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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1980

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HEAD OF KOWLOON TECHNICAL SCHOOL RETIRES

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MR PETER HALLIWELL, PRINCIPAL OF KOWLOON TECHNICAL SCHOOL, IS RETIRING AFTER 29. YEARS SERVICE WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

AT A CEREMONY TODAY (THURSDAY), MR COLVYN HAYE, ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION PRESENTED HIM WITH A RETIREMENT GIFT ON BEHALF OF COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT.

MR HALLIWELL WAS FIRST APPOINTED AS AN EDUCATION OFFICER IN 1952. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER IN 1965, AND TO THE PRESENT RANK OF SENIOR PRINCIPAL IN 1970.

→THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER WITH THE DEPARTMENT, MR HALLIWELL HAS PROVED TO BE A CAPABLE TEACHER AND SENIOR PRINCIPAL,+ MR HAYE SAID.

+HIS WORK HAS ALWAYS REFLECTED HIS STRONG SENSE OF LOYALTY AND INTEGRITY, AND HIS COMPETENT MANNER HAS COMMANDED THE RESPECT AND CO-OPERATION OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH HIM, HE SAID.

RADIOGRAPHERS GRADUATE

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NINETEEN RADIOGRAPHERS WILL GRADUATE FROM THE INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AFTER COMPLETING A THREE-YEAR TRAINING COURSE.

AT A CEREMONY AT THE INSTITUTE IN QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, DR S.F. LAM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, WILL MAKE AN ADDRESS AND PRESENT CERTIFICATES.

TWELVE OF THE GRADUATES WILL RECEIVE THE DIPLOMAS OF COLLEGE OF RADIOGRAPHY (RADIOGRAPHY) AND SEVEN THE D.C.R. (THERAPY).

AS THE TRAINING OF DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHERS HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM THE INSTITUTE TO THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, THE RADIOGRAPHERS RECEIVING THEIR D.C.R.(R.) WILL BE THE LAST FULLY TRAINED BY THE INSTITUTE. IN FUTURE, THE INSTITUTE WILL PROVIDE PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR STUDENTS FROM THE POLYTECHNIC.

TOMORROW'S CEREMONY WILL MARK THE END OF AN ERA, DURING WHICH THE INSTITUTE HAS TRAINED 243 RADIOGRAPHERS WITH THE D.C.R. QUALIFICATION.

NOTE TO EDITORS 1

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONY, WHICH WILL BE ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN THE INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, KOWLOON, TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT 4.30 PM.

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