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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1988

AN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 2 PM AT THE IBM EDUCATION CENTRE ON THE 46TH FLOOR OF EXCHANGE SQUARE II,

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CENTRAL.

PERSONNEL MANAGER OF

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE IBM WORLD TRADE CORPORATION, MR FRANCIS PANG; AND SENIOR LABOUR (FFICER OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, MR JAMES YEUNG,

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEMINAR ON JOB HUNTING SKILLS TO BE HELD AT 2 PM ON SATURDAY (AUGUST 13) AT THE IBM EDUCATION CENTRE, 46TH FLOOR, EXCHANGE SQUARE II, CENTRAL.

PRISONERS RECEIVE CERTIFICATES FOR PASSING EXAMINATIONS

SEVENTY PRISONERS WERE TODAY (THURSDAY) PRESENTED CERTIFICATES FOR SUCCESSFULLY PASSING PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.

OFFICIATING AT A PRESENTATION

CEREMONY HELD AT PIK UK LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER,

CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, EXECUTIVE AND DR DANIEL TSE, SAID CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES IN HONG KONG AIMED AT HELPING OFFENDERS TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE AND LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS.

"THESE INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR INMATES WHO ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED TO OBTAIN RECOGNITION THROUGH PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.

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"INMATES WHO STUDY HARD AND OBTAIN GOOD RESULTS WOULD GET A BETTER CHANCE OF LEADING A FULLER LIFE UPON THEIR RETURN TO SOCIETY, DR TSE SAID.

AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, 70 INMATES AND RELEASED PRISONERS WERE AWARDED A TOTAL OF 91 CERTIFICATES BY VARIOUS EXAMINATION BODIES.

THESE INCLUDE THE CITY AND CUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE, THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, THE PITMAN EXAMINATION INSTITUTE, THE HONG KONG EXAMINATION AUTHORITY, THE HONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA, MACAŲ.

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THEY SAT FOR 127 PAPERS AND OBTAINED A TOTAL OF 38 DISTINCTIONS, 20 CREDITS AND 61 PASSES, REPRESENTING AN AVERAGE PASS RATE OF 93.7 PER CENT.

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THE PAPERS PASSED RANGE FROM THE VOCATIONAL DISCIPLINES TELECOMMUNICATION, ACCOUNTANCY, BOOK-KEEPING, MARKETING MANAGEMENT AND SALES MANAGEMENT TO GENERAL ACADEMIC SUBJECTS OF ENGLISH CHINESE LANGUAGES, ARITHMETIC, ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE.

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