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Intelligent Transportation, Michelle (Cummings) Solomon
Intelligent Transportation, Michelle (Cummings) Solomon
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Vocational Education And Training (Vet) Of Quantity Surveying In Hong Kong, Ken Hui
Vocational Education And Training (Vet) Of Quantity Surveying In Hong Kong, Ken Hui
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Vocational education and training (VET) in Hong Kong has long been regarded as non-mainstream and second-tier education for students who failed in academic education (Lim, 2008, 2010). The government of HKSAR and some non-government organizations are offering education programmes for these students in concerning with social injustice. In Hong Kong, VET has acquired a stigma and is automatically seen as second-class education. (Lim, 2008). This assertion is tested on quantity surveying education in this study. Quantity surveying education originated as part time day-release programmes which allowed students to receive academic and practical training at the same time. It was then …