MONDAY, JULY 18, 1994
PROGRAMME TO YEAR
* BIDDING FOR FUNDS FOR INTRODUCING A BLISTER
PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 100 DIPLOMA STUDENTS PLACES PER IN 1995/96 AND 1996/97;
EXPLORING
THE POSSIBILITY OF
A INTRODUCING SUB-DEGREE PROGRAMME IN LINGNAN COLLEGE;
SOCIAL WORK
EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF THE HONG KONG SHUE YAN COLLEGE THE BEING ASSISTED TO INCREASE ITS STUDENT INTAKE THROUGH PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL PLACES IN ITS DIPLOMA IN SOCIAL WORK PROGRAMME; AND
*
CONSIDERING WHETHER TAIWAN COULD BB ASSISTANT POSTS.
SOCIAL WORK
ΤΟ APPOINTED
DEGREE GRADUATES FILL THE SOCIAL
FROM WORK
MEMBERS
GENERALLY CONSIDERED WHETHER TRAINED SOCIAL
WORKERS
SHOULD
BE HIGHER DIPLOMA HOLDERS.
DISTINGUISHING THAN ONE LEVEL WITHOUT
DEGREE
OR
"THIS
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED CAREFULLY IN THE LONG TERM
DESPITE
ITS COST IMPLICATIONS," MR LI SAID.
SMALL INCREASE IN COURT INSOLVENCIES
THE OFFICIAL RECEIVER, MR ROBIN HEARDER, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THE FIRST HALF YEAR OF 1994 SHOWED A SMALL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF NEW INSOLVENCIES REACHING THE COURTS.
THERE WERE 234 NEW COMPULSORY COMPANY LIQUIDATION ORDERS AND 154 PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY ORDERS IN JANUARY-JUNE COMPARED WITH THE RESPONDING FIGURES OF 189 AND 167 FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993.
THERE WERE 121 PETITIONS WITHDRAWN OR DISMISSED, COMPARED WITH
THE CORRESPONDING FIGURE OF 111 IN 1993.
IT COULD BE SEEN, THEREFORE, THE TOTAL OF 388 NEW INSOLVENCIES HAD INCREASED BY 8.99 PER CENT WHICH WAS A SMALL INCREASE RATE IN COMPARISON WITH THAT OF THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
THE BUSINESSES MAINLY AFFECTED BY COMPULSORY COMPANY LIQUIDATIONS AND BANKRUPTCIES INCLUDED GARMENT AND KNITTING MANUFACTURING, RESTAURANTS AND CANTEENS, COMPANY DIRECTORS GIVING PERSONAL GUARANTEES, CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING, IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING.
PETITIONS WERE FILED BY THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID (46 PER CENT), TRADE CREDITORS (37 PER CENT), BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (14 PER CENT) AND OTHERS (THREE PER CENT).
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