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MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1979
PRISONS DEPARTMENT STARTS RECRUITMENT DRIVE
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THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN A SERIES OF RECRUITMENT DRIVES TOMORROW (TUESDAY) TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN THE SERVICE.
A MOBILE RECRUITMENT CENTRE, WITH PRISONS DEPARTMENT STAFF ON HAND TO ANSWER QUERIES, WILL BE SET UP AT THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CITY DISTRICT OFFICE DURING OFFICE HOURS.
A SMALL-SCALE DISPLAY ON THE PENAL SYSTEM IN HONG KONG, THE MODERN PRISON SERVICE AND THE VARIED CAREER OF A PRISON OFFICER WILL ALSO BE SET UP AT THE KWAI FONG YOUTH CENTRE AT BLOCK 6, KWAI FONG ESTATE, TOMORROW.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE PRISON SERVICE OFFERED YOUNG PEOPLE A CHALLENGING CAREER WITH EXCELLENT PROMOTION PROSPECTS.
APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE GOOD PHYSIQUE AND PREFERABLY BE UNDER 35 YEARS OF AGE.
THE MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION AN APPLICANT MUST POSSESS IS COMPLETION OF PRIMARY EDUCATION.
THE STARTING SALARY FOR AN ASSISTANT OFFICER I VARIES FROM 1,450 TO $1,575 DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATION AND RISES TO A MAXIMUM OF $2,100.
A SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT HAS TO UNDERGO A 12-MONTH TRAINING PROGRAMME WHICH INCLUDES FIELD TRAINING.
JOBS FOUND FOR REDUNDANT TEACHERS *****
ALL OF THE 506 REDUNDANT TEACHERS IN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WHO REGISTERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PLACEMENT SERVICE IN MAY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PLACED IN VARIOUS SCHOOLS.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (MONDAY), THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE PLACEMENT SERVICE, MR. HO NGA-YEN, SAID OF THE TOTAL 533 REDUNDANT TEACHERS 15 FAILED TO REGISTER WHILE SIX DECLINED PLACEMENT, FIVE RESIGNED AND ONE WAS OVER-AGED.
LAST YEAR THE NUMBER OF REDUNDANT TEACHERS WAS 372.
COMMENTING ON THE HIGH FIGURE THIS YEAR, MR. HO SAID THAT THIS WAS LARGELY DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED CLOSURE OF A FEW SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
+1 AM DELIGHTED THAT NOT A SINGLE REDUNDANT TEACHER WHO REGISTERED WITH THE SERVICE HAS GONE WITHOUT A JOB.
+1 AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE MANY SCHOOL AUTHORITIES FOR
THE IR CO-OPERATION TO MAKE THIS COME ABOUT, HE SAID.
THE PLACEMENT SERVICE HAS HELPED A TOTAL OF 1,630 REDUNDANT TEACHERS FIND ALTERNATIVE TEACHING JOBS SINCE IT WAS SET UP IN 1975.
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