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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27,

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TENANCY SOUGHT FOR KOWLOON SITE

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THE LANDS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR SHORT TERM TENANCY OF A 1 120 SQUARE METRES SITE AT SHEUNG FUNG STREET, KOWLOON.

IT WILL BE USED AS FEE PAYING PUBLIC PARKING AREA FOR PRIVATE CARS AND PRIVATE LIGHT BUSES.

TENANCY WILL BE FOR TWO YEARS, AND QUARTERLY THEREAFTER.

TENDERS CLOSE AT NOON ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 11).

QUIZ KIDS WIN COMPUTERS ***

THREE STUDENTS WHO SCORED THE HIGHEST MARKS IN THE CAREERS QUIZ COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WERE EACH AWARDED WITH A HOME COMPUTER TODAY (THURSDAY).

THEY ARE LEE WOOD-YING, A FORM FIVE STUDENT OF ST. TERESA SECONDARY SCHOOL, LAM WING-KEUNG, A FORM FIVE STUDENT OF HO LAP COLLEGE, AND CHENG HOI-WING, A FORM THREE STUDENT OF C.C.C. NIM TSI SCHOOL.

THREE SCHOOLS, CHONG GENE HANG COLLEGE, KOWLOON TRUE LIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HO LAP COLLEGE WHICH SCORED THE HIGHEST AVERAGE MARKS ALSO RECEIVED THE IR TROPHIES FROM THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, DR JAMES HAYES.

AT A PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON, DR HAYES SAID THE 1984 CAREERS QUIZ, ORGANISED FOR THE THIRD TIME SINCE 1982, HAD ATTRACTED 85 000 PARTICIPATING STUDENTS FROM 175 SECONDARY SCHOOLS, A NOTABLE INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S 75 000 STUDENTS AND 157 SCHOOLS.

+THIS WELL SERVES TO REFLECT THE GROWING SUPPORT FROM SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS FOR THIS WORTHWHILE ACTIVITY, + HE SAID.

DR HAYES SAID THE QUIZ WAS A LARGE SCALE CAREERS ACTIVITY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE AIMED AT AROUSING CAREERS AWARENESS AMONG PARTICIPATING STUDENTS.

IT ALSO AIMED AT STIMULATING THE STUDENTS TO THINK ABOUT POSSIBLE CAREERS AND OCCUPATIONS AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO COLLECT USEFUL CAREERS INFORMATION.

/HE SAID