THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1979
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ADVICE ON COMMODITY TRADING *****
THE COMMISSIONER FOR COMMODITIES TRADING, MR. VESDE IN MCINNES, TODAY (THURSDAY) SAID HE WAS CONCERNED THAT SOME COMPANIES MAY BE OPERATING ILLEGALLY IN HONG KONG BY OFFERING, OR PURPORTING TO OFFER, FACILITIES IN THE FIELD OF FUTURES COMMODITY TRADING WHILE NOT BEING LICENCED BY, OR REGISTERED WITH, THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR COMMODITIES TRADING.
HE SAID THAT ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC UNCERTAIN ON WHETHER
A COMMODITY FUTURES COMPANY, OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE, ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE COMMODITIES TRADING ORDINANCE, MAY CONTACT THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER AT ROOMS 2404-2409, CONNAUGHT CENTRE (TEL. 5-259361).
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WOMEN URGED TO STRIVE FOR MORE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
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MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TODAY (THURSDAY) CALLED ON WOMEN TO STRIVE FOR THE SAME EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS MEN IN ORDER TO BE WELL-EQUIPPED FOR THE IR ROLES IN SOCIETY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE SPEECH DAY OF THE ST. FRANCIS CANOSSIAN COLLEGE ON THE INCREASING ROLE OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY.
THE OCCASION ALSO MARKED THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUND ING OF THE SCHOOL.
MR. TOPLEY SAID THAT NOWADAYS WOMEN HAD BEEN MAKING SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN PRACTICALLY EVERY PROFESSION, INCLUDING FINANCE AND POLITICS WHICH USED TO BE A MEN'S RESERVE.
+TO TAKE UP THIS CHALLENGING ROLE IN THE WORLD OF TODAY, A TIME NOT ONLY OF RAPID SOCIAL CHANGES, OF HOPE AND PROMISES FOR THE FUTURE BUT ALSO OF UNCERTAINTY, DIFFICULTY AND CRISIS, IT WOULD BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO STRIVE FOR THE SAME EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND SEE TO IT THAT YOU ARE AS WELL-EQUIPPED AS YOUR MALE COUNTERPARTS,+ HE SAID.
CITING RECENT FIGURES, THE DIRECTOR NOTED THAT LAST YEAR MORE BOYS THAN GIRLS OBTAINED FIVE SUBJECTS IN GRADE E OR ABOVE IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.
AT THE SAME TIME, MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY MEN THAN WOMEN OBTAINED UNIVERSITY DEGREES.
THIS SITUATION COULD PERHAPS BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SOCIAL ATTITUDE OF VOCATIONAL CHOICES FOR GIRLS, MR. TOPLEY SAID.
HE SAID
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