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"URIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1978

TOURISM COURSE GRADUATES CAN REGISTER AS AFFILIATED GUIDES

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STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE TOURISM CO-ORDINATING OFFICER COURSE IN HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE CAN NOW REGISTER WITH THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION AS AFFILIATED GUIDES,

REGISTRATION AS AFFILIATED GUIDES WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY, 1979. FOR FURTHER DETAILS GRADUATES OF THE COURSE CAN CONTACT MISSELLEN SIU IN THE MEMBERSHIP DEPARTMENT OF THE TOURIST ASSOCIATION. THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 5-244191 EXT. 63.

THE FULL-TIME TOURISM CO-ORDINATING OFFICER COURSE WAS INTRODUCED IN OCTOBER 1977 BY THE INSTITUTE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TOUR IST ASSOCIATION. IT IS DESIGNED TO OFFER TRAINING IN PROFESSIONAL TOURIST GUIDE PRACTICE AND THEORY FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO MAKE TOURISM THE IR CAREER.

THE COURSE WAS RECENTLY EXTENDED FROM SIX MONTHS TO NINE MONTHS. SOME OF THE SUBJECTS TAUGHT ARE INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AS A CONCEPT, LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND STATISTICS, SOCIAL SKILLS, RELATIONSHIP WITH ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES, TRANSPORT, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND TRAVEL AGENTS, OFFICE ORGANISATION, BOOK-KEEPING, ACCOUNTING AND JAPANESE LANGUAGE TUITION.

A THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL EXAMINATION WILL BE HELD AT THE END OF THE COURSE AND THOSE WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED IT WILL BE AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF THE INSTITUTE.

NOTE TO EDITORS

SCHOLARSHIPS PRESENTATION

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MR. DANIEL WATERS, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), WILL PRESENT SCHOLARSHIPS TO 218 RECIPIENTS AT THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS PRESENTATION CEREMONY TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

THE PRESENTATION WILL BE HELD AT THE CMA BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, AT 3.30 P.M.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONY.

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