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(a) in practical training centres and vocational training

centres;

(b) in colleges of education (including the Hong Kong

Technical Teachers' College) and schools of nursing;

(c) in post-secondary colleges (q.v.);

(d) in the five technical institutes (q.v.) at craft level

(for Form III leavers) and lower technician level

(for Form V leavers);

(e) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic (q.v.) at lower technician

level (for Form V leavers), higher technician level

(for Forms V and VI leavers) and "associateship" or

technologist level (for higher technicians); and

(f) at the two universities (q.v.) at degree or technologist

level (for Form VI leavers) or at postgraduate level.

It is intended that about 5,000 of the Polytechnic's lower technician

course places (somewhat less than half of present provision at this

level) should be transferred to the technical institutes over a

four-year period, thus enabling the Polytechnic to concentrate on

higher level work and to introduce a limited degree programme.

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Craft and technician level courses are closely related to

apprenticeship schemes. The Apprenticeship Ordinance lays down

clear provision which all apprentices in designated trades and

their employers must abide by. In Hong Kong a clear distinction has

developed between "technical education" and "training". The former

is seen as the acquisition of knowledge and understanding of the

theory and principles relevant to a particular vocation, and such

practical elements as are included in technical education are only

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