WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1985
SEMINAR ON FINANCIAL REPORTING OFFERED
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JOURNAL ISTS ARE INVITED TO ENROL IN A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR ENTITLED +UNDERSTANDING AND REPORTING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT+ TO BE HELD ON MAY 6 WITH A REPEAT ON MAY 7.
THE ONE-DAY PROGRAMME IS AN INTENSIVE PRACTICAL DISCUSSION OF COMPONENTS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
ORGANISED BY THE BANK OF AMERICA, THE SEMINAR IS CO-SPONSORED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS CLUB OF HONG KONG AND THE HONG KONG JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION.
THE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ACCOUNTANCY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA, MACAU, MR ANTHONY C.W. TAM, WILL BE THE INSTRUCTOR.
THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SPEAKING SEMINAR IS FREE OF CHARGE AND IS OPEN TO ALL JOURNALISTS IN HONG KONG. ENROLMENT IS LIMITED TO 35 PARTICIPANTS EACH CLASS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS,
CLOSING DATE OF APPLICATION IS APRIL 25. FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE SEMINAR AND APPLICATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM MR FRANK NG, SECRETARY OF THE JOURNAL ISM TRAINING BOARD ON 5-8932341 EXT. 283.
DE MEMBERS VISIT POWER STATION
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS VISITED THE AP LEI CHAU POWER STATION THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING TO LEARN ABOUT THE
PERATION OF THE STATION.
THE VISIT IS PART OF THE FAMILIARISATION PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE FOR MEMBERS OF THE NEW DISTRICT BOARD.
MEMBERS WERE FIRST BRIEFED BY THE STAFF OF THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD. ON THE GENERAL FEATURES OF THE STATION, FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF THE STATION.
IN ADDITION TO THE VISIT AND A ROUND-THE-DISTRICT TOUR HELD LAST MONTH, THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS ALSO ORGANISED TALKS BY OFFICIALS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON VARIOUS TOPICS.
TALKS HAVE BEEN GIVEN ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, TOWN PLANNING PROCEDURES, FUNCTIONS OF THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES AS WELL AS TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT MATTERS,
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE URBAN COUNCIL CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMME, THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEI TUNG ESTATE AND REHOUSING POLICY, AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL AND CULTUPAL PROGRAM. IN THE DISTRICT AT ANOTHER INFORMAL GATHERING THIS FRIDAY.
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