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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1985
BETWEEN JUNE 1984 AND JUNE 1985, INCREASES OF 5.2 PER CENT, 14.1 PER CENT AND 4.4 PER CENT WERE REGISTERED IN THE NOMINAL INDEX OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR RESPECTIVELY.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES IN THE REAL INDEX OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED WERE 2.4 PER CENT, 11.0 PER CENT AND 1.5 PER CENT.
DETAILED BREAKDOWNS OF THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE QUARTERLY REPORT OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS, JUNE 1985. WHICH WILL SHORTLY BE AVAILABLE AT HK$11 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG AND AT THE SALES COUNTER OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT ROOM 1904, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
STUDENTS GAIN ESSAY AWARDS
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A HONG KONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL BOY HAS GAINED SECOND PLACE IN THE YOUNGEST CATEGORY OF THE 1984-85 INTERNATIONAL ESSAY COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY IN LONDON.
HUNG FAN-NGAI OF ST. PAUL'S CO-EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE WILL BE RECEIVING CASH AND BOOK PRIZES FROM THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY IN LONDON FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT,
KITTY HO OF ST. MARY'S CANOSSIAN COLLEGE HAS HIGHLY
COMMENDED FOR HER ESSAY IN THE SAME GROUP, CLASS C.
SOME 1 000 ENTRANTS FROM 279 SCHOOLS OF 39 COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES TOOK PART IN THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION, WITH 508 OF THEM BEING ENTERED IN CLASS C FOR CANDIDATES OF 12 AND UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE.
IN CLASS A OF THE COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS OF 16 AND UNDER 19, JANE NG OF DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL WAS HIGHLY COMMENDED AND JANE CHENG OF ST. MARY'S CANOSSIAN COLLEGE WAS 'COMMENDED'.
TWO OTHER STUDENTS, TAKING PART IN THE COMPETITION IN CLASS B FOR STUDENTS OF 14 AND 16, WERE HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE IR
SCHOOL AND CINDY CHAN ESSAY: KAREN MORRIES OF DIOCESAN GIRLS' OF SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE.
THE ESSAY COMPETITION IS HELD ANNUALLY BY THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY, TO ENCOURAGE COMMONWEALTH STUDIES.
THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARDS PRIZES TO THE BEST THREE COMPETITORS IN EACH CLASS OF THE PRELIMINARY ROUND HELD LOCALLY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE HONG KONG STUDENTS REFLECTED THEIR HIGH ACADEMIC ABILITY.
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