MONDAY, DECCEKKEN 7,
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+OUR MAIN PURPOSE IS TO ENLIST COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG, AND DISSUADE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM EXPERIMENTING WITH ILLICIT DRUGS OR TAKING PART IN DRUG TRAFFICKING, HE SAID.
THE TWO-WEEK CAMPAIGN FEATURES SEMINARS, EXHIBITIONS, FILM SHOWS, BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS, SLOGAN AND POSTER DESIGN COMPETITIONS.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GORDON MORTIMER, AND THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON.
FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, A 90-MINUTE POP CONCERT WAS STAGED AT THE YUEN LONG STADIUM.
TECHNOLOGISTS BEING SURVEYED
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FIELD WORK OF A FIVE-WEEK SURVEY ON THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF TECHNOLOGISTS EMPLOYED IN MAJOR INDUSTRIES BEGAN TODAY.
THE SURVEY, WHICH IS SUPPLEMENTARY TO EXISTING MANPOWER SURVEYS, IS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MANPOWER ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
+INFORMATION TO BE COLLECTED WILL BE VITAL IN FORMULATING TRAINING AND EDUCATION PLANS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMY, A COMMITTEE SPOKESMAN SAID.
EMPLOYERS WERE REQUESTED TO COOPERATE BY FURNISHING INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGISTS EMPLOYED AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.
THE SPOKESMAN GAVE ASSURANCE THAT ALL DATA COLLECTED WOULD BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT, QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY NOTES WERE SENT TO EMPLOYERS SELECTED FROM RANDOM SAMPLING.
OFFICERS FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT THESE FIRMS TO COLLECT AND HELP COMPLETE THE FORMS.
ALSO HELPING IN THE SURVEY IS THE GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING AGENCY.
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