WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1991
26
18 INMATES PASS PUBLIC EXAMS
EIGHTEEN FEMALE INMATES FROM THE ΤΑΙ TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION THIS (WEDNESDAY)
RECEIVED CERTIFICATES PASSING PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.
AFTERNOON
FOR
THEY OBTAINED A TOTAL OF THREE DISTINCTIONS, FOUR CREDITS AND 20 PASSES IN PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS HELD BY THE PITMAN EXAMINATION INSTITUTION AND THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE,
SPEAKING AT A CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE INSTITUTION, WIFE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MRS V.J. MCCOSH, PRAISED THE INSTITUTION'S EDUCATION STAFF FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE REHABILITATION OF THESE YOUNG OFFENDERS.
"EXPERIENCE HAS TOLD US THAT INMATES MAKE A BETTER CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY AND THEY STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF SECURING EMPLOYMENT, OR CONTINUING THEIR STUDIES AFTER RELEASE, IF THEY ARE ENCOURAGED
STUDY AND ORTAIN RECOGNITION THROUGH ACCREDITED EXAMINATIONS, SHE SAID.
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SINCE 1979 A TOTAL OF 1,506 YOUNG INMATES HAD SAT FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE HELD BY THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY, THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, THE PITMAN EXAMINATION INSTITUTE AND THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE.
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TOTALLY THEY ACHIEVED 100 DISTINCTIONS, PASSES. THE AVERAGE PASS RATE IS 84 PER CENT.
204 CREDITS AND
1,071
0
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND
MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS
HKEF
DATE
$ MILLION
CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT ON
11.6.91
380
EFFECT OF FORWARDS TO BE SETTLED ON
12.6.91
-225
EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS MORNING
+225
EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON
TRADE WRIGHTED INDEX 114,6 +0.1* 12.6.91
NEUTRAL
KHONG KONG