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SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1984

CAREERS TEACHERS TO RECEIVE CERTIFICATE

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A CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOR THE FIRST CAREERS TEACHERS TRAINING COURSE WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY (JUNE 1) AT THE EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG ON THE 8TH FLOOR OF WING ON CENTRE, CENTRAL.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR RON BRIDGE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, WILL SPEAK AT THE CEREMONY WHICH WILL START AT 3.30 PM.

THE ONE-YEAR PART-TIME COURSE WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE MORE SOPHISTICATED TRAINING FOR CAREERS TEACHERS.

THIRTY-TWO CAREERS TEACHERS WHO ATTENDED THE COURSE FROM AUGUST 1983 TO APRIL 1984, WILL BE RECEIVING CERTIFICATES AT THE CEREMONY.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CEREMONY,

NEED FOR REGIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE STUDIED

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A SURVEY WILL BE CARRIED OUT NEXT MONTH TO ASCERTAIN THE DEMAND FOR A REGIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE IN KWUN TONG.

THE SURVEY HAS BEEN INITIATED BY A WORKING GROUP SET UP UNDER THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD LAST AUGUST.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP, MR STEPHEN LAU, SAID TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK OF HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC WOULD ASSIST IN CONDUCTING THE SURVEY AS PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE.

+ IN THE FIRST PHASE, TRAINED INTERVIEWERS WILL VISIT 300 ORGANISATIONS IN KWUN TONG TO IDENTIFY, WITH THE HELP OF QUESTIONNAIRES, THEIR LEVEL OF DEMAND FOR VENUES TO HOLD CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.

+OPERATORS OF THESE ORGANISATIONS WILL ALSO BE ASKED WHERE THE REGIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE SHOULD BE BUILT AND WHICH KINDS OF FACILITIES IT SHOULD HAVE.

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