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SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1985

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HIGHER CHINESE STUDIES OFFERED

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THE EVENING SCHOOL OF HIGHER CHINESE STUDIES, RUN BY THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WILL AGAIN START IN SEPTEMBER,

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION WILL BE INVITED BETWEEN JULY 19 AND AUGUST 9 AND APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADULT EDUCATION SECTION AT ASIAN HOUSE, 12TH FLOOR, 1 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI.

THE EVENING SCHOOL OF HIGHER CHINESE STUDIES OFFERS A GENERAL ARTS DIPLOMA COURSE AND A NUMBER OF SHORT COURSES AT POST-SECONDARY LEVEL UNDER A CREDIT UNIT SYSTEM..

STUDENTS WHO REGISTER FOR THE DIPLOMA COURSE MUST HAVE AT LEAST SIX SUBJECTS, INCLUDING ENGLISH AND CHINESE, AT GRADE E OR ABOVE IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION OR ITS EQUIVALENT.

+THEY ARE REQUIRED TO STUDY 12 BASIC SUBJECTS AND 18 ELECTIVE SUBJECTS WITHIN FIVE YEARS IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE AWARD OF A DIPLOMA, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

FOR SHORT COURSES, APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE ATTAINED SECONDARY LEVEL EDUCATION.

+THOSE WHO REGISTER FOR THE SHORT COURSES MAY TAKE WHATEVER SUBJECT THEY LIKE AND WILL BE ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE ON COMPLETION OF THE COURSES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

FURTHER ENQUIRIES ON THE COURSE CAN BE MADE AT THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT AT 5-295708.

IMMEDIATE PROMOTIONS FOR 153

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ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY-THREE ELATED OFFICERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE TOLD LAST (SATURDAY) NIGHT THAT THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN IMMEDIATE PROMOTIONS.

TWENTY-NINE OF THEM WERE PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL OFFICERS FROM OFFICERS RANK, WHILE THE OTHERS WERE PROMOTED FROM ASSISTANT OFFICERS I TO ASSISTANT OFFICERS 1.

THEY WERE GIVEN THE GOOD NEWS BY THE COMMISSIONER, MR THOMAS GARNER, AT AN ANNUAL STAFF CHINESE DINNER HELD BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION. SOME 1 500 MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AND THEIR SPOUSES WERE PRESENT.

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