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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1990

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52 CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS AWARDED

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FIFTY-TWO CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS WHO HAD COMPLETED A BASIC TRAINING COURSE WERE AWARDED CERTIFICATES TODAY (THURSDAY).

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IN A CEREMONY AT THE CHINESE LANGUAGE DIVISION OF

DEPUTY GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THE

DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION, DAVID DOWDING, PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO THE GRADUATES OF THE TWELFTH, THIRTEETH, FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH BASIC TRAINING COURSES NEWLY-RECRUITED CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS.

FOR

THE BASIC TRAINING COURSE LASTS ABOUT ONE YEAR AND WAS

AND DEVELOPMENT

OF ORGANISED BY THE TRAINING

SECTION

THE CHINESE

LANGUAGE DIVISION.

CHINESE

LANGUAGE

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE WAS ΤΟ HELP NEWLY-RECRUITED OFFICERS DEVELOP THE NECESSARY TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION TECHNIQUES THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE AND SYSTEMATIC PROGRAMME AND PRACTICAL WORK.