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FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1983
TENNIS COURSE FOR CHILDREN
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OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN EIGHT AND 14 YEARS OF AGE TO LEARN TO PLAY TENNIS.
THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG TENNIS ASSOCIATION AND THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE ARE JOINTLY ORGANISING A LEARN TO PLAY TENNIS+ COURSE TO BE HELD AT TUEN MUN TEMPORARY TENNIS COURT FROM MONDAY (AUGUST 1).
TWO-HOUR SESSIONS WILL BE HELD DAILY FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY. CLASSES GIVEN BY INSTRUCTORS APPOINTED BY THE HONG KONG TENNIS ASSOCIATION, WILL START AT 9 AM AND 11 AM.
THE COURSE FEE FOR EACH PARTICIPANT IS $20.
APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE HEADQUARTERS AND ITS TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE.
FURTHER ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE AT 5-458511, 5-741546 OR
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PRISONERS DO WELL IN BOOK-KEEPING EXAMS
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NINE YOUNG PRISONERS WHO PASSED THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES EXAMINATION ON ELEMENTARY BOOK-KEEPING +WITH REMARKABLE RESULTS+, WERE PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION TODAY.
THE RECIPIENTS, WHO ARE BETWEEN 20 AND 23 YEARS OF AGE, SAT FOR THE ELEMENTARY EXAMINATION IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR AND OBTAINED FIVE DISTINCTIONS AND FOUR PASSES.
THE BOOK-KEEPING COURSE WAS INTRODUCED IN PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN 1981 IN LINE WITH THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE CORRECTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING.
THIS COURSE IS AIMED AT GIVING INMATES A BASIC CONCEPT OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TO ENABLE THEM TO TAKE UP JOBS AFTER RELEASE OR TO ATTAIN HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS.
IT COMPRISES THREE 10-MONTH STAGES -- ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE AND HIGHER STAGES AND INCLUDES LESSONS IN CHINESE, ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
THREE OF THE RECIPIENTS HAVE SINCE BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE INSTITUTION, ONE OF WHOM HAS ENROLLED IN THE SUMMER COURSE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AT A POST-SECONDARY COLLEGE.
TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, OFFICERS AND MASTERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS PARENTS AND RELATIVES OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES.