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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1980

POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS OVER EASTER

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THERE WILL BE NO MAIL DELIVERY ON GOOD FRIDAY (APRIL 4) AND ALL POST OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED THAT DAY.

THERE WILL BE ONE MAIL DELIVERY ON SATURDAY (APRIL 5) AND EASTER MONDAY (APRIL 7).

THIRTY-TWO POST OFFICES, INCLUDING THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, THE KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE, THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE, AND THE POST OFFICES IN TSUEN WAN AND TAI PO, WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS FROM 9 AM TO NOON ON THESE TWO DAYS.

ALL OTHER POST OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED.

WINNERS OF CRAFT COMPETITION RECEIVE PRIZES

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FOUR STUDENTS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) RECEIVED PRIZES IN THE FIRST CRAFT COMPETITION FOR THOSE STUDYING MECHANICAL COURSES

IN FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

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SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY, MR DAN WATERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) SAID THE COMPÉTITION ORIGINATED FROM A SUGGESTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR KENNETH TOPLEY. IT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND AND THEREFORE EXPERIMENTAL, BUT I HOPE IT WILL BE THE FORERUNNER OF MANY SUCH COMPETITIONS EMBRACING OTHER DISCIPLINES.+

HE CONGRATULATED THE CONTESTANTS ON THEIR SKILL AND CO-ORDINATION OF HANDS AND MIND WHICH RESULTED IN THE PRODUCTION OF ACCURATE AND WELL-MADE TEST PIECES.

THE COMPETITION INVOLVED THE MAKING OF A MEASURING DEVICE NAMED SNAP GAUGE.

MR PATRICK CHOI, DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER OF TINGTAI WAHCHONG METAL MANUFACTORY LTD PRESENTED PRIZES TO THE WINNERS.

IN HIS SPEECH MR CHOI SAID THE COMPETITION AIMED TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF TRAINING AT CRAFT LEVEL, AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING, ESPECIALLY AMONG STUDENTS AND LOCAL INDUSTRIES, OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

+I SINCERELY HOPE SIMILAR COMPETITIONS WILL BE HELD ANNUALLY TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, HE SAID.

MR CHOI ENCOURAGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE UP TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR.

/THE WINNER