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MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1981

OPEN HOUSE AT TWO TECHNICAL INSTITUTES

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TWO TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THIS WEEK TO SEE THE WORK OF THE STUDENTS.

AT THE KWAI CHUNG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OPEN DAY ON THURSDAY (MARCH 26), VISITORS CAN TOUR THE FIVE TEACHING DEPARTMENTS OF CLOTHING INDUSTRIES, COMMERCIAL STUDIES, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES.

THE TOTAL STUDENT ENROLMENT IS 4 422, AND THEY ARE ATTENDING 17 FULL-TIME DAY CLASSES, 51 PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE CLASSES, 54 EVENING CLASSES AND 15 SHORT COURSES.

THE INSTITUTE, AT 20 HING SHING ROAD, KWAI CHUNG, WILL BE OPEN FROM 10 AM TO 12.30 PM, AND FROM 2 PM TO 4.30 PM.

LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT 30 RENFREW ROAD, KOWLOON TONG, WILL BE HOLDING ITS FIRST OPEN DAY ON MARCH 27 AND 28.

THE TOTAL STUDENT ENROLMENT AT THE INSTITUTE IS 5 244, AND THEY ARE ATTENDING 16 FULL-TIME DAY CLASSES, 38 PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE CLASSES AND 101 EVENING CLASSES.

THERE ARE FIVE DEPARTMENTS IN LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, COMPRISING DESIGN, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES AND COMMERCIAL STUDIES.

THE INSTITUTE WILL BE OPEN TO RESERVED GROUP VISITS ON MARCH 27, AND TO THE PUBLIC ON MARCH 28 FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM.

A MACHINING SKILLS COMPETITION WILL ALSO BE HELD AT THE INSTITUTE ON MARCH 28 AMONG CRAFT STUDENTS FROM THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS OF ALL FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

THERE WILL BE 10 CONTESTANTS, ALL STUDENTS OF PART-TIME DAY- RELEASE CLASSES, AND THEY WILL BE COMPETING IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A SHAFT AND COLLAR.

POSTAL TEAM VISITS CHINA

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A DELEGATION HEADED BY THE POSTMASTER GENERAL,

MR A.C. HEATHCOTE, LEFT HONG KONG FOR GUANGZHOU TODAY (MONDAY) AT THE INVITATION OF MR LI QING-WAN, DIRECTOR OF GUANGDONG POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE BUREAU.

THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO DISCUSS SUBJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST RELATING TO POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES BETWEEN THE TWO AREAS,

MR HEATHCOTE REMARKED THAT PERSONAL CONTACTS WITH OFFICIALS IN GUANGZHOU WERE MOST VALUABLE IN MAINTAINING EFFICIENT POSTAL SERVICES TO AND FROM CHINA. HE SAID HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING MR L AGAIN WITH WHOM HE EXPECTED TO DISCUSS A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS.

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