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EDUCATION

Three Government institutions provide technical education-the Technical College, the Junior Technical School and the Ho Tung Technical School for Girls. The Technical College is for students of post-secondary school level and had 188 day students studying courses in building, telecommunications, radio servicing, navi- gation, mechanical engineering and commerce. Some of these courses are designed to train students to a professional level and qualify them to sit for examina- tions of professional institutions. The Junior Technical School with an enrolment of 252 offers a four-year pre- apprenticeship course which includes general subjects and woodwork, metal work and technical drawing. The Ho Tung Technical School for Girls had an enrolment of 202. The course provided has now been extended to five years in order to enable students to sit for the School Certificate Examination. Beginning with general subjects, it branches out into domestic, commercial and industrial courses with specialist instruction as a preparation for employment.

The Technical College Evening Department con- tinues to expand. There were 2,394 students on the roll last year and courses were offered in building, electrical engineering, radio engineering, field survey- ing, mechanical engineering, and naval architecture. These are senior and advanced courses of 3 years' duration and 2 years' duration respectively which correspond to the National Certificate courses offered by technical colleges in the United Kingdom. These courses are taken in English but a two year course of instruction on the internal combustion engine is taught in Cantonese. For the purpose of preparing apprentices and tradesmen who have insufficient basic education for admission to the senior classes, a three-

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