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EDUCATION AND
THE BOARD, THEREFORE, RECOMMENDED THAT TERTIARY TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS PRODUCE MORE GRADUATES IN ACCOUNTANCY.
THERE HAD
A CHANGE OF RECRUITMENT PATTERN ALSO REFLECTED THAT BEEN INSUFFICIENT LOCAL TRAINED ACCOUNTING MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS.
MONTHS
BEFORE THE SURVEY,
WITHIN A PERIOD OF 12
ABOUT PROFESSIONALS HAD BEEN RECRUITED FROM OVERSEAS TO FILL POSTS AT
LEVELS.
NEVERTHELESS, AN EXPLANATION GIVEN THESE OVERSEAS RECRUITS MIGHT WELL BE HONG FOR RE-EMPLOYMENT HERE.
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THESE
FOR THE
KONG
CHANGE WAS THAT EMIGRANTS RETURNING
1986, THERE WERE ABOUT
SEPTEMBER THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT IN 51,000 ACCOUNTING EMPLOYEES IN THE FOUR SURVEYED SECTORS.
IN
EMPLOYERS FORECAST THAT THE NUMBER WOULD INCREASE TO 54,000
CENT AND THREE 1987 AND THEN TO 55,800 IN 1988, A GROWTH OF SIX PER PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE 1986 MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT ON ACCOUNTANCY, CONTAINING IS NOW UP-TO-DATE EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS OF THE ACCOUNTING WORKFORCE, ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AT $15.50 A COPY.
CUSTOMS CRACKDOWN ON FAKE GOODS IMPORT INCREASED
CUSTOMS AT
THE AIRPORT FAR THIS YEAR SPOKESMAN FOR THE
THE NUMBER OF TRAVELLERS ARRESTED BY FOR IMPORT OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS HAS ALMOST TREBLED SO
PERIOD LAST
A YEAR, AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
AND
COUNTERFEIT GOODS MAY HE WARNED THAT TRAVELLERS WHO BRING IN BE PROSECUTED AND ARE LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO A FINE OF $500,000 IMPRISONMENT FOR FIVE YEARS.
IMPORTS
END OF
BY
AIRPORT
PERIOD
COMMENTING ON THE MARKED INCREASE IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS
RESIDENTS, HE SAID UP BY BOTH TOURISTS AND LOCAL
TO THE
NOVEMBER, 233
PASSENGERS INCOMING
HAD BEEN ARRESTED CUSTOMS THIS YEAR, WHILE ONLY 85 ARRESTS WERE MADE IN THE SAME
LAST YEAR.
/"THE VALUE