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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1985

INTEREST IN OLD LINE-DRAWING MACHINE

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TOOK CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IN AN OLD LINE-DRAWING MACHINE WHEN HE VISITED THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY TODAY DURING AN AFTERNOON'S VISIT TO THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE LINE-DRAWING MACHINE WAS RECENTLY DONATED TO THE MUSEUM. SIR EDWARD ALSO VISITED THE AVIARY AT KOWLOON PARK AND LATER WENT TO SHAM SHUI PO TO SEE FOR HIMSELF HAWKER PROBLEMS IN THE DISTRICT. HE ALSO INSPECTED THE SHAM SHUI PO MARKET.

GOVERNOR TO VISIT HK SEA SCHOOL ****

THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL VISIT THE HONG KONG SEA SCHOOL ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 11), AND OFFICIATE AT A CEREMONY MARKING THE COMPLETION OF THE BRADBURY BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GAMES AREAS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE SCHOOL AT 41 TUNG TAU WAN ROAD, STANLEY, HONG KONG, BY 2.40 PM.

GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.

CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SPENT AN AFTERNOON AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE INSTITUTION,

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY SIR S.Y. CHUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE POLYTECHNIC COUNCIL DR JOHN CLARK, DIRECTOR: DR Y.K. CHING, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND MR K.M. LO, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR.

SIR DAVID LEARNED FROM DR CLARK THAT THE POLYTECHNIC IS NOW MOVING TOWARDS HAVING 30 PER CENT OF ITS ENROLMENT TAKING DEGREE COURSES BY THE EARLY 1990'S, BUT THAT IT WILL ALSO KEEP UP ITS DISTINCTIVE AND UNIQUE ROLE AS A CHIEF PROVIDER OF HIGHER TECHNICIAN COURSES.

/ALL COURSES,