MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1987
THE CENTRE HAS A SEPARATE UNIT TO ORGANISE COURSES AND SEMINARS ON COMPUTER CONTROL TECHNOLOGY. THE UNIT IS EQUIPPED WITH ROBOTS, BUGGIES, COMMUNICATION DEVICES, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, SUPPORTING SOFTWARE PACKAGES AND COMPUTERS FOR TEACHERS TO CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS.
IT ALSO HAS A SOFTWARE REVIEW UNIT PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTIONS OR COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING PACKAGES FOR USE IN CLASSROOM TEACHING.
IN ADDITION, THERE IS A LIBRARY TO PROVIDE REFERENCE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES FOR COURSE PARTICIPANTS AND TEACHER-MEMBERS OF THE CENTRE. IT IS STOCKED WITH A COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND JOURNALS ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
SINCE IT CAME INTO OPERATION LAST DECEMBER, THE CENTRE HAS BEEN OFFERING A SERIES OF SHORT COURSES ON COMPUTER AWARENESS FOR 150 SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S COMPUTER EDUCATION CENTRE AT 19 HOK YUEN STREET, HUNG HOM, KOWLOON, AT 3 PM ON THURSDAY.
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HOLMES TO OPEN NEW FIRE SERVICES HQ
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THE FIRST PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 26) BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR ROBERT HOLMES.
THE $70 MILLION BUILDING, LOCATED AT 1 HONG CHONG ROAD TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, HAS BEEN BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE A MAXIMUM OF 3 000 STAFF.
THE OPENING WILL REPRESENT A MILESTONE FOR MR HOLMES, WHO WILL BE RETIRING TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS' SERVICE IN HONG KONG.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 11 AM ON THURSDAY AND TO TAKE PART IN A CONDUCTED TOUR OF THE FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AT 1 HONG CHONG ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.
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