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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1983

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROGRAMME BENEFITED NOT ONLY THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE 138 VILLAGES, BUT ALSO PEOPLE IN YUEN LONG TOWN CENTRE.

+LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO MAKE USE OF THE PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVING STANDARD CAN SUBMIT A WRITTEN APPLICATION TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE, HE SAID.

+VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES, CHAIRMEN OF THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP IN SUBMITTING SUCH APPLICATIONS.+

HK GIRL TOPS IN BRITISH ACCOUNTANCY EXAM

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A 21-YEAR OLD WOMAN GRADUATE OF A HONG KONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE SCORED THE HIGHEST AGGREGATE MARK IN A BRITISH PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY EXAMINATION HELD IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

AS A RESULT, MISS CHIU SAU-CHUN, WHO TOOK COMMERCIAL STUDIES AT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (MHTI), ALSO RECEIVED A CHEQUE FOR STERLING 50 AND A CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ACCOUNTING TECHNICIANS (AAT).

THE NEWS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ISSUES OF THE AAT JOURNAL.

THE AAT IS A PROFESSIONAL BODY RECOGNISED BY MANY PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, SUCH AS THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (ACCA), AND WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH.

THE AAT MEMBERSHIP EXAMINATION CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS, AND THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STUDENTS ARE EXEMPTED FROM PAPERS OF PART I AND 11.

+OUR LECTURERS ALWAYS ENCOURAGE US TO TAKE THE AAT EXAMINATION PART 111 AS THE QUALIFICATIONS ACCREDITED ARE CONDUCIVE TO OUR CAREER IN THE ACCOUNTING SECTOR,+ MISS CHIU SAID.

SINCE GRADUATING FROM MHTI THIS SUMMER, SHE HAS BEEN WORKING AS AN AUDIT CLERK IN A FIRM.

SHE HAS ALSO ENROLLED IN THE PART-TIME EVENING COURSE FOR THE HIGHER CERTIFICATE IN ACCOUNTANCY RUN BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,

BECAUSE OF HER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN THE AAT EXAMINATION, SHE HAS BEEN EXEMPTED FROM PART I PAPERS IN THE ACCA EXAMINATION.

MISS CHIU EXPLAINED SHE HAD DECIDED TO STUDY ACCOUNTANCY IN MITI AFTER COMPLETING FORM SIX BECAUSE SHE HAD GREAT INTEREST IN FIGURES AND IN COMPUTING.

THE DIPLOMA COURSE IN ACCOUNTANCY IS ALSO OFFERED IN THE LEE WAI LEE AND KWAI CHUNG TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

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