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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 19/5.
OFFICIAL OPENING OF
KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE ******
THE KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 24).
MR. T.K. ANN, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, WILL UNVEIL A PLAQUE TO COMMENMORATE THE COMPLETION OF THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INSTITUTE.
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WAS TO OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY BUT HE IS CONVALESCING FROM A BROKEN LEG. HIS SPEECH WILL NOW BE READ TO THE AUDIENCE BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY.
THE NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WAS COMPLETED IN JUNE THIS YEAR AND HAND.'D OVER TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
IT BEGAN COURSES LAST MONTH WITH THE ENROLMENT OF OVER 1,000 FIRST-YEAR CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN STUDENTS.
THE INSTITUTE HAS FIVE TEACHING DEPARTMENTS · CLOTHING INDUSTRIES, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, PRINTING, AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES.
IN ADDITION TO CLASSROOMS AND LECTURE THEATRES THE ACCOMMODATION IN THE $16-MILLION BUILDING INCLUDES EXTENSIVE AND WEILL-EQUIPPED WORKSHOPS AND LABORATORIES, DRAWING OFFICES, A LIBRARY, STUDENT COMMON ROOMS AND OFFICES, CANTEEN FACILITIES AND A LARGE MULTI-PURPOSE HALL.
WHEN FULLY OPERATIONAL, THE INSTITUTE WILL OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME COURSES AND CATER FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND STUDENTS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE. TIE CEREMONY VILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 24) AT 3 P.M.
A SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE INSTITUTE WILL BE PUT IN YOUR PRESS BOX THIS EVENING FOR EASY GUIDANCE.
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