Established
                                                                                    in 1982, the Vocational Training
                                                                                    Council (VTC) is the largest
                                                                                    vocational and professional
                                                                                    education and training provider in
                                                                                    Hong Kong. The mission of VTC is to
                                                                                    provide a valued choice to school
                                                                                    leavers and working people to
                                                                                    acquire the values, knowledge and
                                                                                    skills for lifelong learning and
                                                                                    enhanced employability, and also to
                                                                                    provide support to industries for
                                                                                    their manpower development. VTC has
                                                                                    14 member institutions, namely the
                                                                                    Technological and Higher Education
                                                                                    Institute of Hong Kong (THEi), the
                                                                                    Institute of Professional Education
                                                                                    And Knowledge (PEAK), the School for
                                                                                    Higher and Professional Education
                                                                                    (SHAPE), the Hong Kong Institute of
                                                                                    Vocational Education (IVE), the Hong
                                                                                    Kong Design Institute (HKDI), the
                                                                                    Hong Kong Institute of Information
                                                                                    Technology (HKIIT), the Hotel and
                                                                                    Tourism Institute
                                                                                    (HTI),  the Chinese
                                                                                    Culinary Institute (CCI), the
                                                                                    International Culinary Institute
                                                                                    (ICI), the Maritime Services
                                                                                    Training Institute (MSTI), the Youth
                                                                                    College, the Pro-Act by VTC, the
                                                                                    Integrated Vocational Development
                                                                                    Centre (IVDC) and the Shine Skills
                                                                                    Centre.