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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1975
AT PRESENT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS CONSIDERING THE USE OF A NEW TYPE OF HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LAMP WHICH PRODUCES LIGHT SOURCES OF GOOD COLOUR QUALITY COMBINED WITH HIGHER LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY.
THESE LAMPS ARE NOW BEING TESTED AT THE PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT AT HANOI ROAD IN TSIM SHA TSUI.
THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, $10.7 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE STREET LIGHTING PROGRAMME.
IN PROVIDING STREET LIGHTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO NEW ROADS, ROADS SERVING HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS, AND ROADS REQUIRING COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION.
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FIRMS URGED TO HELP TRAIN YOUNG *****
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, TODAY URGED MORE COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS TO OFFER YOUNG PEOPLE PRACTICAL TRAINING DURING THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAYS.
THIS WOULD HELP GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITY TO WORK AND AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDE THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS WITH A WIDER OPPORTUNITY TO RECRUIT MORE SUITABLE STAFF.
MR. LEE WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF A PRACTICAL BANKING ORIENTATION COURSE WHICH THE DEPARTMENT ORGANISED JOINTLY WITH THE LIU CHONG HANG DANK LTD.
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DURING THE MONTH-LONG COURSE, 38 YOUNG PEOPLE, CHOSEN BY THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICERS, WERE PLACED IN THE HEADQUARTERS AND DRANCHES OF THE BANK TO LEARN ABOUT BANKING.
MR. LEE SAID THE BANK HAD REPORTED THAT ALL HAD SHOWN ENTHUSIASM AND PERFORMED WELL. HE ALSO PRAISED THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE BANK, MR. LIU LIT-MAN, AND HIS STAFF FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION AND EFFORTS IN HELPING THE STUDENTS.
MR. LEE SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST ATTEMPT BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BREAK NEW GROUND IN ASSOCIATING WITH COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY TO ORGANISE PRACTICAL ORIENTATION COURSES IN DIFFERENT CAREERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THE SUMMER.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR, LEE'S SPEECH ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
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