THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1986
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE POTENTIAL ELECTORS NUMBER 1 630 000, AND IN ORDER TO MOBILISE THEM TO GET REGISTERED. THE GOVERNMENT WILL EMBARK ON A TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLICITY PROGRAMME FROM AUGUST 15. THE PUBLICITY PACKAGE INCLUDES PROMINENT POSTER DISPLAY, RADIO AND TELEVISION APPEAL MESSAGES, AND TELEVISION INTERVIEWS WITH ELECTORAL SERVICES OFFICERS.
REGISTRATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, POST OFFICES, PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE OFFICES, IMMIGRATION OFFICES, AND THE 400 BRANCHES OF THE HONG KONG BANK AND THE HANG SENG BANK.
DURING THE REGISTRATION PERIOD, DISTRICT OFFICES STAFF WILL PROVIDE A FREE ENQUIRY SERVICE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND ASSIST THEN COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION FORMS.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE WAS MR LAI KWAN-TAT, THE REGISTRATION OFFICER.
FREE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES CATER TO DIFFERENT NEEDS *****
WELL EDUCATED AND PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED PERSONS ARE THE CREAM AND VALUABLE ASSETS OF HONG KONG SOCIETY, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN CHEN, SAID.
AND PLACEMENT OF THESE HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONS IN SUITABLE JOBS WOULD NOT ONLY ENABLE THEM TO DERIVE SATISFACTION FROM THEIR WORK, BUT WOULD ALSO HELP OPTIMISE THE USE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE -- YOUNG PEOPLE, HE ADDED.
SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON OF THE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT CLUB TODAY (THURSDAY), MR CHEN SAID AN AVERAGE OF 4 900 STUDENTS WENT ABROAD EACH YEAR TO STUDY IN UNIVERSITIES IN BRITAIN, CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES.
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO STATISTICS SHOWING THE NUMBER WHO RETURN TO HONG KONG, ABOUT 3 000 OVERSEAS GRADUATES LAST YEAR REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S HIGHER EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT SERVICE WHICH PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO JOB-SEEKERS WITH TERTIARY EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, IN PARTICULAR HONG KONG STUDENTS EDUCATED OVERSEAS.
+THEY FIND OUR SERVICE USEFUL IN LEARNING ABOUT HONG KONG'S JOB MARKET AND MANY OF THEM ARE SUBSEQUENTLY PLACED THROUGH THE SERVICE IN JOBS CLOSELY RELATED TO THEIR TRAINING, MR CHEN SAID.
/HE NOTED
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