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MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1986

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CAREERS QUIZ WINNERS AWARDED STEREO SETS

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THREE STUDENTS WHO SCORED THE HIGHEST MARKS IN THE FIFTH ANNUAL CAREERS QUIZ ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE WERE EACH AWARDED A PORTABLE STEREO COMPONENT SYSTEM TODAY (MONDAY).

THEY ARE YIP MING-KIT OF YU CHUN KEUNG MEMORIAL COLLEGE TANG YES-MAN OF ST FRANCIS CANOSSIAN COLLEGE AND TANG WAI-YIN OF CHONG GENE HANG COLLEGE.

THREE SCHOOLS – CHEUNG SHA WAN CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL, SALESIAN ENGLISH SCHOOL AND KOWLOON TRUE LIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH SCORED THE HIGHEST AVERAGE MARKS, WERE ALSO PRESENTED TROPHIES BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND.

ADDRESSING THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON, PR HAMMOND SAID THIS YEAR'S QUIZ HAD ATTRACTED 100 000 STUDENTS FROM 214 SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

+SUCH A FAVOURABLE RESPONSE REFLECTS THE GROWING POPULARITY OF THE QUIZ AMONG SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS, HE SAID.

THE QUIZ IS A MAJOR EVENT ORGANISED ANNUALLY BY THE DEPARTMENT TO AROUSE CAREERS AWARENESS AMONG STUDENTS.

IT ALSO STIMULATES THEM TO THINK ABOUT POSSIBLE CAREERS AND ENCOURAGES THEM TO COLLECT USEFUL CAREERS INFORMATION,

MR HAMMOND SAID THE QUIZ OWED ITS SUCCESS TO THE CONCERTED AND SUSTAINED EFFORTS OF MANY PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS, IN PARTICULAR THE PRINCIPALS AND CAREERS TEACHERS OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS.

HE THANKED SHUN HING ELECTRONICS TRADING COMPANY FOR SPONSORING ALL THE PRIZES FOR THE QUIZ AND THE GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING AGENCY FOR MARKING THE ANSWER SHEETS.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS MR K.L. TONG, ASSISTANT MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SHUN HING.

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