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TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1975

119 REDUNDANT TEACHERS REGISTER WITH PLACEMENT OFFICE

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MORE THAN HALF OF THE 206 REDUNDANT TEACHERS IN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE PLACEMENT SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

78. TURNED UP YESTERDAY AND 41 TODAY. EACH WAS INTERVIEWED FOR 10 TO 15 MINUTES.

THE OFFICE IS. MANNED DURING THE LUNCH HOUR AND THREE WENT TO REGISTER AT THAT TIME TODAY. THEY EXPRESSED THEIR GRATITUDE TO BE SERVED DURING THE LUNCH BREAK..

MR. DAVID LEUNG, THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE PLACEMENT SERVICE; SAID HE WAS RECEIVING VERY GOOD CO-OPERATION FROM THE TEACHERS CONCERNED AND THE SCHOOLS.

+THE SERVICE IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN HELPING ALL THE ELIGIBLE REDUNDANT TEACHERS TO FIND ALTERNATIVE POSTS IN OTHER AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WHERE THERE ARE VACANCIES, HE SAID.

LAST FRIDAY, FORMS WERE SENT TO SUPERVISORS OF AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WHERE THERE WILL BE TEACHING VACANCIES IN SEPTEMBER. THE SUPERVISORS WERE ASKED TO GIVE PARTICULARS OF THE TEACHING VACANCIES IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

+ALREADY SOME OF THESE FORMS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND

RETURNED TO MY OFFICE,+ MR. LEUNG SAID.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PRIMARY), MR. LAM TAT-LAU, VISITED THE PLACEMENT SERVICE'S OFFICE TODAY AND WATCHED SOME OF THE REDUNDANT TEACHERS BEING INTERVIEWED.

MR. LAM SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE TEACHERS AND THE SCHOOLS WERE CO-OPERATING ENTHUSIASTICALLY WITH THE SERVICE.

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