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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1986

MORE STUDENTS TAKE PART IN CAREERS QUIZ

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THE FIFTH ANNUAL CAREERS QUIZ ORGANISED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY,

ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS OF THE COMPETITION TODAY (SATURDAY), A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID MORE THAN 100 000 FORM 3 TO FORM 5 STUDENTS FROM 214 SCHOOLS TOOK PART IN THE EVENT COMPARED WITH 90 000 STUDENTS FROM 200 SCHOOLS LAST YEAR.

THE THREE STUDENTS WHO SCORED THE HIGHEST MARKS ARE YIP MING-KIT OF YU CHUN KEUNG MEMORIAL COLLEGE, TANG YEE-MAN OF ST. FRANCIS CANOSSIAN COLLEGE, AND TANG WAI-YÍN OF CHONG GENE HANG COLLEGE. THEY WILL EACH RECEIVE A PORTABLE STEREO COMPONENT SYSTEM,

THREE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE MARKS WILL RECEIVE TROPHIES. THEY ARE THE CHEUNG SHA WAN CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL, SALESIAN ENGLISH SCHOOL AND KOWLOON TRUE LIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL,

ONE HUNDRED OTHER STUDENTS WHO SCORED HIGH MARKS WILL EACH BE PRESENTED A SOLAR-POWERED ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR.

THE QUIZ, SPONSORED BY SHUN HING ELECTRONIC TRADING COMPANY, WAS AIMED AT MAKING STUDENTS AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CAREER SELECTION AS WELL AS ENCOURAGING THEM TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO CAREERS AND FURTHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, AND THE ASSISTANT MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SHUN HING ELECTRONIC TRADING COMPANY, MR K. L. TONG, WILL JOINTLY PRESENT PRIZES TO THE WINNERS ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 29).

NOTE TO EDITORS,

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE AT HENNESSY CENTRE, 500 HENNESSY ROAD, AT 3.30 PM ON DECEMBER 29.

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