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THEY ALSO HELD THE VIEW THAT ADDITIONAL SPECIAL NEEDS WOULD BE MODEST BUT NEVERTHELESS HEALTHY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.
EXPENDITURE ON THEIR ESSENTIAL FOR NORMAL
THE ESTIMATED INCREASE IN ANNUAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURE ARISING FROM THE NEW SCHEME AS AT MID-1990/91 WILL BE ABOUT $45 MILLION.
SWAC MEMBERS RECOMMENDED THAT, TO MEET THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN, A CHILD SUPPLEMENT OF $170 PER CHILD BE PAID TO FAMILIES ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR USE AT THEIR DISCRETION.
ON ANOTHER ISSUE, SWAC MEMBERS RECOMMENDED THAT LEGISLATION PROHIBITING PARENTS AND GUARDIANS FROM LEAVING CHILDREN UNATTENDED IN THE HOME SHOULD NOT BE INTRODUCED. INSTEAD, PUBLICITY SHOULD BR STEPPED UP.
COMMON RECRUITMENT EXAMINATION 1990-91
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THE ANNUAL COMMON RECRUITMENT EXAMINATION (CRE) FOR FIVE CIVIL SERVICE GRADES WILL BE HELD ON A SATURDAY IN MID-NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
THE FIVE GRADES ARE: ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (AO), EXECUTIVE OFFICER II (EO II), ASSISTANT LABOUR OFFICER (ALO), MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICER II (MSO II) AND ASSISTANT TRADE OFFICER II (ATO II).
"IN GENERAL, GRADUATES WHO POSSESS A DEGREE FROM A HONG KONG OR BRITISH UNIVERSITY, OR EQUIVALENT, WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
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"UNDERGRADUATES WHO ARE TAKING THEIR FINAL DEGREE EXAMINATIONS IN SUMMER 1991 MAY ALSO APPLY WHILE DIPLOMA HOLDERS MAY ALSO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE MSO II POSTS, AND EXCEPTIONALLY FOR THE EO II POST, HE SAID.
FIRST HELD IN 1984, THE EXAMINATION HAS BEEN USED TO SHORTLIST THE LARGE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WHO MEET THE MINIMUM ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS FOR INTERVIEW.
"IT WAS INTRODUCED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SEPARATE EXAMINATIONS WHICH CANDIDATES HAD TO TAKE FOR DIFFERENT CIVIL SERVICE
JOBS.
"IT HAS ESPECIALLY RELIEVED THE BURDEN OF MULTIPLE EXAMINATIONS ON UNDERGRADUATES WHO PREPARE FOR THEIR FINAL UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THIS YEAR'S CRE WILL FOLLOW THE PATTERN OF PREVIOUS YEARS 1 AND CONSIST OF THREE PAPERS.
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