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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1985
THE CURRENT ENROLMENTS WERE 56 AT THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND 71 AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. GRADUATES WERE WELL PLACED TO FILL VOCATIONALLY-ORIENTED POSTS IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION, CURATORIAL WORK AND SCHOOL TEACHING.
TO PROVIDE INTENDING TEACHERS WITH ADDITIONAL TRAINING, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG ALSO RAN A POST-GRADUATE TRAINING COURSE FOR FINE ARTS GRADUATES. THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY THROUGH ITS EXTRA-MURAL DEPARTMENT HAD, SINCE SEPTEMBER 1982, BEEN RUNNING EXTRA-MURAL POST-GRADUATE CERTIFICATE COURSES IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION FOR PRACTISING ADMINISTRATORS IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.
FURTHERMORE, MR HENDERSON SAID, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, THROUGH ITS SWIRE SCHOOL OF DESIGN, OFFERED A VARIETY OF COURSES IN THIS FIELD. THE BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE COURSE IN DESIGN WAS OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS ACADEMIC YEAR WITH AN INTAKE OF 54 STUDENTS.
IN ADDITION, THE SCHOOL OFFERED A HIGHER DIPLOMA COURSE AS WELL AS A DIPLOMA COURSE IN DESIGN AND EIGHT PART-TIME EVENING PROGRAMMES AT CERTIFICATE AND HIGHER CERTIFICATE LEVELS, FOR EXAMPLE CREATIVE SCREEN PRINTING, STUDIO CERAMICS AND APPLIED PHOTOGRAPHY.
FINALLY, THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION RUN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ALSO PROVIDED TRAINING FOR BOTH INTENDING AND PRACTISING TEACHERS. AT THE PRE-SERVICE LEVEL, ART AND DESIGN WAS AN ELECTIVE SUBJECT, AND AT THE ADVANCED LEVEL, PRACTISING TEACHERS MIGHT ENROLL IN THE ONE-YEAR FULL-TIME ADVANCED COURSE OF TEACHER EDUCATION IN ART AND DESIGN.
ACTION TO COMBAT CREDIT CARD CRIME
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THE POLICE ARE ENCOURAGING CREDIT CARD COMPANIES TO IMPROVE THE SECURITY OF THE IR SYSTEMS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JE AFFRESON, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG ON CRIMES INVOLVING THE USE OF STOLEN OR LOST CREDIT CARDS, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THE POLICE HAVE BEEN EMPHASISING THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES THROUGH THEIR REGULAR CONTACTS WITH THESE COMPANIES.
/HE TOLD
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