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SUNDAY, MAY 1-, 1985
*ALTHOUGH TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF ALL TRADE UNIONS ALSO INCREASED
IT LEAVES FROM ABOUT $38 MILLION IN 1979 TO $76.5 MILLION IN 1984, AN AGGREGATED CREDIT BALANCE OF ABOUT $39 MILLION TO 432 TRADE UNIONS, + MR CHAN SAID.
MR CHAN SAID ANOTHER ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT LAST YEAR WAS THAT 10 PREMISES WERE PURCHASED BY VARIOUS TRADE UNIONS, SHOWING THE IR GREAT CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
HE SAID THE REGISTRY HAD EMBARKED ON A SERIES OF TRADE UNION EDUCATION COURSES SINCE LATE 1983 WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTING HIGHER STANDARD AND QUALITIES OF MANAGEMENT AMONG TRADE UNIONS,
*ALL THE COURSES WERE WELL-RESPONDED AND THE ATTENDANCE WAS VERY SATISFACTORY.
+SINCE JANUARY, SEVEN TRADE UNION MANAGEMENT COURSES WERE COMPLETED AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SIX COMING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. +
IN ADDITION, HE SAID, THE REGISTRY WAS PLANNING ANOTHER SIX COURSES ON TRADE UNION BOOK-KEEPING, AND THREE ON TRADE UNION ACCOUNTS AUDITING BEFORE THE END OF 1985.
+MAY BE AS AN INDIRECT RESULT OF THIS TRADE UNION EDUCATION PROGRAMME WHICH WAS STARTED SLIGHTLY OVER A YEAR AGO, THE NUMBER OF CONTRAVENTIONS OF THE TRADE UNIONS ORDINANCE HAS REDUCED BY SOME 30 PER CENT. IT DROPPED FROM 128 IN 1983 TO 89 IN 1984.
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INDEED, VERY DELIGHTED TO SEE THIS SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT, HE SAID.
EXAMINATION CENTRES FOR STUDENTS ON ISLANDS
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LANTAU AND CHEUNG CHAU STUDENTS SITTING FOR THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION (HKCEE), NO LONGER HAVE TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES TO TAKE THEIR TESTS.
EXAMINATION CENTRES HAVE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, BEEN SET UP IN THE TWO ISLANDS TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS SITTING FOR THE ANNUAL EXAMINATION.
IN THE PAST, STUDENTS LIVING IN OUTLYING ISLANDS HAD TO TRAVEL TO THE URBAN AREAS TO SIT FOR THE HKCEE, BUT THROUGH EFFORTS OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE, THEY NOW USE THE NEW FACILITIES ON LANTAU AND CHEUNG CHAU ISLANDS.
/THE COMMITTEE,