TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1980
SNT OPENS NEW HEUNG YEE KUK HALL
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FOR SEVERAL DECADES THE HEUNG YEE KUK HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
MR AKERS-JONES WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY MARKING THE OPENING OF A NEW HALL AT THE HEUNG YEE KUK'S HEADQUARTERS AT CUMBERLAND ROAD, KOWLOON TONG.
+THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS NEW HALL WILL FACILITATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE KUK AND ENABLE ITS DISCUSSIONS OF MATTERS AFFECTING THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TO BE HELD IN DIGNIFIED SURROUNDINGS AND TO PROVIDE A VENUE FOR A RANGE OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES,+ HE SAID.
THE NEW HALL, BUILT AT A COST OF $750 000, HAS AN AREA OF 2 200 SQUARE FEET AND IS EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST AUDIO/VISUAL FACILITIES.
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE HOLDS OPEN DAY TOMORROW
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN CHEUNG SHA WAN ON ITS OPEN DAY TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
AT PRESENT MORE THAN 4 000 STUDENTS ARE ENROLED IN THE INSTITUTE IN VARIOUS FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE AND EVENING COURSES RUN BY THE FIVE TEACHING DEPARTMENTS, NAMELY MARINE AND FABRICATION, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, AND HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES.
VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES IN WORKSHOPS AND LABORATORIES, AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRAINING RESTAURANT AND HOTEL-KEEPING TRAINING FACILITIES.
THE INSTITUTE AT 702 LAI CHI KOK ROAD, IS OPEN FROM 10 AM TO 12 NOON, AND FROM 1 PM TO 4 PM TOMORROW.
DURING THE OPEN DAY WINNERS OF A CRAFT COMPETITION HELD AMONG CRAFT STUDENTS OF BASIC MECHANICAL COURSES FROM HAKING WONG, MORRISON HILL, KWUN TONG AND KWAI CHUNG TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, WILL RECEIVE THEIR PRIZES.
THE COMPETITION, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, INVOLVED THE MAKING OF A WORKPIECE NAMED SNAP GAUGE WHICH IS USED FOR MEASUREMENT PURPOSES.
FOUR PRIZE WINNERS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FROM AMONG THE 10 FINALISTS BY A JUDGING PANEL CHAIRED BY MR Y.W. YANG, HEAD OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
THE CHAMPION