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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TO Y APPEALED TO CIVIC-MINDED CITIZENS INTERESTED IN THE WOOK OF THE URBAN COUNCIL TO SUBMIT THEIR NOMINATIONS BEFORE FRIZZY (JANUARY 28).
THE URBAN COUNCIL PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY, HE SAID.
+WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE OF CALIBRE, HAVING THE WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC AT HEART AND WILLING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY TO STAND IN THE ELECTIONS,+ HE ADDED.
UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, THE ELECTED URBAN COUNCILLORS WILL AUTOMATICALLY SERVE ON DISTRICT BOARDS.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST CONSTITUENCY-BASED URBCO ELECTIONS WITH ONE CANDIDATE TO BE ELECTED FROM EACH OF THE 15 CONSTITUENCIES.
THERE ARE 708 119 REGISTERED VOTERS FOR THE COMING ELECTIONS. FOR THE LAST URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WERE ONLY 34 000 PEOPLE REGISTERED AS VOTERS.
AS THE SIZE OF THE REGISTERED ELECTORATE IN EACH URBCO CONSTITUENCY IS NOW MUCH LARGER THAN THAT OF AN AVERAGE DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCY, THE EXPECTED VOTER TURNOUT SHOULD BE CORRESPONDINGLY GREATER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
POLYTECHNIC GRADUATES IN DEMAND ***
DESPITE A SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION IN THE GRADUATE OUTPUT OF THE POLYTECHNIC, ITS STUDENTS ARE VERY MUCH SOUGHT AFTER BY EMPLOYERS IN ALL FIELDS.
THIS IS EASILY DEMONSTRATED BY THE SPEEDY MANNER WITH WHICH THEY OBTAIN THEIR JOBS AND THE INCREASED STARTING SALARIES THEY RECEIVE EACH YEAR.
THIS WAS STATED BY SIR S.Y. CHUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE POLYTECHNIC COUNCIL, AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH CIVIL SERVICE CAREERS EXHIBITION AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING.
ELABORATING ON HIS FIRST POINT, SIR S.Y. SAID BETWEEN 93 TO 96 PER CENT OF THE POLYTECHNIC GRADUATES WERE EITHER IN GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT OR PURSUING FURTHER STUDIES WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF THEIR GRADUATION.
ONLY 183 CR 7.2 PER CENT OF THE 2 558 STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED LAST YEAR CLAIM TO BE STILL UNEMPLOYED. AND THIS IS PARTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FACT THAT GRADUATES NOWADAYS TEND TO E MORE SELECTIVE ABOUT THEIR JOBS AND EXPLOYERS AND HENCE TAKE LONGER TO SETTLE DOWN IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT.