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includes freight costs. These draft proposals with rough figures provided

are to be found in the appendix.

4. PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE PROGRAMME FROM

ODA

4.1 The proposal that £100,000 worth of equipment be provided for Tsuen Wan

Technical Institute would appear to be rather academic in view of the fact

that this institution will not be completed until 1974/75. It should not

normally be necessary for the staff to start purchasing equipment until the

1973/74 period and the greater part of the money will therefore not actually

be spent until the following financial period. It appears to the Adviser much

more important to ensure that the existing institute is well founded particu-

larly since some of the work, for example in textiles, is to be transferred

eventually to Tsuen Wan. It is therefore now recommended that consideration

be given to offering to provide the equipment element in the development

proposed at 3.2 should this be agreed by the Secretariat in the near future,

without prejudice to considering assistance for Tsuen Wan at a later date.

cost of equipment for the existing institute including freight will be £85,000

5. PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION

The

5.1 A considerable part of the discussion in the Education Department and the

subsequent visits to the Prevocational Schools of St Francis and St Godfrey

was spent in discussing the most appropriate type of education and training at

this level which would be suitable for youngsters entering occupations on

leaving school and who would otherwise be unable to progress through the normal

school system, technical or general, either from lack of places or from lack

of ability. Of the two schools seen the most imaginative was undoubtedly the

St Francis School, operating under Mr J R Scholz, whereas St Godfrey's tended

to have a much more academic approach; it would appear that the Headmistress,

Mother Remalda, was anxious to convert the girls' side into a high school. The

facilities are quite good, it is the approach that needs to be changed, educa-

tion being coupled with providing the young people concerned with a basic skill

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