A New Era Begins 1975-78

The following certificate courses reveal the same concern for occupational Hotel Management Nurse-Teacher in Schools of Nursing Kindergarten Teaching Advanced Translation ( f rom Chinese to English) Serving the Suburbia The Extramural Studies programme has expanded in pace w i th the Hong Kong economy. Its population is no longer concentrated in the former residential areas, but spread out to suburbs and newly developed satellite towns. Courses were started in Mei Foo Sun Chuen in Au t umn 1973, as part of the expanding No r th Kowloon area project. This was followed by courses given in the industrial t own of Kwun Tong in 1977 ， in Shatin in Spring 1978, and in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, in early Summer 1978. Though the majority of the courses are still offered in the central districts o f Kowl oon and Hong Kong, people are no longer forced to travel to these locations to satisfy their desire for knowledge; knowledge now goes to where they live. Town Centre In 1976 ， an important step was taken——the acquisition of a t own centre in Kowloon. Two floors in the Oriental Centre, w i th a total space o f 7,000 sq. ft., were purchased on instalment and it is expected that by 1982 all instalments will be paid off. This timely purchase has enabled the Extramural Studies Department to avoid rapidly rising rental costs and thus to hold its fees at reasonable levels. Reading Television While the Extramural Studies Department has always devoted a great deal of time and energy to the promotion of distance education which is done through post (correspondence courses) or on air, supplemented by printed materials, tapes or films, the University's participation in instructional television has enormously increased the number o f participants. The Commercial Television (CTV) had agreed in its licence application to reserve air time for educational programmes on week days between 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. (prime time) and these programmes were to be run in collaboration w i th an “institutional partner". Subsequently invited to be a partner, the EMSD had run the following programmes since September 1975: Interior Design (Certificate Course) Basic Accounting (Certificate Course) Mandarin Basic Drawing Chinese Painting Practical English 76