XN000022-1981-10-25 — Page 8

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1981

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COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR JUNE 1981 WITH THOSE FOR THE SAME TIME IN 1980, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 4 PER CENT IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, FOR THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN JUNE 1981 DECREASED RESPECTIVELY BY 10.0 PER CENT AND 9.8 PER CENT RELATIVE TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR JUNE 1981 WITH THOSE FOR MARCH 1981, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES DECREASED IN ALL OF THE ABOVE SECTORS.

EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR SELECTED INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE FOUR SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN THE TABLES WH CH ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM GIS PRESS ROOM. FURTHER DETAILS ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

TRADITIONAL VALUES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE

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IN WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT SUCH TRADITIONAL VALUES AS +CO-OPERATION+, +SINCERITY+ AND MUTUAL HELP+ SHOULD BE RE-EMPHASISED AND CULTIVATED AMONG OUR YOUNG, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDER'S DAY PARADE OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF THE BOYS' BRIGADE AT THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL IN MONG кок.

+EFFORTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO BRING OUT THE INHERENT AND POTENTIAL GOOD QUALITIES OF HUMAN NATURE, HE SAID.

THE DIRECTOR NOTED THAT YOUTH PROGRAMMES PROVIDED BY YOUTH ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING UNIFORM GROUPS, WERE MANY AND VAR IED AND WERE CONTINUING TO GROW.

+ANY SUCCESSFUL YOUTH PROGRAMME OR MOVEMENT LIKE THE BOYS' BRIGADE CANNOT BE TRULY EFFECTIVE WITHOUT THE DEVOTION AND PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE WHO GIVE THEIR TIME AND EFFORT VOLUNTARILY, HE SAID.

+ IT IS THIS VOLUNTARY SPIRIT AND EFFORT,+ HE CONTINUED THAT MAKES THE QUALITY OF LIFE DIFFERENT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE NOW BUILDING.+

COMMUNITY BUILDING, MR ALLEYNE SAID, IS A CONTINUING TASK FOR ALL OF US.

IF YOUNG PEOPLE FOUND SOME FRUITFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE IR PEERS IN A GROUP, AND IF THE GROUP IN TURN PARTICIPATED IN THE WIDER CONTEXT OF SOCIETY, THEY WOULD BE ON THE WAY TO BECOMING HAPPY AND USEFUL INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY.

+THIS, HE SAID, IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED.+

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