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SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1990

"OF THE TOTAL WORKING POPULATION, SOME 75.5 PER CENT HAVE JOBS THAT THEY OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY HAVE INDICATED WOULD RATHER WORK IN THE DISTRICT TO MINIMISE TRAVELLING TIME AND EXPENSES, HE SAID.

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"AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF WORKERS, CLOSE PROXMITY TO THE SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AND GOOD TRANSPORT PROVIDED BY THE CROSS-BORDER LINKS AND THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD ARE FAVOURABLE FACTORS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ON LOK TSUEN."

HE HOPED THAT THE SHOW WOULD HELP ATTRACT

MANUFACTURERS TO

INVEST IN THE AREA,

OVER 30 MANUFACTURERS WILL TAKE PART IN THE SHOW. EMPHASIS WILL BE PUT ON THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIES SUCH AS HOT DIPPED GALVANISING, THE MAKING OF PAPER, FOAM VERMICELLI, SOAPS, DOOR LOCKS, ELECTRIC TOOTH-BRUSHES, AND AND DYEING.

POLYESTER, LAUNDERING

TO HELP JOB-SEEKERS ON THE SPOT, A STALL WILL BE ERECTED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, WHILE LARGE BUSINESS FIRMS WILL SEEK TO RECRUIT PERSONNEL AT THE EXHIBITION GROUND.

STALLS WILL ALSO BE SET UP TO DISPLAY THE WORK OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL AND THE HONG KONG CONSUMER COUNCIL.

THE NORTH DISTRICT COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE AND BY FISHERIES SHOW, WITH A BUDGET OF MORE THAN $500,000, IS SPONSORED THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. ADMISSION IS FREE.

ESSAY COMPETITION TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION

OF CIVIC THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION

COMPETITION EDUCATION IS ORGANISING AN ESSAY

TO ENHANCE RESIDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW.

THE

IS COMPETITION

ONE OF THE

PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE DISTRICT.

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COMMITTEE'S

ACTIVITIES TO

SENIOR

WHO LIVE, WORK

DIVIDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS PRIMARY, JUNIOR SECONDARY, SECONDARY AND OPEN, THE COMPETITION IS OPEN TO PEOPLE OR STUDY IN THE DISTRICT.

APPLICATION FORMS

ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE

DEADLINE DISTRICT OFFICE AT 37-39 TONKIN STREET. THE OF ENTRIES IS JUNE 13.

SHAM SHUI PO

FOR

SUBMISSION

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