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SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1982

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COMPUTER CENTRE TO COME ON LINE

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STUDENTS OF THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE WILL SOON HAVE THE USE OF THEIR OWN COMPUTER CENTRE.

+THE COMPUTER CENTRE WILL SERVE SOME 2 000 STUDENTS ON 18 TECHNICIAN PROGRAMMES AND COMMERCIAL COURSES WHICH COMPRISE COMPUTER STUDIES AS A TEACHING SUBJECT IN THEIR CURRICULA,+ AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE CENTRE IS LOCATED AT LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT RENFREW ROAD IN KOWLOON TONG, AND WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 8) BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE.

IT HOUSES AN HP3000 SERIES I COMPUTER COMPRISING A ONE-MEGABYTE CENTRAL PROCESSOR, THREE DISK DRIVES, TWO TAPE DRIVES, TWO LINE PRINTERS AND 22 INTERACTIVE TERMINALS.

+THE COMPUTER IS ALSO LINKED UP WITH NINE INTERACTIVE TERMINALS AND FIVE PRINTERS AT THE FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG AND CHEUNG SHA WAN, AND THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE IN WAN CHAI,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

NOTE TO EDITORS

YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF THE COMPUTER CENTRE ON JANUARY 8 (FRIDAY) AT LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT 30 RENFREW ROAD, KOWLOON TONG. THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT 3 PM.

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