THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1974
ASSURANCE TO SUBSIDIZED PRIMARY TEACHERS
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TODAY REITERATED ITS ASSURANCE THAT IT WOULD HELP ANY SUBSIDIZED PRIMARY TEACHER, WHO MIGHT BE OUT OF A JOB BECAUSE OF FALLING ENROLMENTS IN HIS SCHOOL, TO FIND WORK FOR HIM IN ANOTHER SCHOOL.
A SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ANY TEACHER WHO FOUND HIMSELF IN SUCH A POSITION SHOULD CONTACT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND HIS CASE WOULD BE INVESTIGATED.
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD NOT SO FAR RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING DISMISSALS IN THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR AS A RESULT OF FALLING ENROLMENTS.
THE SPOKESMAN RECALLED THAT IN MAY LAST YEAR A SIMILAR ASSURANCE WAS GIVEN TO AIDED PRIMARY TEACHERS WHO MIGHT LOSE THEIR JOBS BECAUSE OF FALLING ENROLMENTS THAT EVERY EFFORT WOULD BE MADE TO FIND WORK FOR THEM IN OTHER SCHOOLS.
THE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE TEACHING JOBS FOR MANY OF THE TEACHERS LAST YEAR, HE SAID.
PRESS CONFERENCE ON TEXTILE EXPORTS
NOTE TO EDITORS:
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DETAILS OF THE NEW AGREEMENT COVERING EXPORTS OF HONG KONG TEXTILES TO THE UNITED STATES WILL BE RELEASED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 11.30 A.M. TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IN THE 35 MM FILM THEATRE, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, FIFTH FLOOR.
PRESIDING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE MR. LAWRENCE MILLS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, WHO LED THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WHICH NEGOTIATED THE NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HR. PETER TSAO, AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE NEGOTIATING TEAM.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THIS PRESS CONFERENCE.
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