FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1985
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15 RECEIVE CERTIFICATES FOR ENGLISH
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FIFTEEN YOUNG MEN OF LAI KING TRAINING CENTRE WHO DID WELL IN AN ELEMENTARY ENGLISH EXAMINATION WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) PRESENTED WITH PITMAN CERTIFICATES BY THE ACTING EDUCATION OFFICER OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR CHEUNG KAI-KWONG,
THE RECIPIENTS STARTED STUDYING ENGLISH LAST YEAR WHILE STILL AT THE TRAINING CENTRE. THEY SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE EXTERNAL EXAMINATION IN MAY THIS YEAR. TWO HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCHARGED.
ANOTHER GROUP OF INMATES HAS BEGUN STUDYING FOR THE SAME
COURSE.
UNDER THE TRAINING CENTRE'S PROGRAMME INMATES HAVE TO UNDERGO HALF-DAY SCHOOL ING AND HALF-DAY VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN VARIOUS TRADES. BESIDES ENGLISH, THEY ARE TAUGHT CHINESE, SOCIAL STUDIES, MORAL EDUCATION AND GENERAL SCIENCE.
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FREE EASTERN ARTS EVENTS OFFERED
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FREE CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS WILL BE OFFERED BY THE +EASTERN DISTRICT ARTS FOR ALL+ PROGRAMME TO BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 17 UNTIL DECEMBER 7.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (FRIDAY), THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL, MADAM CHRISTINA TING, SAID THERE WILL BE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE DURING THE THREE-WEEK PROGRAMME.
+THE ACTIVITIES WILL SUIT THE DIFFERENT ARTISTIC TASTES AND INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC WITH A MIXTURE OF WESTERN AND ORIENTAL EVENTS, SHE SAID.
+THERE WILL BE CHINESE OPERAS, ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCES, A SINGING CONTEST AND VARIETY SHOWS.
+OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DEMONSTRATIONS ON FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS AND HANDICRAFT, TALKS ON DRAMA, AND AN EXHIBITION OF WINNING ENTRIES OF RECENT PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITIONS.+
MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD IN VICTORIA PARK AND AT VARIOUS COMMUNITY HALLS AND SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
/THE $160 000
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