The Government Trade School
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The Government Trade School (香港官立高級工業學院) was established in Wood Road, Wanchai, in 1937. It was the first Government post-secondary technical institution in Hong Kong. It was renamed to Hong Kong Technical College (香港工業專門學院) in 1947 and upgraded to Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1972.
In 1950s, the Technical Education Investigating Committee concluded that a technical colleague in Kowloon was essential. The college was moved from Wan Chai to Hung Hom and commenced classes in November 1957 on the new campus. In 1947/48, there was a 25 full-time and 599 part-time students enrolled at the Technical College in Wood Road. The students were increased after the college was moved to Hung Hom. There was 345 full-time and 5532 part-time students.