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SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1994
HELP FOR REDUNDANT TEACHERS TO GET JOBS
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PLACEMENT SERVICE TO HELP REDUNDANT TEACHERS IN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS OBTAIN NEW TEACHING POSTS WILL START TOMORROW (MONDAY).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THEY WERE USUALLY MADE REDUNDANT BY THE DROP IN ENROLMENT IN THEIR SCHOOLS DUE TO PEOPLE MOVING FROM URBAN AREAS TO NEW TOWNS.
THE PLACEMENT SERVICE UNIT HAS HELPED ABOUT 6,950 SUCH TEACHERS IN SECURING NEW TEACHING POSTS OVER THE PAST YEARS.
THE
"WE WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM FULL ASSISTANCE AGAIN THIS YEAR. 100 OUR
PER CENT SUCCESS RATE OVER THE PAST YEARS OWES MUCH SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL HEADS AND SCHOOL COMMITTEES FOR WHICH THE DEPARTMENT IS MOST GRATEFUL,' SAID.
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ΤΟ MANAGEMENT THE SPOKESMAN
46 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY
THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 46 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
EIGHTEEN OF THE PLANS ARE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, SEVEN FOR KOWLOON AND 21 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
14 FOR
APARTMENT
AND
THE APPROVED PLANS INCLUDE APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, NINE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND 11 FOR FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
IN THE SAME MONTH, CONSENT WAS GIVEN FOR WORK TO START ON 22 BUILDING PROJECTS, WHICH INVOLVE 47,993 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 123,950 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
THE DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN THR MONTH TOTALLED ABOUT $1,606 MILLION.
OF THE BUILDINGS CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN THE MONTH, USABLE FLOOR AREAS FOR DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC USE ARE 113,991 SQUARE METRES AND 60,272 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.
IN THE SAME MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED 25 OCCUPATION NINE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, SEVEN FOR KOWLOON AND NINE FOR TERRITORIES.
IN ADDITION, 23 DEMOLITION WERE ISSUED.
CONSENTS
PERMITS THE NEW
INVOLVING 132 BUILDINGS
/THE BUILDINGS