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THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1988
THE NEXT STOP FOR THE REGIONAL SECRETARY WAS YUEN YUEN INSTITUTE, LOCATED ON THE SCENIC HILL SLOPES IN LO WAI.
MR SUEN WAS BRIEFED ON THE VARIOUS CHARITY AND WELFARE SERVICES PERFORMED BY THE ORGANISATION. HE ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WERE MORE THAN 100,000 WORSHIPPERS AND TOURISTS VISITING THE INSTITUTE EVERY YEAR.
AS FOR ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. MR SUEN LEARNT THAT THE INSTITUTE HAD EMBARKED ON AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT OF BUILDING A CARE AND ATTENTION HOME AND A "LING SHIU DIN" CHAMBER IN COMMEMORATION OF "KWAN DAI".
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY THEN RETURNED TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO ATTEND A TEA RECEPTION, WHERE HE MET AND EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ON MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST TO THE DISTRICT.
MR SUEN SAID HE WAS VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT AND MEETING THE LEADERS OF THE VARIOUS LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN TSUEN WAN .
AND ON THIS NOTE, HE CONCLUDED HIS TOUR OF TSUEN WAN, WHICH WAS ALSO THE LAST STOP OF HIS VISIT TO THE NINE DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
JOBS FOUND FOR REDUNDANT TEACHERS
WHO
ALL 365 REDUNDANT TEACHERS IN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS REGISTERED WITH THE PLACEMENT SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PLACED IN VARIOUS SCHOOLS, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
"THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS GRATEFUL TO SCHOOL AUTHORITIES FOR THEIR FULL SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION IN ACCEPTING REDUNDANT TEACHERS REFERRED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO FILL THEIR VACANCIES," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE PLACEMENT SERVICE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1975 TO ASSIST REDUNDANT TEACHERS IN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS SEEKING ALTERNATIVE JOBS AS A RESULT OF A DROP IN THE POPULATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE OR BECAUSE OF A POPULATION SHIFT FROM URBAN AREAS TO THE NEW TOWNS.
ABOUT 5,400 TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ASSISTED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE ALTERNATIVE POSTS BETWEEN 1975 AND THIS YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN THE MEANTIME, WRITTEN ADVICE WILL BE SENT ΤΟ ALL AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS INFORMING THEM THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED то ENTER INTO EMPLOYMENT WITH NEW TRAINED TEACHERS AS FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
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