SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1983
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NEW OFFICES FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL
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THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL SECRETARIAT AND THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS WILL BE HOUSED UNDER ONE ROOF IN NEW OFFICES FROM MONDAY (JULY 18).
THE NEW OFFICES ARE ON THE 10TH, 14TH AND 15TH FLOORS OF HARBOUR CENTRE, 25 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE OFFICE HOURS WILL BE FROM 8.45 AM TO 5.15 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND FROM 9 AM TO 12 NOON ON SATURDAYS.
THE MAIN EXCHANGE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 5-8932341.
HORTICULTURE COURSE FOR SHA TIN RESIDENTS ******
A THREE-MONTH HORTICULTURE COURSE WILL BE OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR SHA TIN RESIDENTS.
THE COURSE WILL BE HELD AT AN OPEN SPACE NEXT TO THE SHA TIN PUBLIC SQUASH COURTS ON TEN CONSECUTIVE SATURDAY MORNINGS, STARTING ON JULY 30.
EMPHASIS FOR THIS YEAR'S COURSE WOULD BE ON PRACTICAL RATHER THAN THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF HORTICULTURE, AN NTSD SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE COURSE, WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTED BY HORTICULTURE EXPERTS OF THE NTSD, IS OPEN TO SHA TIN RESIDENTS WHO ARE 16 YEARS OF AGE OR ABOVE, ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SHA TIN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE ON THE LOWER GROUND FLOOR OF LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL IN LEK YUEN ESTATE.
THE SUBJECTS WILL INCLUDE SEED SOWING, FERTILISING, CUTTING, GRAFTING, LAYERING, PRUNING, WEEDING AND THE DETECTION OF PLANT DISEASES AND THE IR TREATMENT.
THE COURSE WILL ALSO INCLUDE FIELD VISITS TO TWO NTSD NURSERIES IN SHA TIN.
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