Saturday, June 19, 2010

香港工專 / Hong Kong Technical College HKTC

This article was originally posted on May 23, 2010 at my other blog site "柏樹冬青耐冰雪 / Strong Cedar". I have now transferred the article here, added a link, and tagged this post under "香港長大 Growing Up in Hong Kong".

I have many fond memories of 觀塘 !!!

".... I was working one summer for the Vita Soy / Pepsi Cola company located there. I also had a link with the old HKTC, having spent many mornings at 7 am practising 功力拳 with [some HKTC] students in the grassy school yard at the back of the old building (if it still exists) ...."


The above are my comments left at Fresh Designer's 2010年5月19日 blog article "觀塘略影: 裕民坊一角!"

Yes, time has passed by quickly, and many of the ppl I practised kung fu with during those early hours at 香港工專 Hong Kong Technical College have moved on. One reached near the pinnacle of the HK society, his profile flashed across TV screens and newspaper. Another had married the former, and she too was in the news several years ago. A few like myself have gone overseas to seek our future. And the rest of the ppl? I have lost track of them all.

As Fresh Designer concluded in his article: "... 當中不少的人和事亦會消失得無影無踪了"

Related blog articles:
* Haricot working for Vita Soy / Pepsi Cola 七十二行: 替『維他奶』和『百事可樂』送水 (一) / 72 Occupations: The Thirst Quencher (Part 1 of 6)
* Fresh Designer "觀塘略影: 裕民坊一角!" http://freshdesigner.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post_19.html

6 comments:

新鮮人 said...

時間怱怱,
回頭一看,
已到人生的一半了,
不知多少樂與苦包含其中,
但一切回味盡在心頭!

Anonymous said...

HK polytechnique University or HK polytechnic University 前身叫 HK Polyetechnical College, 再前些時叫 "Hong Kong Technical College 工專".

wikipedia:
Founded in 1937 as the Government Trade School. Situated in Wood Road, Wanchai, the School was the first publicly funded, post-secondary technical institution in Hong Kong.

After World War II, the School became the Hong Kong Technical College in 1947, offering both full-time and part-time courses. The year 1957 saw the opening of the new premises of the College in Hung Hom.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic was formally established on 1 August 1972, taking over the campus and staff of the Hong Kong Technical College. Its mandate was to provide professionally-oriented education.

Having gained approval from the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee for self-accreditation of degree programmes, the Institution assumed full university status on 25 November 1994, changing its name to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Today, Poly U is an institution of higher learning and offers more than 130 postgraduate, undergraduate and sub-degree programmes, supported by more than 1,000 academic and research staff members from different parts of the world.

維基百科:

香港理工大學前身為「香港官立高級工業學院」,於1937年成立,其時校址為灣仔活道。於1947年,改為「香港工業專門學院」(簡稱工專,1970年代亦稱「香港工業學院」),提供全日制及兼讀課程。1957年,學院遷到紅磡現址。

1972年8月1日,「香港工業專門學院」改組為「香港理工學院」,開辦技術與實用科目的文憑與高級文憑課程。為當時的中學畢業生,提供升讀兩間主流大學以外的出路。

1983年,香港理工學院獲批准開辦首批共5個學士學位課程。

1986年,香港理工學院首屆哲學碩士生入學。

1989年,香港理工學院獲大學及理工教育資助委員會批准開辦首屆哲學博士課程。

1993年,香港理工學院獲得自我評審資格。

1994年11月25日,《香港理工大學條例》經立法局通過及刊憲後實行,「香港理工學院」正式升格為「香港理工大學」。


連結:
Hong Kong Technical College
工專


space

Anonymous said...

The links have mistakes

Hong Kong Polytechnic University:
Hong Kong Polytechnic University direct link 連結

香港理工大學:
香港理工大學 direct link 連結

Space

Haricot 微豆 said...

新鮮人: But as they say, it's not over till it's over. We still have a long way to go ah !!!

Haricot 微豆 said...

Space:

Thank you for the info. I learnt quite a bit abt the history of HKTC/HK Polytech U, as I was not a graduate there.

Haricot 微豆 said...

Space: Thank you for the link to Wikipedia. Man, I don't recognize any of the buildings at all !!!! I am glad to learn it has a good reputation around the world!!!

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