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COUNTRY: PRC
SUBJ:
WUHAN OPENS TRAINING CLASS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
SOURCE:
BEIJING XINHUA IN ENGLISH 1524 GMT 20 MAR 91
TEXT :
((TEXT)) WUHAN, MARCH 20 (XINHUA) -- A TOTAL OF 130 RETIREES
AGED BETWEEN 55 TO 81 PARTICIPATED IN A CEREMONY MARKING THE OPENING
OF THE COUNTRY'S FIRST TRAINING CLASS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS TODAY,
THE CLASS WAS SET UP BY THE WUHAN SENIOR CITIZENS' UNIVERSITY,
HUBEI UNIVERSITY, AND THE WUHAN WORKERS' COLLEGE OF MEDICAL
SCIENCES,
IT WAS LEARNED THAT THESE AGED PEOPLE WILL STUDY SUCH TOPICS AS
CHINESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, TRADITIONAL CHINESE PAINTING,
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, AND LAW FOR THREE YEARS.
WUHAN SENIOR CITIZENS' UNIVERSITY WAS SET UP IN 1985.
IN THE
PAST SIX YEARS, THE UNIVERSITY HAS OPENED 22 SPECIAL COURSES,
INCLUDING ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT, CALLIGRAPHY, PAINTING, CHINESE
QIGONG, AND DANCING, TO MORE THAN 15,000 RETIRED PEOPLE.
IN 1988, THE UNIVERSITY OPENED LEGAL COURSES TO 65 ELDERLY
TRAINEES. AT PRESENT, 17 OF THESE TRAINEES HAVE BEEN INVITED TO
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