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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1980

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ACCOUNTANCY STUDENT GAINS TOP AWARD

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AN ACCOUNTANCY STUDENT OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE HAS BEEN AWARDED FIRST PRIZE IN THE INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTING STAFF EXAMINATIONS PART TWO HELD IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

HE IS MR CHEUNG YING-CHI, WHO OBTAINED THE HIGHEST AGGREGATE SCORE AMONG 1 539 CANDIDATES WORLDWIDE WHO SAT THE EXAMINATION. ONLY 39 PER CENT OF THE CANDIDATES PASSED THIS EXAMINATION.

FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENT, MR CHEUNG HAS BEEN AWARDED 50 POUNDS STERLING BY THE INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTING STAFF.

+THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT STUDENTS FROM THE TWO-YEAR DIPLOMA COURSE IN ACCOUNTANCY TOOK PART IN THE IAS EXAMINATIONS AND RESULTS HAVE BEEN MOST SATISFACTORY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE SAID.

OF THE 23 STUDENTS WHO TOOK THE PART ONE EXAMINATION, 19 PASSED OF WHICH 15 OBTAINED CREDITS. IN THE PART TWO EXAMINATION, 29 OF THE 31 STUDENTS PASSED AND 28 OBTAINED CREDITS.

NEW RESERVOIR IN HAMMER HILL

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TENDERS HAVE BEEN INVITED FOR THE SITE FORMATION FOR NGAU CHI WAN SERVICE RESERVOIR AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS ROAD TO THE SITE ON THE SOUTHERN SLOPE OF HAMMER HILL.

THE RESERVOIR, OF 54 000 CUBIC METRES CAPACITY, WILL BE NEEDED TO SUPPLY THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION AREA.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT SAID THE WORKS WOULD INCLUDE EXCAVATION OF ABOUT 400 000 CUBIC METRES, PREPARING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESERVOIR AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS. THE FOUNDATION AREA WOULD BE ABOUT 11 000 SQUARE METRES.

HE SAID THE ACCESS ROAD, INCLUDED IN THE PREPARATORY WORKS, WOULD BE ABOUT 370 METRES LONG AND SEVEN METRES WIDE.

WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN DECEMBER AND BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 21 MONTHS.

NEW TAXI STAND IN CENTRAL

A NEW TAXI STAND HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN CHATER ROAD OUTSIDE ALEXANDRA HOUSE TO REPLACE THE TAXI STAND OUTSIDE CENTRAL BUILDING IN PEDDER STREET,