MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1981
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SCHOOL PREFECTS TO HELP IN CLEAN HONG KONG DRIVE
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ALL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, INCLUDING SPECIAL SCHOOLS, ARE URGED TO JOIN THE SCHOOL LITTER PRÉFECT SCHEME WHICH WILL BE LAUNCHED SHORTLY IN SUPPORT OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
+THE SCHEME AIMS TO INCREASE STUDENTS AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEANLINESS AND TO ENHANCE THEIR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
DUTIES OF SCHOOL LITTER PREFECTS WILL INCLUDE DEVISING WAYS TO PERSUADE OTHER STUDENTS TO TAKE PRIDE IN KEEPING THE IR CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS CLEAN, AND TO PERSUADE THEM TO AVOID LITTERING.
SOME FIVE TO 10 SCHOOL LITTER PREFECTS WEARING SPECIAL BADGES SHOULD BE ON DUTY DAILY, AND SCHOOLS SHOULD ARRANGE FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE TURNS TO ASSUME DUTIES AS PREFECTS.
+THE DUTIES OF THE PREFECTS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO AREAS INSIDE THE SCHOOL, AND NO FINES SHOULD BE IMPOSED ON STUDENTS CAUGHT LITTERING IN SCHOOL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHEME WHICH ACHIEVE GOOD RESULTS WILL BE AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION, HE SAID.
LITTER PREFECT BADGES MAY BE COLLECTED FROM THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICERS OR OFFICERS IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WHEN SCHOOLS RETURN COMPLETED ENTRY FORMS.
ENTRY FORMS SHOULD BE FORWARDED BY HAND BETWEEN OCTOBER 31 AND NOVEMBER 6 TO THE DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICERS, FORMS FROM SPECIAL SCHOOLS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION.
AUGUST SURVEY OF FACTORIES
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INFORMATION FROM MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED IN AUGUST SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A DECREASE IN EMPLOYMENT BUT AN INCREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS COMPARED WITH JULY 1981, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT REPORTED TODAY (MONDAY).
IN ITS AUGUST SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND ORDERS ON HAND, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO SAID THE DECREASE IN EMPLOYMENT WAS MOST MARKED IN THE PLASTICS, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS SECTORS, AND THIS WAS LARGELY DUE TO STUDENTS HAVING LEFT THE IR SUMMER JOBS TOWARDS THE END OF AUGUST WHEN THE SURVEY WAS TAKEN.
HOWEVER, THE DEPARTURE OF THE STUDENTS FROM THE IR SUMMER JOBS WAS ALSO PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED RELATIVELY LOWER WACLS, THE REPORT STATES.
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