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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1989

BEEN INSTALLED IN LAI KING OTHER TWO ARE IN TAI TAM GAP

TWO OF THE MICRO-COMPUTERS HAVE TRAINING CENTRE (LKTC) WHILE THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION (TGCI).

THE "THE INTRODUCTION OF

NEW COMPUTER PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG BUT OFFENDERS WILL NOT ONLY TRAIN INMATES TO OPERATE MICRO-COMPUTERS,

TO A SERVICE

HELP BLIND ALSO PROVIDE

PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

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AND

THE PROGRAMME WILL MAINLY INVOLVE ENTERING TEXT FROM BOOKS

WILL BE STORED ON FLOPPY MAGAZINES INTO THE MICRO-COMPUTERS WHICH DISCS.

MACHINE AT THE HONG TURN OUT BRAILLE COPIES AS

THESE WILL THEN BE FED TO THE EMBOSSING KONG SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND, WHICH WILL REQUIRED.

TO

THE

FOR THE THE TWO DISKETTES

"UNDER THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENT, THE HONG KONG SOCIETY

AND DEPARTMENT

AT INMATES BLIND WILL SEND BOOKS INSTITUTIONS WILL TRANSFER THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOKS TO THE USING THE MICRO-COMPUTERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"AFTER COMPLETION AND PROOF-READING, WILL BE RETURNED AND EXCHANGED FOR ANOTHER BATCH.

THE BOOKS AND

DISKETTES

EACH ARE

IS ESTIMATED "THE INITIAL OUTPUT RATE

AT

PAGES 1,200 MONTH. WE EXPECT THAT THE OUTPUT MAY BE DOUBLED WHEN MORE INMATES TRAINED TO OPERATE THE MICRO-COMPUTERS," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

PETER MANN APPOINTED WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER

*

APPOINTED WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER

ADMINISTRATION

MR ALLAN ANNOUNCED

CHOW,

TODAY

MR PETER MANN HAS BEEN

AND NEW TERRITORIES

WITH EFFECT FROM NEXT MONDAY (JANUARY 30) TO SUCCEED

CITY THE (SATURDAY).

MR MANN JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN OXFORD UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTER OF ARTS AND LITERATURE.

1976 AFTER

GRADUATING FROM

DEGREE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

GOVERNMENT BRANCHES

OFFICE

WHERE HE KE WAS

HE HAS SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED IN A NUMBER OF

TUEN MUN DISTRICT AND DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE DEALT WITH DEVELOPMENT MATTERS, AND THE SECURITY BRANCH WHERE INVOLVED IN IMMIGRATION AND BORDER MATTERS.

TRANSPORT BRANCH,

WORKING

IN 1982, MR MANN WAS POSTED TO THE MAINLY ON THE PRIVATISATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION.

/HE WAS

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