MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1983
QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY NOTES HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO 250 EMPLOYERS SELECTED FROM RANDOM SAMPLING.
OFFICERS FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT THESE FOOTWEAR FACTORIES FROM NOVEMBER 28 TO DECEMBER 5 TO COLLECT AND HELP COMPLETE THE FORMS.
DATA SUPPLIED BY EMPLOYERS ARE VITAL IN FORMULATING TRAINING PLANS FOR THE INDUSTRY.
THE SPOKESMAN URGED EMPLOYERS TO COOPERATE BY GIVING ACCURATE INFORMATION,
HE ALSO STRESSED THAT ALL DATA COLLECTED WOULD BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND PUBLISHED ONLY IN A FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
ALSO ASSISTING IN THE SURVEY ARE THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING AGENCY.
EXHIBITION ON DISEASES BEING HELD
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION ON THE PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN TUEN MUN,
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE EXHIBITION WILL BE STAGED AT THE TUEN MUN ON TING - YAU OF COMMUNITY HALL FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) TO FRIDAY, BETWEEN 10 AM AND 9.30 PM DAILY.
THE EXHIBITION WILL COVER FOUR SESSIONS - INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICABLE DISEASES: HOW TO INCREASE IMMUNITY AGAINST THEM; THE MODE OF TRANSMISSION, SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION; AND THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS AT CONTROL AND HOW THE PUBLIC CAN HELP.
A COLOURING COMPETITION FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 10 WILL ALSO BE HELD DURING THE EXHIBITION PERIOD AND THE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 5 AT TUEN MUN ON TING - YAU OI COMMUNITY HALL.
PICTURES FOR THE COLOURING COMPETITION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE COMMUNITY HALL AND ENTRY FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED BEFORE NOVEMBER 25.
DURING THE EXHIBITION, A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS ON THE PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES WILL BE HELD FOR STUDENTS.
THE TUEN MUN EXHIBITION WILL BE THE LAST OF THE SERIES OF DISTRICT EXHIBITIONS BEING HELD THIS YEAR. PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS AND WORKSHOPS, WHICH WERE HELD IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE TERRITORY, ATTRACTED MORE THAN 45 000 PEOPLE.
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