Kwun Tong Vocational Training Centre
Kwun Tong Vocational Training Centre (KTVTC) was established in 1965. The Lutheran World Service, Hong Kong, the predecessor of Hong Kong Christian Service[1], set up KTVTC in order to provide underprivileged youth and unengaged youth with special skills which may lift them out of poverty. For half a century, KTVTC had always been adhered to its mission to offer unengaged youth vocational training and had indeed trained a lot of talents for Hong Kong.
The centre was closed in July 2013.[2]
觀塘職業訓練中心於1965年建校，由香港基督教服務處管理，當時是因為服務處的前身 ─ 世界信義宗香港社會服務處為了令貧苦青年和失學青年能在此學得一技之長脫貧而設的。
五十年代，香港貧富極度懸殊，來自日內瓦的社福機構世界信義宗社會服務處在港設辦事處，並招聘攝影師。時任麗的電視台新聞攝影記者的鄭直煥獲聘，專責拍下大量民生圖輯，經信義宗向國際發放，動人相片反映香港困苦實況，成功籌得大量物資及善款，足以建木屋、學校及流動診所。信義宗後來安排鄭直煥於界限街辦免費攝影班，希望窮苦青年能靠攝影謀生。到六五年，世界信義宗籌得足夠善款成立觀塘職業訓練中心。
觀塘職業訓練中心因收生不足，於 2013 年 7 月停辦，結束其 48 年歷史的職業訓練服務。
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References
- ↑ Hong Kong Christian Service. Retrieved Apr, 2021, from https://www.hkcs.org/en/index
- ↑ Hong Kong Christian Service, Annual Report 2012-13, P.13-14 Retrieved Apr, 2021, from https://www.hkcs.org/sites/default/files/files/ar20122013.pdf