SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1984
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KEEN RESPONSE TO VOTER DRIVE
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MORE THAN 80 PER CENT OF POTENTIAL VOTERS IN THE ISLAND DISTRICT HAD SIGNED UP FOR VOTING AT NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
OVER 7 700 PEOPLE HAD REGISTERED DURING THE SIX-WEEK REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN, RAISING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT TO ABOUT 22 000,
+THE KEEN RESPONSE SHOWS THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR DISTRICT, AND INDICATES GROWING INTEREST IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION,+ HE SAID.
MR YAP PRAISED RURAL LEADERS AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE IR TIME AND EFFORT IN HELPING TO PROMOTE THE CAMPAIGN.
HE ALSO COMMENDED LIAISON OFFICERS AND TEMPORARY COMMUNITY ORGANISERS FOR THE IR EFFORTS IN HELPING ISLANDERS REGISTER AS VOTERS.
MR YAP SAID THAT THOSE WHO HAVE MISSED OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN CAN STILL SIGN UP AT THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 9 AND 20.
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TRADE STAFF NEED TRAINING ******
ABOUT 10 000 PERSONNEL IN HONG KONG'S WHOLESALE-RETAIL AND IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES SECTOR NEED TRAINING ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO KEEP PACE WITH ITS EXPANSION AND THE GROWING SOPHISTICATION IN CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR.
THIS IS AMONG THE FINDINGS LISTED IN THE +1983 MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT ON THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES+ JUST PUBLISHED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT OF THESE PERSONNEL WILL BE AT MANAGERIAL AND SUPERVISORY LEVEL, WITH THE REST BEING AT CLERICAL LEVEL, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT PREPARED BY THE COUNCIL'S WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES TRAINING BOARD.
+ THE TRAINING NEED IN THESE TRADES WILL BE HIGH BECAUSE OF THE DOMINANCE OF SMALL FIRMS, WHICH ARE NOT LIKELY TO HAVE ADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR IN-HOUSE STAFF TRAINING, THE REPORT POINTS OUT.
/IT SAYS