FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1984
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ELECTRICAL CONTRACT AWARDED FOR AIRPORT EXPANSION
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THE FIRST GOVERNMENT ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION USING GAS TURBINE GENERATORS TO SUPPLY STANDBY POWER IS TO BE BUILT AT KAI TAK AIRPORT AS PART OF ITS EXPANSION.
THE SUB-STATION IS ONE OF THREE TO BE INSTALLED THERE.
AN $8.3 MILLION CONTRACT TO SUPPLY AND INSTALL THE EQUIPMENT WAS SIGNED TODAY (FRIDAY), WITH CHINA ENGINEERS LIMITED.
THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM OSBORNE, $IGNED FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND MR C.K. TSANG SIGNED FOR THE CONTRACTOR.
CHINA ENGINEERS WILL SUPPLY AND INSTALL 11 KV EQUIPMENT AND TWO SETS OF GAS TURBINE GENERATORS UNDER THE CONTRACT.
MR OSBORNE SAID STANDBY POWER AT THE AIRPORT MAKES UP A MUCH LARGER ELEMENT OF SUPPLIES THAN IN OTHER TYPES OF BUILDINGS.
THE CONTRACT IS PART OF THE AIRPORT'S STAGE V DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WHICH WILL BOOST EXISTING HANDLING CAPACITY OF THE PASSENGER TERMINAL BY MORE THAN 50 PER CENT.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT STAGE V WILL BE FULLY COMMISSIONED BY 1987.
SITE WORK FOR THE PRESENT CONTRACT WILL START IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR AND TAKE ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OFFER EVENING COURSES
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THE FIVE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ARE NOW INVITING APPLICATIONS FOR PART-TIME EVENING COURSES DUE TO START IN SEPTEMBER.
THE MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG, HAKING WONG AND LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WILL OFFER 96 PART-TIME EVENING COURSES IN 13 DISCIPLINES.
+THE COURSES OFFERED ARE MAINLY AT CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN LEVELS, PROVIDING ONE TO THREE YEARS COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION FOR POEPLE WORKING IN THE INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE SECTORS, + SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNCIL SAID.
THE 13 DISCIPLINES COVER HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES, COMMERCIAL STUDIES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, PRINTING, TEXTILE INDUSTRIES, CLOTHING INDUSTRIES, MARINE AND FABRICATION, DESIGN AND MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINEERING,
/+IN ADDITION,