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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1984

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HE SAID HE FELT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL JOURNALISTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE LATEST COMMUNICATION THEORY AND TECHNIQUES.

THE COURSE WILL INCLUDE INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES, FEATURE WRITING, MAGAZINE JOURNALISM, PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, INTERPRETATIVE REPORTING, BUSINESS JOURNALISM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

WITH A $40 000 SUBSIDY FROM THE COUNCIL, THE BOARD IS ABLE

TO OFFER THE FULL COURSE AT $2 000 A PARTICIPANT.

AND TO PROVIDE FOR JOURNALISTS UNABLE TO TAKE THE FULL COURSE THE BOARD HAS ARRANGED SEPARATE AFTERNOON SEMINARS AT FEES OF $100 TO $300 EACH.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION IS JULY 3.

FURTHER DETAILS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MR FRANK NG, SECRETARY FOR THE BOARD DURING OFFICE HOURS AT 5-8932341, EXT. 283.

MUSEUM ACQUIRES WARTIME PAPERS

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FIFTY ENGLISH AND CHINESE NEWSPAPERS PRINTED DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF HONG KONG HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY.

SOME WERE PUBLISHED IN THE LAST WEEKS OF THE OCCUPATION, WHICH ENDED IN AUGUST 1945 WITH THE ARRIVAL OF ADMIRAL HARCOURT'S ROYAL NAVY FLEET.

THE NEWSPAPERS ARE: 20 COPIES OF WAH KIU YAT PO DATED FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 1944, TO AUGUST 6, 1945; 10 COPIES OF WAH KIU MAN PO DATED FROM JULY 12 TO AUGUST 10, 1945 AND 20 ISSUES OF THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST DATED FROM NOVEMBER 21, 1941 - ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE JAPANESE ATTACK TO DECEMBER 12, 1945. ANOTHER INTERESTING OLD NEWSPAPER IN THE COLLECTION IS A COPY OF THE NOW DEFUNCT CHINA MAIL DATED DECEMBER 11, 1924.

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ANOTHER ACQUISITION MADE RECENTLY BY THE MUSEUM WAS A COLLECTION OF 523 USED HONG KONG STAMPS KINDLY DONATED BY MR RICHARD CHAN.

OTHER MUSEUM ACTIVITIES RECENTLY INCLUDED A VISIT BY STAFF TO NG HOP GAI, YUEN LONG, WHERE THEY COLLECTED SOME INTERESTING SMALL ETHNOGRAPHICAL OBJECTS.

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