TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3,
1992
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HE EXPLAINED THAT
EDUCATION TERTIARY
OPPORTUNITIES IN
HONG
KONG HAD BEEN INCREASING STEADILY IN RECENT YEARS.
PLACES FOR 12 PER CENT OF HONG THERE WERE NOW SUFFICIENT KONG'S YOUNG PEOPLE OF APPROPRIATE AGE TO STUDY FOR FIRST DEGREES AND, IN TWO YEARS' TIME, THE PROPORTION WOULD INCREASE TO 18 PER CENT.
IN ADDITION, THERE WERE SUB-DEGREE PLACES FOR SIX PER YOUNG PEOPLE.
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CENT OF
то SOCIAL
то PROVIDE READY ACCESS
ΤΟ CAREERS
EVEN SO, THERE IS STILL A NEED LIFELONG LEARNING WITHOUT DISRUPTION RESPONSIBILITIES," MR WONG SAID.
OR
"IT IS IN THIS AREA PARTICULARLY THAT DISTANCE LEARNING HAS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY.'
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AN
CAD CO-ORDINATES ANNUAL SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISE
THE ANNUAL SEARCH
AND RESCUE EXERCISE CO-ORDINATED
FOR TWO DAYS STARTING CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT (CAD) WILL BE HELD TODAY (TUESDAY).
BY THE
IT INVOLVES A SHORT-RANGE AND A LONG-RANGE EXERCISE.
A
ASIA
ARE THE
OF EXERCISE
NUMBER
GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATING IN DEPARTMENTS AND EMERGENCY UNITS FROM LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND THE PACIFIC REGION.
OF THE OBJECTIVE A CAD SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROVIDE TRAINING AND FAMILIARISATION FOR STAFF OF THE OTHER RESCUE UNITS IN SEARCH AND RESCUE TECHNIQUES.
то EXERCISE WAS
DEPARTMENT AND
UNITS FROM THE ASIA "PERSONNEL FROM OTHER PARTICIPATING
THE PACIFIC REGION INVOLVED IN SUCH OPERATIONS WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM EXERCISE," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"IT WILL ALSO TEST ALERTING,
CO-ORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION
FACILITIES.
WILL PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY "IN ADDITION, THE EXERCISE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES
++ HE ADDED. CO-ORDINATE THEIR PROCEDURES,
FOR
то
PLUS
A LONG-RANGE SEARCH THE EXERCISE COMPRISES A SHORT-RANGE AND OPERATION INVOLVING FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT, HELICOPTERS AND VESSELS A SERIES OF GROUND-BASED SUPPORTING SERVICES.
AFTERNOON
IN
WITH
A
THE SHORT-RANGE EXERCISE WAS HELD THIS (TUESDAY) TSO WO HANG, SAI KUNG SIMULATING A DISTRESS AIRCRAFT DITCHING DEMONSTRATION OF WINCHING 'SURVIVORS' FROM THE SEA ONTO HELICOPTERS,
/THE LONG