SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1985
EACH MEMBER OF THE WINNING TEAM IN BOTH DIVISIONS WILL BE AWARDED A LASER 3 000 COMPUTER WORTH ABOUT $6 000.
THE CHAMPION WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY AND CONCERT TO BE HELD AT ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL ON SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1985. LADY YOUDE WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY.
THE +STUDENTS AGAINST DRUGS MOVEMENT+, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ACAN, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND COMMERCIAL RADIO, AS ACAN'S MAJOR PUBLICITY EVENT FOR 1984-85, AIMS AT HEIGHTENING THE AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG STUDENTS THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN A SERIES OF ANTI-DRUG ACTIVITIES.
TRAINING BLIND PEOPLE TO BE INTERPRETERS
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A TRAINING PROGRAMME TO HELP BLIND PEOPLE TO BECOME INTERPRETER HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE LANGUAGE DIVISION OF THE HOME AFFAIRS BRANCH.
A SEVEN-MONTH COURSE IN CONSECUTIVE INTERPRETATION WILL BEGIN ON FEBRUARY 5 FOR 14 BLIND PEOPLE. THERE WILL BE A THREE-HOUR SESSION EACH WEEK AT THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND'S LANGUAGE LABORATORY AT POK FU LAM ROAD.
THE CHIEF COURT INTERPRETER OF THE JUDICIARY, THE CHIEF POLICE INTERPRETER OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND THE CHIEF INTERPRETER (SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION) OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE DIVISION WILL JOINTLY RUN THE COURSE.
THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND WILL PROVIDE TRAINING VENUE AS WELL AS TECHNICAL SUPPORT SUCH AS BRAILLE TRANSCRIPTION.
THOSE TAKING THE COURSE, WILL BE BETTER QUALIFIED TO APPLY FOR CONSECUTIVE INTERPRETATION POSTS IN THE GOVERNMENT, FOR EXAMPLE AS COURT INTERPRETERS AND POLICE INTERPRETERS, AS WELL AS SIMILAR JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
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