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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11,

MAY 11, 1977

THE NEW PLANTS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO ACCEPT DOMESTIC, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WASTE.

ALONG WITH THE CHAI WAN COMPOSTER, THE SAI TSO WAN BALING PLANT FORMS PART OF AN OVERALL 10-YEAR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN FOR HONG KONG WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE P.W.D.'S CONSULTING ENGINEERS, MAUNSELL'S CONSULTANTS ASIA,

MR. WONG SAID +PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT UNIT COSTS OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL BY COMPOSTING AND BALING ARE GENERALLY LOWER THAN BY INCINERATION, THE PROCESSES ARE SANITARY AND DO NOT CREATE POLLUTION" PROBLEMS,+

IN BOTH THE COMPOSTING AND BALING PROCESSES, THE BULK REDUCTION IN VOLUME OF THE TREATED WASTE ALSO RESULTS IN LOWER TRANSPORT COSTS AND ENABLES MORE ECONOMICAL USE TO BE MADE OF LANDFILL SITES.

PART-TIME EVENING COURSES AT TECHNICAL INSTITUTES *****

THE MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG AND HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ARE INVITING APPLICATIONS FOR PART-TIME EVENING CLASSES WHICH WILL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER.

A TOTAL OF 65 COURSES ARE AVAILABLE. THESE INCLUDE COURSES AT CRAFTSMAN LEVEL, THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION OF WHICH IS CHINESE, AND COURSES AT TECHNICIAN LEVEL, WHICH ARE TAUGHT MAINLY IN ENGLISH,

FIELDS COVERED INCLUDE CLOTHING INDUSTRIES, COMMERCIAL STUDIES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES, HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOUR ISM, MARINE AND FABRICATION, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, PRINTING AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES.

THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS WILL BE MAY 23. APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG AND KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AS WELL AS THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE.

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