SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1984
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HE URGED EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE FIGURES ON STAFF EMPLOYED AND THOSE UNDER TRAINING, EXISTING VACANCIES AND OTHER RELATED MANPOWEER MATTERS.
THE SURVEY WILL COVER 137 LICENSED BANKS, 31 DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES AND 318 REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAK ING COMPANIES.
THE DATA COLLECTED WILL BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WILL BE PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENT.
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING AGENCY WILL BE HELPING WITH THE SURVEY.
AQUATIC SPORTS GET GOVERNMENT SUPPORT ****
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT PLACED GREAT EMPHASIS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AQUATIC SPORTS IN HONG KONG, MR DAVID CHIU, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (RECREATION AND SPORT) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY OF THE ASIAN CANOE CONFEDERATION INAUGURAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, MR CHIU SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THAT PLANS WERE IN HAND TO IMPROVE FACILITIES FOR VARIOUS WATER SPORTS SUCH AS CANOEING, ROWING AND BOATING ALONG THE SHING MUN RIVER.
+THE RIVER WILL DEVELOP ITS FULL POTENTIAL AS THE BIRTHPLACE AND TRAINING GROUND OF MANY OUTSTANDING HONG KONG WATER SPORTSMEN,+ HE ADDED.
A TOTAL OF 25 CANOEING EVENTS WERE HELD ALONG THE RIVER YESTERDAY AND TODAY. MORE THAN 110 CANOEISTS FROM JAPAN, CHINA, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, KOREA, INDONESIA AND HONG KONG TOOK PART IN THE EVENTS. THE CHAMPIONS AND WINNERS GOT THEIR PRIZES FROM MR CHIU THIS AFTERNOON.
THE CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE SPONSORED BY THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT AND THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD.
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