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FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1978

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REDUNDANT TEACHERS REGISTER FOR JOBS

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SOME 372 OF THE 400 TEACHERS WHO WILL BE MADE REDUNDANT FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF CLASSES IN UNDER-USED SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS NEXT SEPTEMBER ARE SEEKING ALTERNATIVE JOBS THROUGH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PLACEMENT SERVICE.

THE SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE SERVICE, MR CHAN SAI-BUN, SAID TODAY THAT THE 372 HAD REGISTERED FOR ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT DURING THE PAST FIVE DAYS.

MR. CHAN SAID EVERY EFFORT WOULD BE MADE TO PLACE THE TEACHERS IN OTHER SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WITH VACANCIES ARISING FROM THE CREATION OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL CLASSES IN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND FROM THE OPENING OF NEW CLASSES IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS IN NEW TOWNS AND HOUSING ESTATES, AND IN AREAS WITH SHORTAGES OF AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL PLACES.

OTHERS COULD PROBABLY BE ABSORBED IN VACANCIES. EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM NORMAL WASTAGE, SUCH AS RESIGNATIONS, RETIREMENTS AND DEATHS.

+THE PLACEMENT SERVICE WILL BEGIN REFERRING THE REGISTERED TEACHERS TO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS FOR POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT FROM JUNE 1, MR. CHAN SAID.

HE EXPECTED THAT THE PLACEMENT OF THE TEACHERS WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF JULY.

MR. CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE PLACEMENT SERVICE HAD BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST THREE YEARS AND HAD FOUND POSITIONS FOR MORE THAN 750 TEACHERS.

CROWN LAND SALES

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A MAJOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL SITE AT TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD, NORTH POINT, WAS SOLD TODAY (FRIDAY) FOR $75 MILLION AT A PUBLIC AUCTION CONDUCTED BY THE P.W.D.'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE IN THE CITY HALL.

THE SITE. MEASURING 4,400 SQUARE METRES, WAS BOUGHT BY TAI CHEUNG FINANCE LTD. AT A REALISED PRICE OF $17,045.45 PER SQUARE METRE.

ANCTHER RESIDENTIAL AND NON-INDUSTRIAL SITE, WITH AN AREA OF 530 SQUARE METRES AT PAK TIN, KOWLOON, WAS SOLD FOR $8.4 MILLION TO CHIAP SHENG ENTERPRISE LTD.

THE LAST LOT, LOCATED AT 135, TEMPLE STREET, KOWLOON AS SOLD FOR $1.35 MILLION TO MR. CHU SHING-KIT. THE SITE, PEASURING 63.4 SQUARE METRES, IS FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.

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