MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1975
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ALTHOUGH OVER 180 INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN HONG KONG ARE OPERATING TRAINING SCHEMES, THE NUMBER OF APPRENTICES BEING TRAINED FALLS A LONG WAY SHORT OF THE TOTAL NEEDS INDICATED BY THE MANPOWER SURVEYS RECENTLY CONDUCTED BY THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL.
*WITH THE OPENING OF THIS NEW INSTITUTE AT KWUN TONG, AND ANOTHER AT KUAI CHUNG WHICH IS NEARING COMPLETION, IT IS HOPED THAT MANY MORE COMPANIES WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INCREASED NUMBER OF PART-TIME DAY RELEASE COURSES NOW DEING OFFERED FOR THEIR DENEFIT,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEWLY COMPLETED TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WILL BE BOXED FOR COLLECTION THIS EVENING.
LOTTERY DRAW TO BE TELEVISED
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THE DRAW FOR WINNING NUMBERS OF THE SECOND GOVERNMENT LOTTERY THIS YEAR WILL DE TELEVISED LIVE TO ENABLE MORE PEOPLE TO SHARE IN THE EXCITEMENT OF THE OCCASSION.
MR. KAI-YIN CHAU, CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE CITY HALL RESTAURANT TODAY THAT DETAILS WERE DEING WORKED OUT WITH HK-TVB TO SCREEN THE EVENT ON ITS POPULAR ENJOY YOURSELF TONIGHT+ PROGRAMME ON JUNE 20.
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THE DRAW WILL BE PERFORMED BY FOUR TVB ARTISTES LEE SEE-KEI, MIU KAM-FUNG, SUM SUM AND WAN LOU-MEI. THE FOUR BEAUTIES WILL ALSO HELP PROMOTE TICKET SALES BY PERSONALLY SELLING TICKETS AT THE KOWLOON STAR FERRY CONCOURSE AT 5 P.M. NEXT MONDAY (JUNE 16).
MR. CHAU EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT WITH TICKET SALES FOR THE LAST LOTTERY WHICH AMOUNTED TO ONLY 575,000 -- FAR DELOW THE 974,000 TICKETS SOLD IN THE FIRST LOTTERY LAST YEAR. THE DROP WAS PROBABLY DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS DURING THE SALE PERIOD, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT TICKET SALES FOR THE CURRENT AND FUTURE LOTTERIES WOULD PICK UP.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LOTTERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PRESENT AT TODAY'S CONFERENCE WERE : MR. DAVID WU CHUNG-SHING, MR. T.H. BARMA, MR. S.A.S. DUNLOP, MISS ANNE CHAN SUET-MAN, AND MR. GEORGE RAHMIN, SECRETARY TO THE COMMITTEE.
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