SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1989
BEEN INSTALLED IN LAI KING OTHER TWO ARE IN TAI TAM GAP
TWO OF THE MICRO-COMPUTERS HAVE TRAINING CENTRE (LKTC) WHILE THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION (TGCI).
THE "THE INTRODUCTION OF
NEW COMPUTER PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG BUT OFFENDERS WILL NOT ONLY TRAIN INMATES TO OPERATE MICRO-COMPUTERS,
TO A SERVICE
HELP BLIND ALSO PROVIDE
PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
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AND
THE PROGRAMME WILL MAINLY INVOLVE ENTERING TEXT FROM BOOKS
WILL BE STORED ON FLOPPY MAGAZINES INTO THE MICRO-COMPUTERS WHICH DISCS.
MACHINE AT THE HONG TURN OUT BRAILLE COPIES AS
THESE WILL THEN BE FED TO THE EMBOSSING KONG SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND, WHICH WILL REQUIRED.
TO
THE
FOR THE THE TWO DISKETTES
"UNDER THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENT, THE HONG KONG SOCIETY
AND DEPARTMENT
AT INMATES BLIND WILL SEND BOOKS INSTITUTIONS WILL TRANSFER THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOKS TO THE USING THE MICRO-COMPUTERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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"AFTER COMPLETION AND PROOF-READING, WILL BE RETURNED AND EXCHANGED FOR ANOTHER BATCH.
THE BOOKS AND
DISKETTES
EACH ARE
IS ESTIMATED "THE INITIAL OUTPUT RATE
AT
PAGES 1,200 MONTH. WE EXPECT THAT THE OUTPUT MAY BE DOUBLED WHEN MORE INMATES TRAINED TO OPERATE THE MICRO-COMPUTERS," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
PETER MANN APPOINTED WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER
*
APPOINTED WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER
ADMINISTRATION
MR ALLAN ANNOUNCED
CHOW,
TODAY
MR PETER MANN HAS BEEN
AND NEW TERRITORIES
WITH EFFECT FROM NEXT MONDAY (JANUARY 30) TO SUCCEED
CITY THE (SATURDAY).
MR MANN JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN OXFORD UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTER OF ARTS AND LITERATURE.
1976 AFTER
GRADUATING FROM
DEGREE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
GOVERNMENT BRANCHES
OFFICE
WHERE HE KE WAS
HE HAS SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED IN A NUMBER OF
TUEN MUN DISTRICT AND DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE DEALT WITH DEVELOPMENT MATTERS, AND THE SECURITY BRANCH WHERE INVOLVED IN IMMIGRATION AND BORDER MATTERS.
TRANSPORT BRANCH,
WORKING
IN 1982, MR MANN WAS POSTED TO THE MAINLY ON THE PRIVATISATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION.
/HE WAS