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WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1993
BANKING WITH
HE NOTED THAT HONG KONG HAD FINALLY JOINED THE CENTRAL FRATERNITY AND LOOKED FORWARD TO MAINTAINING CLOSE CONTACTS MEMBERS OF THAT FRATERNITY,
"WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FROM INDIVIDUAL CENTRAL BANKS, PARTICULARLY FROM THE BANK OF ENGLAND AND THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA, HE SAID.
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MR YAM IS CURRENTLY LEADING A HONG KONG DELEGATION TO THE 26TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF ADB IN MANILA,
OTHER HONG KONG DELEGATES ARE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (MONETARY MANAGEMENT), MR NORMAN CHAN; HEAD, MONETARY POLICY DIVISION, MR JAMES LAU JR AND SENIOR MANAGER (MONETARY MANAGEMENT) OF THE НКМА,
MR EDDIE YUE.
"BE MY TEACHER" CAMPAIGN ENTERS SECOND PHASE
THE SECOND PHASE OF THE 'BE MY TEACHER" RECRUITMENT DRIVE BEGAN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF FIVE TERTIARY
INSTITUTIONS.
THE DRIVE TO RECRUIT MORE TEACHERS ΤΟ IMPROVE THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN SCHOOLS WAS LAUNCHED ON MONDAY WHEN APPLICATION FORMS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AT THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED TEACHER RECRUITMENT INFORMATION OFFICE, THE 19
DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICES, AND 10 EMPLOYMENT OFFICES OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
THE SECOND PHASE INVOLVED THE INSTALLATION OF FIVE APPLICATION FORM AND LEAFLET DISPENSERS AT THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE, LINGNAN COLLEGE, HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG, AND SHUE YAN COLLEGE.
COPIES OF THE APPLICATION FORM ARE ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FAX SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE ENQUIRY SYSTEM.
"IN FACT, THERE WERE 185 CALLERS WHO DIALLED 891 0088 ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY REQUESTING THE FAX VERSION OF THE APPLICATION FORM WHILE THE NUMBER OF CALLERS BEFORE THE START OF THE CAMPAIGN INCREASED FROM AN AVERAGE OF JUST OVER 500 TO 1,164 ON TUESDAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE CAMPAIGN ALSO RESULTED IN THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG REQUESTING 500 COPIES OF THE APPLICATION FORM FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
"APART FROM HELPING TO RECRUIT 780 TEACHERS NEEDED IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WHEN PRIMARY 1 CLASSES WILL, BE REDUCED FROM 40 то 35 STUDENTS, PARTICULARS OF THE APPLICANTS WILL FORM A DATABANK WHICH WOULD PROVIDE A SOURCE OF POTENTIAL TEACHING FORCE то PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
/THE DATABANK