SUNDAY, FEBRUARI 22, 1987
+BY ORGANISING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES, THE CO- OPERATIVE SPIRIT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE IS PUT INTO PRACTICE,+ SHE SAID.
MRS FUNG ALSO NOTED THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN LIAISING WITH OTHER LOCAL BODIES AND IN JOINING HANDS WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO STRIVE FOR BETTER WELFARE FOR THE PEOPLE.
SHE URGED THE SOUTH AREA RESIDENTS TO KEEP UP THE IR CO- OPERATIVE SPIRIT, TO BEAR THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY AT HEART, AND TO GIVE MORE SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS.
THE FUN DAY WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT SOUTH AREA COMMITTEE AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.
ABOUT 1 000 PEOPLE WERE THREATED TO A TWO-HOUR SHOW PRESENTED BY THE SOUTH AREA TAI CHI CLASS, SINGERS, ACROBATS AND MAGICIANS.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE FUNCTION INCLUDED AN URBAN COUNCILLOR, DR RONALD LEUNG: CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTH AREA COMMITTEE, MR IP CHI-HOI AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR CHOW CHUN-FAI.
MORE PEOPLE FIND JOBS THROUGH LES *****
THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (LES) OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT PLACED MORE THAN 36 800 PEOPLE IN EMPLOYMENT LAST YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 15 PER CENT OVER 1985.
AND THE SERVICE WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF 106 000 VACANCIES BY EMPLOYERS LOOKING FOR STAFF, A RISE OF ABOUT 46 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE SERVICE, MR YEUNG CHI-KIN, SAID IT PROVIDED A FREE PLACEMENT SERVICE HELPING EMPLOYERS TO RECRUIT SUITABLE STAFF AND JOB-SEEKERS TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT.
HE EXPECTED THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES ABOUT WHICH THE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED WOULD INCREASE IN THE COMING MONTHS AS EMPLOYERS TENDED TO RECRUIT NEW EMPLOYEES AFTER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THE SERVICE OPERATES FROM 15 OFFICES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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