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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1987
SO FAR, 95 CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS HAD BEEN GIVEN GRANTS TOTALLING $7.8 MILLION.
THE 24 PROJECTS APPROVED THIS FINANCIAL YEAR INCLUDED THE SETTING UP OF FUNCTION ROOMS FOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DANCING, GYMNASTICS AND PHOTOGRAPHY, THE PROVISION OF TENNIS COURTS AND BASKETBALL COURTS, AS WELL AS WORKS TO IMPROVE FACILITIES AT CAMP SITES.
THE ORGANISATIONS RECEIVING GRANTS WERE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL, HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS, KWUN TONG METHODIST CENTRE, HOLY NATIVITY CHURCH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE, PO LEUNG KUK PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP, S.K. H. LADY MACLE HOSE CENTRE, SUEN DOUH CAMP THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, FINNISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, STEWARDS COMPANY - CHAK ON YOUTH CENTRE, YAU MA TEI AND TSIMS HATSUI RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION, MA WAN FISHERMEN'S BETTER LIVING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, SAN TIN RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION LTD (RECREATION CENTRE), TUEN MUN DRAGON BOAT RACE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BALLET GROUP, EASTERN DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL, TAI O RURAL COMMITTEE AND WAN CHAI DISTRICT ARTS, CULTURAL, RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION.
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FOR THE 1987-88 ALLOCATION, APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS WILL BE INVITED IN MARCH WITH THE CLOSING DATE IN MID-MAY.
CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO PROJECTS THAT ARE MAINLY FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, CAN BENEFIT A LARGE SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON REASONABLE REQUEST.
THEY SHOULD ALSO BE SPECIFICALLY OF THE BRICK AND MORTAR+ TYPE, BE DESIGNED TO DEVELOP THE INDIVIDUAL AND ENCOURAGE PURPOSEFUL USE OF LEISURE TIME AND PRIMARILY BENEFIT YOUNG PEOPLE.
PRINTING INDUSTRY ANTICIPATES MODERATE GROWTH *****
MANPOWER OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AT A MODERATE RATE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, ACCORDING TO FINDINGS OF A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE PRINTING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
TO COPE WITH THE MANPOWER NEED FROM 1987 TO 1991, THE PRINTING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD SUGGESTED THAT EMPLOYERS IN THE INDUSTRY SHOULD TAKE IN ABOUT 120 TECHNICIANS AND 530 CRAFTMEN A YEAR.
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