TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1979
NOTE TO EDITORS:
LARGEST LIBRARY IN NT OPENS ON THURSDAY
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THE LARGEST LIBRARY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE KWAI CHUNG PUBLIC LIBRARY, WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY MR. CHAN PO-FONG CHAIRMAN OF THE CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 22) AT 10.30 AM.
THE LIBRARY OPERATED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF MAI CHUNG/MAI KWAI MANSIONS AT 87-89 WO TONG TSUI STREET IN KWAI CHUNG.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPENING OF KWAI CHUNG PUBLIC LIBRARY. TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THE PRESS. A GOVERNMENT MINIBUS WILL LEAVE FROM MIDDLE ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI (BEHIND PENINSULA HOTEL) AT 9.30 AM. ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 22).
TOPLEY TOURS NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING VISITED THE RECENTLY-OPENED LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN KOWLOON TONG AND SAW SOME OF THE CLASSES IN SESSION.
ACCOMPANIED BY MR. DAN WATERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) AND MR, HUGH CAMERON, PRINCIPAL OF THE INSTITUTE, HE TOURED THE PREMISES AND VISITED A DESIGN CLASS AND A TYPING CLASS.
MR. TOPLEY TALKED TO THE STUDENTS ABOUT THE IR STUDY AND THE TYPES OF JOBS THEY PREFER AFTER GRADUATION,
THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, THE FIFTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE RUN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, OPENED LAST MONTH.
AT PRESENT THE INSTITUTE IS ONLY OPERATING IN THE CLASSROOM BLOCK AND THE ADMINISTRATION BLOCK.
THE OTHER BLOCKS ACCOMMODATING THE WORKSHOPS, LABORATORIES AND HALLS WITH FACILITIES FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS ARE DUE TO BE COMPLETED AND HANDED OVER NEXT APRIL TO THE INSTITUTE SCHEDULED TO BECOME FULLY OPERATIONAL BY SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.
THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 400 FULL-TIME STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE FIVE DEPARTMENTS OPERATED BY THE INSTITUTE WHICH ALSO HAS OVER 800 PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE STUDENTS AND 2 700 EVENING STUDENTS.
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