The Government Trade School

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The "Red Brick House", the former home of the Government Trade School before it moved to Hunghom in 1957. Photo credit: Dan Waters Collection, VTC VPET Repository.
Government Trade School
The "Red Brick House", the former home of the Government Trade School before it moved to Hunghom in 1957. Photo credit: Dan Waters Collection, VTC VPET Repository.
Hong Kong Technical College
The "Red Brick House", the former home of the Government Trade School before it moved to Hunghom in 1957. Photo credit: Dan Waters Collection, VTC VPET Repository.
South China Morning Post, 15 October 1934. Reproduced with permission from SCMP.
The foundation stone of Hong Kong Technical College which formerly located at the Red Brick House. The phrase on the top "The building was formerly" was not seen in earlier photo of the stone. The phase was probably added after the Hong Kong Technical College moved to Hung Hom in 1957. Photo credit: Dan Waters Collection, VTC VPET Repository.
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South China Morning Post, 4 September 1935. Reproduced with permission from SCMP.


The Government Trade School (香港官立高級工業學院) was established in Wood Road, Wanchai, in 1937. The campus was a three-story building, known locally as the 'Red Brick House'. The school was the first Government post-secondary technical institution in Hong Kong[1]. It was renamed Hong Kong Technical College (香港工業專門學院) after World War II in 1947 and upgraded to Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1972.[2] In 1950s, the Technical Education Investigating Committee concluded that a technical college 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 mere 25 full-time and 599 part-time students on roll at the Technical College in Wood Road. By the time the college had moved to Hung Hom, the student figures had increased to 345 full-time and 5,532 part-time.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Waters, D. D. (2000). A brief history of technical education in Hong Kong 1863 to 1980 : a paper presented on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary: 12 October 2000. Retrieved from http://vpet.vtc.edu.hk/dspace/handle/999/953
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Waters, D. D. (2002, April). A brief history of technical education in Hong Kong - with special reference to the Polytechnic University. Profile, 16-23. Retrieved July, 2017, from http://vpet.vtc.edu.hk/dspace/handle/999/490
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