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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1985
CAREERS QUIZ WINNERS AWARDED HOME COMPUTERS
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THREE FORM FIVE STUDENTS WHO SCORED THE HIGHEST MARKS IN THE CAREERS QUIZ COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) EACH AWARDED WITH A HOME COMPUTER.
THEY WERE LUK LAI-MEI OF SHUN LEE CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL, CHIU WAI-SHING OF CHENG GENE HANG COLLEGE AND NG KIT-YEE OF SHUN LEE CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL.
THREE SCHOOLS, CHENG GENE HANG COLLEGE, CHEUNG SHA WAN CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL AND KOWLOON TRUE LIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH SCORED THE HIGHEST AVERAGE MARKS ALSO RECEIVED THEIR TROPHIES FROM THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN CHEN.
AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON, MR CHEN SAID THAT MORE THAN 90 000 STUDENTS FROM OVER 200 SECONDARY SCHOOLS TOOK PART IN THE CAREERS QUIZ THIS YEAR, A RECORD BOTH IN THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS SINCE THE ANNUAL EVENT STARTED IN 1982.
+THIS REFLECTS THE GROWING SUPPORT FROM SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS FOR CAREERS ACTIVITIES AND IS ENCOURAGING TO THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THIS DEPARTMENT, HE SAID.
MR CHEN SAID THE QUIZ WAS ONE OF THE LARGE SCALE CAREERS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE YEAS TO AROUSE CAREERS AWARENESS OF THE STUDENTS.
IT ALSO ENCOURAGED THE STUDENTS TO THINK MORE POSITIVELY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE CAREERS AND OCCUPATIONS AND HELPED THEM CONDUCT MORE USEFUL CAREERS INFORMATION RESEARCH.
HE SAID THE QUIZ OWED ITS SUCCESS TO THE CONCERTED AND SUSTAINED EFFORTS OF MANY PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS, PARTICULARLY THE PRINCIPALS AND CAREERS TEACHERS OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS.
MR CHEN ALSO THANKED WONG'S KONG KING LIMITED, WHO SPONSORED ALL THE PRIZES INCLUDING THE THREE HOME COMPUTERS, AND THE GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING AGENCY FOR MARKING THE ANSWER SHEETS.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY TO PRESENT THE HOME COMPUTERS WAS MR W.S. WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WONG'S INDUSTRIAL (HOLDINGS) LTD.
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