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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1991

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18 INMATES PASS PUBLIC EXAMS

EIGHTEEN FEMALE INMATES FROM THE ΤΑΙ TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION THIS (WEDNESDAY)

RECEIVED CERTIFICATES PASSING PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.

AFTERNOON

FOR

THEY OBTAINED A TOTAL OF THREE DISTINCTIONS, FOUR CREDITS AND 20 PASSES IN PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS HELD BY THE PITMAN EXAMINATION INSTITUTION AND THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE,

SPEAKING AT A CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE INSTITUTION, WIFE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MRS V.J. MCCOSH, PRAISED THE INSTITUTION'S EDUCATION STAFF FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE REHABILITATION OF THESE YOUNG OFFENDERS.

"EXPERIENCE HAS TOLD US THAT INMATES MAKE A BETTER CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY AND THEY STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF SECURING EMPLOYMENT, OR CONTINUING THEIR STUDIES AFTER RELEASE, IF THEY ARE ENCOURAGED

STUDY AND ORTAIN RECOGNITION THROUGH ACCREDITED EXAMINATIONS, SHE SAID.

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SINCE 1979 A TOTAL OF 1,506 YOUNG INMATES HAD SAT FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE HELD BY THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY, THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, THE PITMAN EXAMINATION INSTITUTE AND THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE.

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TOTALLY THEY ACHIEVED 100 DISTINCTIONS, PASSES. THE AVERAGE PASS RATE IS 84 PER CENT.

204 CREDITS AND

1,071

0

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS

HKEF

DATE

$ MILLION

CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT ON

11.6.91

380

EFFECT OF FORWARDS TO BE SETTLED ON

12.6.91

-225

EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS MORNING

+225

EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON

TRADE WRIGHTED INDEX 114,6 +0.1* 12.6.91

NEUTRAL

KHONG KONG