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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1980

STUDENTS GIVEN KNITTING MACHINE

IN PRACTICAL WORK

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STUDENTS OF KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE'S TEXTILE DEPARTMENT WILL SOON BE ABLE TO MAKE USE OF A NEW KNITTING MACHINE WORTH ABOUT $100 000 DONATED BY A LOCAL COMPANY,

+THE MACHINE IS A GERMAN MADE MAYER AND CIE SUPREME | CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE, AND WILL BE MOST PERTINENT AND VALUABLE FOR THE TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN PRACTICAL WORK,+ AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

MR FOK YUN-TAI, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE K AND E COMPANY LTD AND MR WONG WING-KEUNG, THE SALES MANAGER, WILL OFFICIALLY PRESENT THE KNITTING MACHINE TOMORROW (THURSDAY) TO MR YUNG HO-KOON, ACTING PRINCIPAL OF KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

THE TEXTILE DEPARTMENT OF KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE SPECIALISES IN KNITTING AND KNITWEAR TECHNOLOGY, AND OFFERS FULL-TIME, PART-TIME DAY RELEASE AND PART-TIME EVENING PROGRAMMES/ COURSES AT BOTH TECHNICIAN AND CRAFT LEVEL.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE HANDING-OVER CEREMONY OF THE KNITTING MACHINE WILL BE HELD AT 11.30 AM TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT KWUN TONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, 25 HIU MING STREET, KWUN TONG

KWUN TONG, KOWLOON. YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONY.

TRAIN TO PENFOLD GARDEN SUSPENDED

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THE SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE TO PENFOLD GARDEN AT THE SHA TIN RACE COURSE WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 10), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HOWEVER, HE SAID, THE SERVICE WILL BE BACK AS SOON AS THE WEATHER IMPROVES AND THE DEMAND GROWS.

THE SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN JULY LAST YEAR.