TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1991
30 INMATES PASS PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS
THIRTY YOUNG INMATES FROM THE PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION (PUCI) RECEIVED CERTIFICATES
(TUESDAY) AFTERNOON FOR HAVING PASSED PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.
THIS
THEY ACHIEVED A TOTAL OF FIVE DISTINCTIONS, 16 CREDITS AND 48 PASSES IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION, LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY EXAMINATIONS AND PITMAN EXAMINATIONS.
SPEAKING AT THE CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT PUCI, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL, MR DEREK PRITCHARD, STRESSED THAT EDUCATION WAS ONE OF THE KEYS TO SUCCESS.
THE FACT THAT THE INMATES HAD PASSED THE EXAMINATIONS SHOULD GIVE THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE, HE SAID.
"IT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF GETTING DOWN то DOING SOME LEARNING WITH PERSEVERANCE AND PATIENCE," HE ADDED.
SINCE 1979, A TOTAL OF 1,356 YOUNG INMATES HAD SAT FOR VARIOUS
EXAMINATIONS, PUBLIC
INCLUDING THOSE HELD BY THE HONG KONG AND INDUSTRY, EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY, THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
OF GUILDS THE PITMAN EXAMINATION INSTITUTE AND THE CITY
INSTITUTE.
AND
LONDON
THEY ACHIEVED A TOTAL OF 389 DISTINCTIONS, 191 CREDITS AND PASSES. THE AVERAGE PASS RATE IS 84 PER CENT.
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SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ON DOMESTIC HELPERS
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THE
DIGEST OF
SEPTEMBER 1990 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY STATISTICS CONTAINS A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ON DOMESTIC HELPERS.
HOUSEHOLDS
A TOTAL OF ABOUT 62,200 (OR 3.9 PER CENT) DOMESTIC WERE EMPLOYING ONE OR MORE DOMESTIC HELPERS IN 1989, COMPARED WITH THE SLIGHTLY LOWER FIGURES OF 59,000 (OR 3.8 PER CENT) IN 1988 AND (OR 3.6 PER CENT) IN 1987.
FOUR-FIFTHS OF
54,100
DOMESTIC EMPLOYERS' HOME) AND HELPERS (THOSE WHO
THESE HOUSEHOLDS EMPLOYED "LIVE-IN"
HELPERS
WHO STAYED OVERNIGHT IN THEIR (THOSE ABOUT 16 PER CENT EMPLOYED PART-TIME DOMESTIC WORKED LESS THAN 40 HOURS PER WEEK).
CONDUCTED
VIA
STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
THESE ARE FINDINGS FROM A SUPPLEMENTARY ENQUIRY THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY BY THE CENSUS AND DURING THE QUARTER FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1989.
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