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FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1982
MR ATKINS IMPRESSED BY HOPSITAL WORK
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THE LORD PRIVY SEAL, THE RT. HON. HUMPHREY ATKINS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE VISITED QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL. THE LARGEST ACUTE HOSPITAL IN THE COMMONWEALTH TO SEE HOW THE GOVERNMENT RENDERS MEDICAL CARE TO THE PEOPLE.
MR ATKINS WAS BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG AND THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT, DR S.L. CHAN.
THE PARTY WAS SHOWN AROUND THE CASUALTY DEPARTMENT.
MR ATKINS SAID LATER THAT HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
NEED TO KEEP PACE WITH CHANGING TECHNOLOGY STRESSED
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IN AN AGE OF RAPIDLY-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY, IT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP UP TO DATE AND THIS APPLIES PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTERS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE COMPUTER CENTRE AT LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, MR HAYE SAID THAT IT WAS WITH THIS IN MIND THAT A COMPUTER WAS INSTALLED SO THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT TO ENTER INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE COULD BE TAUGHT HOW TO USE THEM AND BE AWARE OF THEIR POTENTIAL AND THEIR LIMITATIONS.
THE $2.3 MILLION COMPUTER AT LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IS CONNECTED TO THE OTHER FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE THROUGH TELEPHONE LINKS. IN ALL THERE ARE 31 TERMINALS.
THE NEW FACILITIES WILL INITIALLY BE USED TO SERVE THE GENERAL COMPUTER EDUCATION NEEDS OF STUDENTS IN A WIDE RANGE OF DISCIPLINES. NEW COURSES SPECIALLY FOR COMPUTER STUDIES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE COMING SEPTEMBER.
MR HAYE RECALLED THAT TEN YEARS AGO THERE WAS ONLY ONE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AND NOW THERE WERE FIVE WITH MORE BEING PLANNED.
♦THE TOTAL ENROLMENT IN THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IS NOW OVER 30 000 STUDENTS AND THEY ARE MAKING A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROVISION OF EDUCATED AND TRAINED MANPOWER NEEDED BY THE MANUFACTURING, BUSINESS AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES, THE DIRECTOR SAID.
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