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TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1985

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PERSONAL TOUCH IN VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE

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FIVE MEMBERS OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD, LED BY THE BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR NG CHAN-LAM, TODAY (TUESDAY) APPLIED THE PERSONAL TOUCH TO ENCOURAGE TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT TO REGISTER AS VOTERS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTION IN SEPTEMBER.

THE GROUP INCLUDED DR FANNY CHEUNG, MR KAN CHUNG-NIN, MR CHEUNG CHI-YUEN, MR WONG WANG-FAT AND MR CHOY KAN-PUI.

THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF VISITED MORE THAN 20 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO DISTRIBUTE REGISTRATION FORMS TO TEACHERS, AND ASSISTED THEM TO REGISTER FOR THE ELECTION, THERE ARE SOME 100 PRIMARY, SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTENS IN SHA TIN,

THE REGISTRATION EXERCISE WHICH STARTED LAST WEEK, IS PART OF A CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF TEACHING FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.

BETTER EMPLOYMENT FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE GRADUATES

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GRADUATES OF FULL-TIME COURSES FROM HONG KONG'S FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN 1984 ENJOYED BETTER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS OF A RECENT SURVEY.

IT ALSO REVEALED THAT 1 732 GRADUATES, OR 71.6 PER CENT OF ALL GRADUATES, WERE EMPLOYED BY MID-OCTOBER, THREE MONTHS AFTER GRADUATION IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1983/84.

THIS COMPARED WITH 1 378 OR 67.3 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS ACADEMIC YEAR.

THERE WERE 388 GRADUATES OR 16 PER CENT, PURSUING FURTHER FULL-TIME STUDIES, AND 299, OR 12.4 PER CENT STILL LOOKING FOR SUITABLE JOBS AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY.

IN 1983/84, 2 614 FULL-TIME STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM THE MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG, HAKING WONG AND LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

A SPOKESMAN OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL. WHICH OPERATES THE FIVE INSTITUTES, SAID THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF GRADUATES WAS MOST ENCOURAGING.

/THEY ENJOYED,