XN000022-1980-01-08 — Page 7

TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1980′

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BUSINESS STUDENTS DO WELL IN EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS

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STUDENTS STUDYING COMMERCIAL COURSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE HAVE OBTAINED GOOD RESULTS IN THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY EXAMINATIONS HELD LAST YEAR.

+OUT OF 43 CANDIDATES FROM THE COMMERCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF KWAI CHUNG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WHO SAT THE ELEMENTARY STAGE OF THE BOOK-KEEPING EXAMINATION IN THE SPRING SERIES, 35 HAVE BEEN AWARDED PASSES WITH DISTINCTION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

THIS MEANS THAT OVER 80 PER CENT OF THE CANDIDATES FROM THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE HAVE RECEIVED DISTINCTION.

IN THE HIGHER STAGE OF THE COSTING EXAMINATION, 12 OUT OF 16 CANDIDATES, ALSO FROM KWAI CHUNG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, HAD BEEN AWARDED PASSES WITH DISTINCTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

STUDENTS FROM MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE TOOK PART IN THE BOOK-KEEPING EXAMINATION IN THE SUMMER SERIES LAST YEAR.

AT THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, 15 OUT OF 104 CANDIDATES PASSED WITH DISTINCTION, WHILE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL EIGHT OUT OF 63 OBTAINED PASS WITH DISTINCTION.

FOURTEEN COMMERCIAL STUDENTS OF THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE PASSED WITH DISTINCTION AT THE HIGHER STAGE OF THE TYPEWRITING EXAMINATION IN THE SUMMER SERIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

DONATIONS TO CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE WELFARE FUND

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THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE WELFARE FUND WILL GET ANOTHER BOOST TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) WHEN THE HONG KONG GROUP OF IFPI (INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PRODUCERS OF PHONOGRAMS AND VIDEOGRAMS) AND 11 RECORD COMPANIES PRESENT DONATIONS TOTALLING $34 500 AND A BANNER IN APPRECIATION OF THE SERVICE'S COPYRIGHT PROTECTION UNIT IN STAMPING OUT RECORDING PIRACY IN HONG KONG.

THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND CONTROLS, MR. DOUGLAS JORDAN, WILL RECEIVE THE DONATIONS AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD TOMORROW AT 4 PM AT THE SERVICE'S MESS ON THE NINTH FLOOR OF RUMSEY STREET MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK BUILDING,

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER PRESENTATION OF DONATIONS TO THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE WELFARE FUND WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 4 PM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT THE SERVICE'S MESS ON THE NINTH FLOOR OF RUMSEY STREET MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK BUILDING.