIME PLACES HAVE ALSO INCREASED BY MORE THAN HALF LAST SIX YEARS.

IN THE

BY SEPTEMBER 1989, THE TOTAL STUDENT

INSTITUTES WILL REACH 66,000.

POPULATION IN TECHNICAL

"THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL HAS PLAYED

SIR DAVID SAID.

A VITAL ROLE IN

QUIDING THIS REMARKABLE EXPANSION,

MR

IN HIS SPEECH AT THE CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL,

SAID THE CHAN KAM-CHUEN,

COUNCIL WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROUS SUPPORT IT RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT.

THE DETERMINATION OF

"THE SUPPORT CAN ONLY BE INTERPRETED AS

EDUCATION GOVERNMENT TO BRING ABOUT AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF TECHNICAL

OF SUPPORTING THE GROWTH OF HONG AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CAPABLE KONG'S ECONOMY," HE SAID.

INSTITUTES, THE CHAI

ENTIRELY EQUIPPED

FROM FUNDS

LIKE THE SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN TECHNICAL WAN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WAS BUILT AND MADE AVAILABLE BY THE GOVERNMENT.

OF

THE

IT IS LOCATED ON A 1.9 HECTARE SITE AND HAS A TOTAL FLOOR

METRES. SQUARE 21,000 ACCOMMODATE 2,700 STUDENTS.

INSTITUTE

CAN

AT

ANY

AREA ONE TIME

IT OFFERS 73 COURSES IN SIX

SCIENCE,

COMMERCIAL

TEACHING STUDIES, COMPUTING

DEPARTMENTS

STUDIES,

―

APPLIED ELECTRICAL

ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

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