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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1987

ENROLMENT FOR 1987 JOURNALISM SYMPOSIUM BEGINS

INVITED

JOURNALISTS ARE

TO ENROL IN THE 1987 JOURNALISM SYMPOSIUM TO BE ORGANISED BY THE JOURNALISM TRAINING BOARD OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL FROM OCTOBER 19 TO NOVEMBER 6.

THE

THE THREE-WEEK SYMPOSIUM IS ARRANGED ON A MODULE BASIS SO THAT PARTICIPANTS COULD TAKE PART IN ONE OR MORE MODULES AS THEY WISH.

A TOTAL OF 13 MODULES ARE OFFERED WHICH INCLUDE A THREE-DAY INTENSIVE COURSE ON PUTONGHUA, ONE-DAY COURSES ON NEWS TRANSLATION, INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES, BUSINESS NEWS REPORTING AND EDITING, PRESS LAW, CHINESE OR ENGLISH EDITING, NEWSROOM MANAGEMENT, LEGAL CONSTRAINTS ON REPORTING AND OTHERS.

OF

COURSE FEE FOR THE THREE-WEEK SYMPOSIUM IS $150 AS A RESULT A $20,000 SUBSIDY FROM THE COUNCIL. THE FEE WILL BE $10 PER DAY FOR THOSE WHO ATTEND ANY OF THE MODULES.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION ENQUIRIES, CONTACT SECRETARY OF 5-8932341 EXT. 283 DURING OFFICE HOURS.

IS OCTOBER 5. FOR FURTHER THE

TRAINING

BOARD

AT

NEW ROAD MARKINGS ON VICTORIA PARK ROAD

MOTORISTS FROM NORTH POINT HEADING FOR KOWLOON VIA THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR (IEC) WILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR GANTRY SIGNS AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT LANE AS SOON AS THEY DRIVE PAST CITY GARDENS.

THIS IS BECAUSE FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 28), A NEW "SOLID-CUM-BROKEN WHITE LINE" (I.E. A CONTINUOUS WHITE LINE ALONGSIDE A BROKEN WHITE LINE) SEPARATING CENTRAL-BOUND AND KOWLOON-BOUND TRAFFIC WILL BE INTRODUCED ALONG VICTORIA PARK ROAD STRETCHING ALL THE WAY FROM THE WESTERN EXIT OF THE IEC NEAR WATSON ROAD то THE PETROL STATION OUTSIDE EXCELSIOR HOTEL.

"AS A RESULT, VEHICLES BOUND FOR CENTRAL

ON THE OUTERMOST WESTBOUND LANE OF VICTORIA PARK ROAD WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO CUT INTO THE QUEUE OF KOWLOON-BOUND VEHICLES ON THE MIDDLE LANE. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEASURE IS TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRAFFIC FLOW FOR CENTRAL- BOUND VEHICLES. SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.

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