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MONDAY, JULY 30, 1984
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BIG BOOST FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING
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THE MAJOR EFFORTS AT EXPANSION IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION ARE NOW IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND THE UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS FOR OLDER TEENAGERS AND THOSE IN THE EARLY TWENTIES, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, SAID THIS EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE 10TH WORLD CONGRESS ON READING, HE NOTED THAT THE CONGRESS WAS TAKING PLACE AT A TIME WHEN HONG KONG WAS VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE URGENCY OF AN IMPROVED STANDARD OF EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE POPULATION.
+THIS IS NEEDED NOT ONLY FOR ITS OWN INTRINSIC IMPORTANCE BUT TO ENABLE HONG KONG TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF COMPETITORS ALL ROUND US IN OUR PRINCIPAL MARKETS IN AMERICA AND EUROPE.
+WE CANNOT EXPECT PROTECTION THERE. OUR WAGES ARE THE HIGHEST IN ASIA OUTSIDE JAPAN, SO THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE ON OUR PERFORMANCE IS BY OUR OWN WITS, HE SAID.
DESCRIBING THE CONGRESS AS +A GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT+ FOR THE RELATIVELY YOUNG HONG KONG READING ASSOCIATION, MR BRAY SAID THE INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION, WITH OVER 60 000 MEMBERS AND OVERSEAS AFFILIATES, HAD RIGHTLY STRESSED AS ITS MAIN CONCERN THE PROMOTION OF LITERACY AS WELL AS RESEARCH INTO THE PROCESS OF READING AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES.
+A CONGRESS WITH OVER ONE HUNDRED PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS, REPRESENTING THE DISTILLED WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF SPECIALISTS FROM OVER 20 COUNTRIES CANNOT FAIL TO HAVE FAR-REACHING BENEFITS AND WILL RESULT IN THE CROSS-FERTILISATION AND THE FRUITFUL EXCHANGE OF IDEAS,+ MR BRAY SAID.
SWIMMING POOL RESTAURANT FOR LEASE
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE OPERATION OF A GENERAL RESTAURANT AT THE YUEN LONG SWIMMING POOL.
LAST YEAR, ABOUT 250 000 BATHERS USED THE POOL, WITH THE HIGHEST DAILY ATTENDANCE REACHING 5 000 PEOPLE AT THE PEAK OF THE SWIMMING SEASON, AN NTSD SPOKESMAN SAID.
1987.
THE CONTRACT WILL BE FROM SEPTEMBER 1 THIS YEAR TO MARCH 31,
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