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Background and environment are just as important in the training of future teachers as lecture rooms and laboratories. Providing them all was the problem in the

NEW NORTHCOTE TEACHERS

COLLEGE IN HONG

ORK has just begun on the Northcote Teacher's Training College between Sassoon Raod and Victoria Road in Hong Kong.

Provision of increased training facilities for would-be teachers has become important in view of the expanding programme for building new schools in the Colony.

The importance of constructing a building which will offer a suitable

background and environment for future teachers as well as providing the necessary training facilities was a factor which weighed heavily in the design stage of the planning.

The site, which is a sloping one in a rural area overlooking the

sea, although complicated to

handle gave the architects plenty of scope in producing their interesting scheme.

The structure itself in divided into four main units:

CLASSROOM BLOCK, including recreational and dining facilities:

HOSTEL BLOCK, for accom- modating male and female resident students:

WARDENS' FLATS, to house four wardens and their families: and

CARETAKERS QUARTERS which will accommodate nine care- takers.

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THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER ·

VOLUME 15, NUMBER 5