In 1974, Sara Beattie acquired a private secretarial college of 23 students, which grew to 700 students within three years and has now graduated over 30,000 administrative professionals. The college is the foremost provider of administrative professional training in South-East Asia. The Sara Beattie College is now centrally located in spacious facilities in Sheung Wan and consists of both Day and Evening classes. The Day College conducts its

	famous full-time, one-year Diploma in Professional Office Administration and full time / one-year Diploma in Sales & Marketing. The Evening College also conducts a number of professional development courses, varying in duration from 14 to 16 weeks. Recruitment of students for the Evening College is continuous and the courses are popular as part of corporate training programmes.

	In recent years the College has delivered in-house training for several leading multinational and Hong Kong-based organisations. The range of training offered covers the traditional areas of office and secretarial skills as well as Management Development courses. Programmes are tailored to meet the specific needs of each client. The current client base for the in-house training programmes include many of Hong Kong's largest employers, such as Bank of America, British Steel, Barclays Bank, Jones Lang Wootton, Price Waterhouse, DHL, Chubb, Skelcore, ICAC, PWC, and Clifford Chance to name but a few.