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THE INSTITUTE OFFERS A BRONZE OR A SILVER MEDAL TO THE BEST CANDIDATE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE IT AND WHO HAS PASSED ALL THE EXAMINATION COMPONENTS IN ONE AND THE SAME SERIES.
THE MAN SAT FOR THE INSTITUTE'S PART ONE (SECOND YEAR) TELE COMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS EXAMINATION IN JUNE LAST YEAR AND ATTAINED DISTINCTIONS IN ALL THE SUBJECTS HE TOOK. INCLUDING MATHEMATICS A, TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRINCIPLES AND COMPUTER A.
IN ADDITION, HE WAS NAMED THE BEST CANDIDATE BY THE INSTITUTE IN THE 1983/84 PART ONE COMPUTER A EXAMINATION.
THE MAN, SERVING A SEVEN-YEAR SENTENCE, BEGAN STUDYING THE TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS COURSE WHEN IT WAS INTRODUCED IN STANLEY PRI SON IN 1983.
THE FIRST YEAR TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS COURSE ATTENDED BY 10 PRISONERS, WAS CONDUCTED BY A SENIOR MASTER
• AND A MASTER OF THE PRISON.
THE GROUP HAD TO ATTEND HALF-DAY THEORETICAL TRAINING IN THE CLASSROOM AND HALF-DAY PRACTICAL TRAINING IN THE TELEVISION AND RADIO REPAIRING WORKSHOP INSIDE THE PRISON.
ASSISTED BY THE MASTERS OF THE PRISON, THEY SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE EXAMINATION HELD IN DECEMBER 1983 THROUGH THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
EACH CANDIDATE TOOK THREE PAPERS - PRACTICAL MATHEMATICS ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND ELEMENTARY TELECOMMUNICATION PRACTICE IN THE INSTITUTE'S PART ONE (FIRST YEAR) TELECOMMUNICATION TECHN1 CI ANS EXAMINATION.
RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION SHOWED A REMARKABLE 100 PER CENT PASS IN EVERY PAPER, IN ADDITION, 22 DISTINCTIONS AND SIX CREDITS VERE EARN50.
WITH SUCH ENCOURAGING RESULTS, EIGHT CANDIDATES CONTINUED WITH THE SECOND YEAR COURSE AND SAT FOR THE EXAMINATION IN JUNE 1984.
OF THE 24 PAPERS THEY TOOK, EVERY PAPER CARRIED A
DISTINCTION.
THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GROUP ILLUSTRATED THE EFFORT BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT FOR A PERSON SERVING SENTENCE TO USE TIME AT HIS DISPOSAL TO GOOD ADVANTAGE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.
/AT PRESENT,