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MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1979

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LADY MACLEHOSE TOURS TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

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LADY MACLEHOSE THIS (MONDAY) MORNING TOURED THE HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN KOWLOON AND TALKED TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DURING THEIR PRACTICAL SESSIONS.

LADY MACLEHOSE WAS MET BY MR. DAN WATERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL).

SHE LATER TOURED THE PREMISES WITH MR. HAKING WONG, MISS PAULINE CHAN, MR. ROBERT BRAY, PRINCIPAL OF THE INSTITUTE AND MR. C.L. KO, THE VICE-PRINCIPAL.

THE PARTY WENT FIRST TO THE FOUNDRY OF THE MARINE AND FABRICATION DEPARTMENT AND SAW STUDENTS PRACTISING MOULDING.

THEY THEN VISITED THE TROWEL TRADE PRACTICAL AREA OF THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT WHERE STUDENTS WERE WORKING AT BRICK-LAYING AND PLASTER ING.

STUDENTS OF THE HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES DEPARTMENT WHO WERE ON DUTY AT THE HOTEL RECEPTION TRAINING DESK ANSWERED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM LADY MACLEHOSE. AT THIS DEPARTMENT SHE ALSO SAW STUDENTS MAKING UP HOTEL BEDS AND CLEANING UP A HOTEL ROOM.

AT THE TRAINING KITCHEN LADY MACLEHOSE LOOKED ON WHILE STUDENTS PREPARED LUNCH WHICH WAS TO BE SERVED AT THE TRAINING RESTAURANT OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

LADY MACLEHOSE STAYED ON FOR LUNCH AT THE TRAINING RESTAURANT

BEFORE LEAVING.

THE HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE HAS A TOTAL ENROLMENT OF 3,469 STUDENTS ATTENDING FULL-TIME, PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE, OR PART- TIME EVENING COURSES. OF THESE 98 ARE GIRLS.

THE INSTITUTE RUNS MORE THAN 90 COURSES IN FIVE DEPARTMENTS -- MARINE AND FABRICATION, CONSTRUCTION, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES.

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