Chief Executive CY Leung visited the Institute of Vocational Education in Tsing Yi today to learn more about vocational education development.
Mr Leung toured the campus' AirTY Centre, which is the first cabin mock-up in local tertiary institutions to support practical training for students studying aviation and passenger transport services.
He inspected a robot engineering students designed to assist the elderly, and watched a robot play badminton. This same robot was named first runner-up at the Robocon 2015 Hong Kong Contest's robotic badminton game last month.
Mr Leung also tried out the fifth-generation solar-powered electric car SOPHIE V, developed by the institute, which will compete at the World Solar Challenge 2015 to be held in Australia in October.
He learned more about the diversified courses the institute provides to prepare students for employment in specific professions, and to nurture industry talent.
Mr Leung noted that the current-term Government is dedicated to developing innovation and technology to boost the economy and improve people's quality of living.
The students' research and development projects prove that the city has excellent human capital for the development of innovation and technology, he added.
Noting that the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination results will be released tomorrow, the Chief Executive congratulated students who achieved good grades and encouraged those whose results were not as satisfactory to consider pursuing vocational education.
He added that the Task Force on Promotion of Vocational Education has submitted a report to the Government, which sets out strategies and concrete recommendations for vocational education.
The Government will study the report to provide multiple pathways for young people, Mr Leung said.
