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TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1978

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+OTHER COURSES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET UP FOR SPECIAL GROUPS- AND THERE COULD BE AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SERVICE WITHIN SUCH AREAS AS COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, TOURISM, NURSING, OFTEN AS PART OF A BROADER STAFF TRAINING PROGRAMME. FOR INSTANCE, AS DR. TAHOURDIN MENTIONED, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY COMMISSIONED THE BRITISH COUNCIL TO RUN A SPECIAL INTENSIVE ENGLISH COURSE FOR A GROUP OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.

+I CONGRATULATE THE BRITISH COUNCIL FOR SETTING UP THIS ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING INSTITUTE AND I SHOULD NOW LIKE TO DECLARE IT OPEN.+

GOVERNOR- CONTINUES VISIT TO DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL CONTINUE HIS VISIT TO NEWLY-CREATED DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ON THURSDAY (APRIL 6).

SIR MURRAY, WHO WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL MEET MEMBERS OF THE SHA TIN AND TAI PO DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS AND HAVE GENERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ON THEIR PLANS AND PROBLEMS.

SIR MURRAY WILL ARRIVE AT LEK YUEN COMMUNITY CENTRE IN SHA TIN AT 2.50 P.M. FOR A MEETING WITH THE SHA TIN BOARD MEMBERS. HE WILL LEAVE SHA TIN AT 3.50 P.M. FOR TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE WHERE HE WILL MEET MEMBERS OF THE TAI PO BOARD.

IT WILL BE THE SECOND OF A SERIES OF FAMILIARISATION VISITS BY THE GOVERNOR TO THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS TO KEEP HIMSELF UP-TO-DATE WITH THE WORK OF THE BOARDS. THE FIRST VISIT TO TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN WAS MADE LATE LAST MONTH,

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT ON THURSDAY. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VAN, AM 2088, WILL LEAVE FROM BEHIND THE TSIM SHA TSU! POST OFFICE FOR SHA TIN AT 2 P.M.

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