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MONDAY,

JULY 31, 1978

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JOBS FOUND FOR REDUNDANT PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

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ALL OF THE 372 REDUNDANT AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WHC REGISTERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PLACEMENT SERVICE IN MAY HAVE BEEN FOUND ALTERNATIVE TEACHING POSTS.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE PLACEMENT SERVICE, AR. CHAN SAI-BUN, SAID ONLY 30 OF THE 402 TEACHERS SCHEDULED TO BE MADE REDUNDANT FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF CLASSES I UNDER-USED SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS NEXT SEPTEMBER FAILED TO REGISTER WITH THE SERVICE FOR ALTERNATIVE POSTS.

OF THE 30 WHO DID NOT REGISTER, SEVEN DID NOT REQUIRE PLACEMENT IN ALTERNATIVE JOES= 15 WERE REDEPLOYED TO OTHER SCHOOLS OPERATED BY THE SAME SPONSORING BODY AND EIGHT RESIGNED,

+1 AM DELIGHTED THAT NOT A SINGLE REDUNDANT TEACHER WHO REGISTERED WITH THE SERVICE. FOR ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT HAS GONE WITHOUT A JOB,+ R. CHAN SAID.

+AND I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE MANY SCHOOL AUTHORITIES THAT CO-OPERATED WITH US TO MAKE THIS COME ABOUT.+

THE PLACEMENT SERVICE HAS HELPED A TOTAL OF 1,124 REDUNDANT TEACHERS FIND ALTERNATIVE JOE SINCE IT WAS SET UP IN 1975.

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