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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1983

KEEPING PACE WITH COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

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AN EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER WEEK IN TSUEN WAN FEATURING TALKS BY ACADEMICS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND AN EXHIBITION WAS OPENED TODAY, WITH THE AIM OF BROADENING PEOPLE'S KNOWLEDGE OF COMPUTERS.

THIS IS THE FIRST ACTIVITY OF ITS KIND EVER ORGANISED AND SPONSORED BY A DISTRICT BOARD.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THAT THE EVENT REFLECTED THE CONCERN OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD IN THIS GREAT INDUSTRIAL CONURBATION OF TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI ABOUT THE NEED TO KEEP ABREAST OF NEW TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE HONG KONG'S EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE.

+ THE TSUEN WAN COMPUTER WEEK WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS, FACTORY OWNERS, WORKERS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT COMPUTERS - THEIR TYPES, USES, ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES, HE ADDED.

ALSO ADDRESSING THE GATHERING WAS THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR ADOLF HSU.

HE SAID THAT THE AIM OF THE FUNCTION WAS TO PROMOTE COMPUTER EFFICIENCY AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO AROUSE INTEREST OF TSUEN WAN'S GENERAL PUBLIC, SCHOOL STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND BUSINESSMEN IN COMPUTERS DURING THIS ERA OF COMPUTERISATION IN HONG KONG.

THE EVENT WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS: DEMONSTRATIONS AND DISPLAYS OF DIFFERENT MICRO-COMPUTERS BY 15 COMPUTER COMPANIES; AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME INCLUDING DISPLAY MATERIALS PLUS SLIDE AND FILM SHOWS ON COMPUTER APPLICATIONS ORGANISED BY STUDENTS OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND AN OPEN FORUM ON +COMPUTER EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TALKS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF COMPUTER EDUCATION.

ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR SCHOOLS TO ORGANISE GROUP VISITS TO THE COMPUTER WEEK WHICH IS BEING HELD AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL UNTIL NOVEMBER 13. ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE BY TELEPHONING 0-444484.

OTHER PARTICIPATING BODIES INCLUDE THE COMPUTER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE COMPUTER EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN DAILY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM.

NOTE TO EDITORS,

YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS OF THE COMPUTER WEEK AT THE TSUEN WAN TONW HALL:

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