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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1985

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BUSINESS TEST FOR SCHOOLS

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SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKING COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A COMMERCIAL SUBJECT PROJECT COMPETITION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE SOCIETY.

IN THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION, WHICH HAS THE THEME COMMERCE AND CIVIC EDUCATION+, THERE WILL BE SEVEN GROUPS OF ENTRIES WITH TITLES BEARING ON DIFFERENT BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

+THESE TITLES ARE CHOSEN TO REFLECT PART OF THE CONTENTS OF THE COMMERCE SYLLABUS AS WELL AS THE RECOMMENDATION AS SUGGESTED IN THE GUIDELINES ON CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ENTRIES MAY BE IN THE FORM OF ESSAYS, MODELS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS, SLIDES AND SOUND TAPES OR MIXED COMBINATION OF THESE METHODS OR ANY OTHER METHODS APPROVED BY THE ORGANISERS.

THE PROJECT MAY BE IN ENGLISH OR CHINESE, AND SUBMITTED BY ONE STUDENT OR A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM ONE OR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. CASH PRIZES OF $1 000, $800 AND $500, WILL BE AWARDED TO THE THREE MAIN WINNERS.

AND THE JUDGES MAY ALSO, AT THE IR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION GIVE GROUP AWARDS OF $500, $300 AND $200.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A NUMBER OF MERIT PRIZES OF $100 EACH.

ALL PRIZE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT.

FORM 6 AND 7 STUDENTS TAKING PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS OR BUSINESS STUDIES, MAY ALSO ENTER THE COMPETITION, BUT THEIR ENTRIES WILL BE SEPARATELY JUDGED. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT WILL BE AWARDED TO OUTSTANDING ENTRIES OF THIS GROUP.

PARTICIPANTS SHOULD SEND THE IR ENTRY FORMS TO THE COMMERCE SUBJECTS SECTION, ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, ROOM 523, LEE GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY, BEFORE MARCH 15 NEXT YEAR, WHILE THE COMPLETED PROJECT SHOULD REACH THE SECTION BEFORE MAY 1.

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