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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1974
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE'S PRINTING DEPARTMENT
TO HOLD OPEN DAY
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THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE'S DEPARTMENT OF PRINTING WILL HOLD AN OPEN DAY ON FRIDAY TO MARK ITS OFFICIAL OPENING IN TEMPORARY PREMISES IN CAINE LANE.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY TRAINING BRARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, MR. ALEC S.C. WU AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), MR. ANDREW KINGWELL, WILL ADDRESS INVITED GUESTS FROM THE PRINTING INDUSTRY AND SUPPLIERS.
THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH STARTED IN SEPTEMBER 1973 WITH TWO COURSES IN LETTERPRESS MACHINE PRINTING AND OFFSET MACHINE PRINTING WILL MOVE TO KWUN TONG NEXT MAY WHEN IT WILL BECOME PART OF A NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR AS NEW EQUIPMENT WAS INSTALLED THE DEPARTMENT STARTED TWO NEW COURSES - GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION (PROCESS CAMERA WORK, DARKROOM PROCESSING, AND LITHOGRAPHIC PLATE-MAKING) AND LETTER ASSEMBLY (COMPOSING). IT NOW HAS 93 DAY-RELEASE STUDENTS.
MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN THE PREMISES AT CAINE LANE
WAS DONATED BY SUPPLIERS AND THE PRINTING INDUSTRY.
THE ACTING HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR. ROBERT HARPER, WHO IS ORGANISING AND PLANNING THE NEW DEPARTMENT AT THE KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, SAID THE NEW DEPARTMENT AT KWUN TONG IS DESIGNED TO TAKE ABOUT 200 DAY-RELEASE STUDENTS. IT IS EXPECTED TO START WITH ABOUT 160 DAY-RELEASE STUDENTS AT THE OPENING TERM NEXT SEPTEMBER AND 100 EVENING STUDENTS ATTENDING SPECIALIST COURSES.
+THE WORKSHOPS AND LABORATORIES THERE ARE SPACIOUS AND WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT USED IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG AT A COST OF OVER
$3 MILLION.
+WE SHALL START WITH COURSES AT KWUN TONG COVERING THE TWO MAIN PRINTING PROCESSES, LETTERPRESS AND LITHOGRAPHY, GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION, PRINT FINISHING (BOOKBINDING), AND LETTER ASSEMBLY (HAND, MECHANICAL AND FILM),+ HE ADDED.
HE HOPED TO RUN AT LEAST FIVE SPECIALIST EVENING CLASSES OF A THEORETICAL NATURE ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS TO CATER FOR ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES AND FOR CRAFTSMEN WHO WISH TO IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE. CHINESE IS USED AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION ON THE CRAFT COURSES.
MR. HARPER SAID THAT WITH MORE AND MORE PEOPLE RECEIVING THE RIGHT TRAINING HONG KONG'S IMAGE AS A PUBLISHING AND PRINTING CENTRE WOULD BE MAINTAINED.
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