Linguaphone Hong Kong announces a collaboration with The Hong Kong College of Technology (HKCT). A signing ceremony was held on the 7th September 2005 to formalise the alliance which fully acknowledges the wide ranging synergies and strengths of the two parties.

HKCT is a non-profit making institution that has been serving the educational needs of Hong Kong since 1957. They provide an extensive range of vocational courses with a heavy bias towards information technology, but also including tertiary and continuing education. With 30 centres spread throughout Hong Kong, their enrolments exceeded 31,000 students in 2004.

For the Linguaphone Group, the extensive centre network and excellent on-campus facilities, as well as the intensive face-to-face teaching experience available from HKCT, will help support the rapid development of assisted learning English language training throughout Hong Kong.

KT Wong, Managing Director of Linguaphone Hong Kong, commented “Our corporately-owned centre is at full capacity and our sights for the current year have always been firmly set on expansion of our centre network to accommodate demand. The collaboration with HKCT has opened an opportunity for us to fast track our growth plans.”

HKCT will benefit from the enormous strength and history of the Linguaphone brand as well as the sales and marketing expertise of Linguaphone.

CHAN Cheuk-hay, President & Principal of the Hong Kong College of Technology, says “I, together with our team, will endeavour to make this exciting venture a distinguished success. Developing on the partnership with Linguaphone, an established provider of language training, we are confident that our business will hit the market with a comprehensive launch strategy.”

Linguaphone Centres will shortly open in four or five HKCT campuses, with extension of the network to further campus locations based on geographic demand.