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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1981

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JOURNALISM WORKSHOP AND SEMINARS

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THE SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, MR ALAN SCOTT, WILL OPEN ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 2) THE 1981 JOURNALISM WORKSHOP AND SEMINARS CONDUCTED BY THE THOMSON FOUNDATION AND SPONSORED BY THE WONG KAM YIP TRUST FUND.

THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN WHICH THE TRAINING PROGRAMME HAS BEEN ORGANISED, PROVIDING HONG KONG JOURNALISTS WITH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A RANGE OF TRAINING IN AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENT NOT OTHERWISE AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG.

THE FIRST WORKSHOP, HELD IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER LAST YEAR, WAS WELL ATTENDED BY MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS HONG KONG NEWSPAPERS, RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS, AND THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES.

THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE BOTH A SIX-WEEK MORNING WORKSHOP AND NINE SEMINARS IN THE AFTERNOONS.

THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS HAS INCREASED FROM 14 IN THE 1980 WORKSHOP TO 62, INCLUDING MANY FROM THE CHINESE-LANGUAGE MEDIA, FOR THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME.

THE 1981 JOURNALISM WORKSHOP AND SEMINARS, AIMED AT IMPROVING SKILLS AND DEVELOPING RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE, WILL BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 2 TO DECEMBER 11 IN THE PREMISES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE TRAINING DIVISION IN WING ON CENTRE, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL.

THE TWO LECTURERS WILL AGAIN BE SENIOR INSTRUCTORS FROM THE THOMSON FOUNDATION WHO HAVE LONG PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF WORKING IN THE MEDIA AND HAVE TAUGHT OVERSEAS.

IN ADDITION, A FOLLOW-UP COURSE FOR THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN LAST YEAR'S WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD FROM DECEMBER 14-18.

NOTE TO EDITORS.

THE SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, MR ALAN SCOTT, WILL OPEN ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 2) THE 1981 JOURNALISM WORKSHOP AND SEMINARS CONDUCTED BY THE THOMSON FOUNDATION AND SPONSORED BY THE WONG KAM YIP TRUST FUND.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE CIVIL SERVICE TRAINING DIVISION, ROOM 15, 18TH FLOOR, WING ON CENTRE, AT 10 AM.

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