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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1981
DESIGN STUDENTS COMMENDED
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THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND LAST YEAR MORE THAN 6 000 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED FOR THE COURSES, MR JEFF DEVEREUX, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AN EXHIBITION ENTITLED +FIRST SHOW "81+, MOUNTED BY THE DESIGN STUDENTS' SOCIETY OF LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE HELD AT THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE,
OF THE APPLICANTS LAST YEAR, SOME 600 WERE ADMITTED.
MR DEVEREUX SAID • +NEXT YEAR THE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE SOME 140 FULL-TIME, 100 PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE AND 400 EVENING STUDENTS AND THEIR STUDIES WILL COVER A WIDE RANGE OF DESIGN ACTIVITIES.+
*WE OFFER COURSES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE AND I AM VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT MOST OF THE STUDENTS WHOSE WORK YOU SEE HERE TODAY HAVE ALREADY GOT JOBS.
+THEIR WORK HAS BEEN HIGHLY COMMENDED BY THEIR EXTERNAL ASSESSORS AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR THEIR INITIATIVE IN ARRANGING THIS EXHIBITION.+
COMMENTING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF DESIGN IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, HE SAID, CONSUMERS WERE BEGINNING TO REALISE THERE WAS OFTEN NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SIMILAR PRODUCTS AT SIMILAR PRICES.
+HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND MASS PRODUCTION TEND TO EVEN OUT PERFORMANCE AND IN THIS SITUATION CONSUMERS WILL BUY THE WELL DESIGNED PRODUCT WHICH IS EASY TO USE AND WHICH LOOKS ATTRACTIVE, + HE SAID.
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF NATHAN ROAD
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TO FACILITATE THE FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR AUXILIARY POLICE CONSTABLE MOHAMMAD ASLAM, THE NORTH BOUND SECTION OF NATHAN ROAD BETWEEN PEKING ROAD AND AUSTIN ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT AN HOUR FROM 10.30 AM ON SUNDAY AUGUST 16, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY.
ALL VEHICLES INCLUDING FRANCHISED BUSES MOVING ALONG NATHAN ROAD NORTH BOUND FROM SALISBURY ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED TO TRAVEL VIA KOWLOON PARK DRIVE, CANTON ROAD AND JORDAN ROAD TO REJOIN NATHAN ROAD NORTH BOUND.
TRAFFIC AIDS WILL BE PUT UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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