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SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1986

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GUANGDONG VISITORS SEE VOCATIONAL CENTRES

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AN 18-MEMBER DELEGATION FROM GUANGDONG PROVINCE VISITED THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL'S TRAINING CENTRES AT KOWLOON BAY THIS MORNING (SATURDAY).

HEADED BY THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF GUANGDONG, MR YU FE!, THE DELEGATION TOURED THE TRAINING CENTRES FOR THE ELECTRONICS, HOTEL, MACHINE SHOP AND METAL-WORKING, PLASTICS AND PRINTING INDUSTRIES AND SAW FACILITIES FOR TRAINING IN AN INDUSTRY-SIMULATED

ENVIRONMENT.

THE DELEGATION WAS MET BY OFFICIALS FROM THE COUNCIL AND ITS TRAINING BOARDS, INCLUDING THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, MR ALEX WU.

MR WU SAID THE VISIT PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES ON MANPOWER TRAINING.

THE VISITORS SAID THET WERE IMPRESSED BY THE HIGH STANDARD OF TRAINING PROVIDED AT THE CENTRES AND BY THE RESOURCES INVESTED THERE TO IMPROVE HONG KONG'S TRAINED MANPOWER.

THEY COMPRISED KEY MEMBERS FROM THE GUNAGDONG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, PLANNING COMMITTEE, BANKING, TRADING AND OTHER MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS.

CARE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN WAN CHAI

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A MONTH-LONG CARE CAMPAIGN ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE AND VARIOUS LOCAL ORGANISATIONS BEGAN TODAY (SATURDAY) AS MORE THAN 1 000 SENIOR RESIDENTS WERE ENTERTAINED TO AN AFTERNOON OF CANTONESE OPERATIC SINGING.

WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, SAID AT THE OPENING CEREMONY +AS THERE ARE MANY SENIOR RESIDENTS IN WAN CHAI, THIS ANNUAL CAMPAIGN OF ORGANISING CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THEM HAS BECOME A TRADITION AND IS WIDELY SUPPORTED BY THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS.+

MR GARCIA EMPHASISED THAT RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY WAS A CHINESE VIRTUE THAT SHOULD BE PRESERVED AND HE CALLED FOR THE CONTINUATION OF MORE AND BETTER SERVICES FOR THEM.

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