A Brief History of Technical Education in Hong Kong – 1988 RASHKB article
Dan Waters has already written a two part article about the history of technical education in Hong Kong, linked below. Dan has kindly given permission to post his article on the same subject which was published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, Volume 28, 1988.
The article takes us back over 150 years with initial efforts to provide practical skills:
Later in the article are the first signs of Government involvement:
The article ends with the establishment of the Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1972:
This 1941 photograph of the Building Department, HK Government Trade School, accompanied the article.
Source: A Brief History of Technical Education in Hong Kong RASHKB Vol 28 1988
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