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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1979

HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES COURSES

GRADUATES IN DEMAND

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STUDENTS SPECIALLY TRAINED IN HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM ARE IN BIG DEMAND.

REFLECTING THE NEED FOR SUCH PERSONNEL, EMPLOYERS RECENTLY OFFERED JOBS TO MOST OF THIS YEAR'S 107 WOULD-BE GRADUATES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES IN THE HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

AND TO COPE WITH THE DEMAND, THE DEPARTMENT HOPES TO INCREASE ITS INTAKE OF STUDENTS FOR ITS COURSES, PART-TIME ONES IN PARTICULAR, IN THE NEW SESSION.

WHEN THE DEPARTMENT'S CERTIFICATE FOR TOURISM CO-ORDINATION OFFICERS COURSE WAS FIRST OFFERED IN SEPTEMBER 1977, THERE WERE ONLY 16 PLACES AVAILABLE. MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THE STUDENTS WERE ALSO OFFERED JOBS LONG BEFORE THE IR GRADUATION.

IN ANNOUNCING THE EXPANDED INTAKE OF STUDENTS, THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE'S DEPARTMENT OF HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES, MR. PETER KERRISON, SAID THAT APART FROM INCREASING THE FULL-TIME ONE-YEAR CERTIFICATE COURSE FOR TOURISM CO-ORDINATION OFFICERS TO 40 STUDENTS, THE EVENING COURSES OFFERED ON THE SAME SUBJECT HAVE BEEN INCREASED TO ACCOMMODATE 120 STUDENTS.

+THIS IS DUE TO THE TRANSFER OF THE ONE-YEAR AND TWO-YEAR COURSES IN TOURISM FROM THE POLYTECHNIC,+ MR. KERRISON SAID.

APPLICATION FOR THE THREE FULL-TIME COURSES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT IS NOW OPEN TO ALL FORM 5 GRADUATES BUT ENROLMENT FOR THE EVENING COURSES IS CLOSED.

MR. KERRISON SAID HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S EVENING COURSES POURED IN SHORTLY AFTER ENROLMENT WAS ANNOUNCED.

HE POINTED OUT THAT MORE THAN 200 STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED FROM THIS DEPARTMENT SINCE THE INSTITUTE'S OPENING IN 1977.

THE THREE FULL-TIME COURSES, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PRACTICAL WORK, COVERS GENERAL CATERING, HOTEL RECEPTION, OFFICE STUDIES AND TOURISM CO-ORDINATION RESPECTIVELY.

THE EVENING AND PART-TIME DAY RELEASE COURSES ACCENTUATE ON COOKERY, WINE AND BEVERAGE SERVICES, TOURISM ORGANISATION AND SO ON.

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