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MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1983

HK TECHNICAL STUDENTS WIN COMMONWEALTH PRIZES

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TWO LOCAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STUDENTS HAVE EACH OBTAINED A FIRST PRIZE IN TWO SEPARATE TELECOMMUNICATION AND RADIO EXAMINATION PAPERS ORGANISED FOR COMMONWEALTH STUDENTS IN JUNE LAST YEAR BY THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE, ENGLAND.

WINNERS OF THE INSTITUTE'S BRONZE MEDAL, FIRST PRIZE, IN PRACTICAL MATHEMATICS, CHAN KAM-KONG AND IN RADIO AND LINĖ TRANSMISSION A, JIMMY PIK-TO TAI, ARE BOTH SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS IN ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

THIS REGIONAL EXAMINATION, HELD TWICE A YEAR IN JUNE AND DECEMBER, ATTRACTS SEVERAL THOUSAND COMMONWEALTH STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL OR RELATED STUDIES.

THE TWO STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THEIR BRONZE MEDALS IN MARCH THROUGH THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC WHERE THE EXAMINATION WAS HELD.

STUDENTS FROM THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN HONG KONG HAVE WON MANY PROMINENT PRIZES IN THE EXAMINATION IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

HONG KONG HIGHER LEVEL EXAMINATION 1984

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SCHOOLS WISHING TO ENTER CANDIDATES FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE HONG KONG HIGHER LEVEL EXAMINATION IN 1984 ARE REMINDED THAT THEY MUST APPLY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY FOR APPROVAL NOT LATER THAN APRIL 1 THIS

YEAR.

THE SAME PROCEDURE APPLIES TO SCHOOLS WISHING TO ENTER CANDIDATES FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR CERTAIN PRACTICAL SUBJECTS SUCH AS BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY OR PHYSICS.

APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY AT CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 10/F, 393 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.

THE HANDBOOK OF THE REGULATIONS AND SYLLABUSES FOR THE 1984 EXAMINATION WILL BE PUBLISHED IN MARCH THIS YEAR, AND MAY THEN BE PURCHASED AT THE PUBLICATION UNIT OF THE EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY AT 17 TSEUK LUK STREET, SAN PO KONG, KOWLOON AND THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG.

FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY AT TEL: 3-688906.

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