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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1989
THESE COURSES ARE VOCATIONALLY ORIENTATED AND STRONGLY GEARED TO THE DEMANDS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.
THE FIRST BACHELOR'S DEGREE COURSES WERE INTRODUCED IN 1986- 87. THERE IS NOW A DIVERSITY OF AWARDS RANGING FROM MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE BY RESEARCH, MASTER'S DEGREE BY COURSEWORK AND EXAMINATION, POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA, POSTGRADUATE BACHELOR'S DEGREE. PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA. HIGHER DIPLOMA ΤΟ HIGHER CERTIFICATE AND DIPLOMA.
CERTIFICATE.
THE PRINCE OF WALES SAW A DEMONSTRATION OF THE CAMPU-WIDE VIDEO-TEC SYSTEM. A COMPUTERISED INFORMATION SERVICE DEVISED BY THE SYSTEMS ANALYST OF THE COMPUTER CENTRE. MRS LOUISA TANG, WHO WAS PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL VISITOR.
THE ROYAL PARTY ALSO VISITED THE CENTRALISED LABORATORIES WHERE PROFESSOR ALAN JEARY. THE HEAD OF CENTRALISED LABORATORIES AND PROFESSOR ENOCH YOUNG, THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEMONSTRATED SOME OF THE EXPERIMENTS BEING CONDUCTED IN THIS UNIQUE APPROACH TO SHARED-FACILITY LABORATORY TEACHING.
AT THE SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION LABORATORY THE HEAD OF THE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, MR ALAN CUTTING, INVITED HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS то LISTEN THROUGH HEADPHONES TO A STUDENT'S MEETING BEING HELD IN CANTONESE AND BEING INTERPRETED SIMULTANEOUSLY INTO ENGLISH AND PUTONGHUA.
THE DISCUSSION THEN SWITCHED INTO ENGLISH AND THE PRINCE OF WALES JOINED IN. HIS REMARKS BEING SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSLATED INTO TWO OTHER LANGUAGES.
IN THE COMPUTER TERMINAL ROOM HEAD OF THE COMPUTER CENTRE. MR. POON KEE-WO SHOWED HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS A GROUP OF STUDENTS TRANSLATING A WORDSWORTH POEM INTO CHINESE USING COMPUTERISED WORD PROCESSING.
IN THE COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN CENTRE THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING. DR. K.V. PATRI AND THE DEPARTMENT'S PRINCIPAL LECTURER, DR EDMUND CHEUNG. WERE PRESENTED.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS SAW A COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN DEMONSTRATION AND CHATTED BRIEFLY TO COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO WERE PRACTISING CAD WORK USING A SOFTWARE PACKAGE PRODUCED BY MCDONNEL DOUGLAS IN THE USA.
AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE POLYTECHNIC MR. CHENG HON-KWAN PRESENTED THE BUILDING'S TWO PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTS, MS CLAUDIA ESDAILE AND MR CHUNG-WAH MAN AND THE CONTRACTOR, MR. JOHN FAULKNER.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS UNVEILED A COMMEMORATIVE LEAVING BY CAR FOR HMY BRITANNIA.
PLAQUE BEFORE
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