MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1985
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PIK UK YOUTHS GET EXAM HONOURS
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TWENTY-NINE YOUNG PERSONS FROM THE PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION WHO HAD DONE WELL IN TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS AND ELEMENTARY BOOK-KEEPING EXAMINATIONS RECEIVED THE IR CERTIFICATES TODAY FROM THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK.
TWELVE OF THEM HAD TAKEN THE SECOND YEAR CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS EXAMINATION LAST JUNE, OBTAINING 29 DISTINCTIONS, FOUR CREDITS AND TWO PASSES.
THE OTHERS HAD TAKEN THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ELEMENTARY BOOK-KEEPING EXAMINATION, EARNING 14 DISTINCTIONS AND THREE PASSES.
ALL THE YOUTHS WERE BETWEEN 19 AND 25 YEARS OF AGE.
OF THE CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS, SIX HAD ALREADY BEEN DISCHARGED, WHILE THE OTHERS WERE SERVING SENTENCES RANGING FROM THREE TO 11 YEARS.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR CHAN SAID THAT SINCE THE LAUNCHING OF THE FIRST TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS COURSE AT PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN 1977. 81 YOUTHS HAD TAKEN A TOTAL OF 237 PAPERS, OBTAINING 118 DISTINCTIONS AND 63 CREDITS.
IN ADDITION, 41 PERSONS HAD TAKEN THE BOOK-KEEPING COURSE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, EARNING 21 DISTINCTIONS.
MR CHAN SAID THEY HAD ALL SUCCEEDED THROUGH THEIR OWN EFFORTS, AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT, TUITION AND COUNSELLING OF MASTERS, INSTRUCTOR AND CUSTODIAL STAFF.
FORM FIVE BOY WINS TOP POSTER PRIZE
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A FORM FIVE STUDENT OF NEW METHOD COLLEGE, FUNG YIU-TUNG, WON A $2 000 SCHOLARSHIP TODAY FOR PRODUCING THE BEST POSTER IN THE METRICATION POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION.
THE COMPETITION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE METRICATION COMMITTEE AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WAS AIMED AT AROUSING YOUNG PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN METRICATION.
THE POSTER WAS SELECTED BY A PANEL OF JUDGES FROM A TOTAL OF 966 ENTRIES.
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