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Contact: Marilyn Walsh, 956-3862	Air Date: July 7, 1998

Honolulu CC on the cutting edge of fashion   Honolulu Community College is on the cutting edge of fashion, with help from the Hawaii Fashion Industry and Gerber Garment Technology, a leading supplier of manufacturing equipment in the garment industry. The new partnership will keep Hawaii's fashion industry workforce up-to-date through training in new computer-based technologies being used by the industry. Everybody wins. Gerbers offers training with state-of-the-art equipment, and helps ensure its positions as an equipment manufacturer. The garment industry is assured a steady supply of workers with skills, Honolulu CC gets a high-tech facility and the state of Hawaii benefits from the increased interest and efficiency in Hawaii's largest manufacturing industry. This has been the University Report, join me bright and early tomorrow morning for the UH Today segment on NBC Hawaii News8, I'm Tracy Orillo Donovan.

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