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This feature article presents the characteristics of live-in domestic helpers employed in late 1993.
Analysis was made on the age, sex, marital status, educational attainment and monthly salary of live-in domestic helpers.
Characteristics of households employing them such as monthly household income and household size were also included.
The March 1995 issue of the HKMDS is on sale at $50 a copy.
Purchase can be made at the Government Publications Centre, Ground Floor, Low Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong.
The publication is also available on sale at the Publication Section of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th Floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Regular subscription can also be arranged with the Publication Sales Section of the Information Services Department on tel 2598 8194.
End/Monday, April 3, 1995
Requirement for trained teachers in kindergartens
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The Education Department announces today (Monday) that with effect from this September, at least 40 per cent of the teaching staff in cach session of a kindergarten will be required to have completed training recognised by the department.
A department spokesman said the new requirement was to promote the development of high quality kindergarten education.
The spokesman said the training included Qualified Assistant Kindergarten Teacher Training Course or the Qualified Kindergarten Teacher Training Course or an equivalent training course.