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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1991

SAID, ASSISTANCE

MADE

THE STEWARDS

THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, OF HAD PROVIDED VERY

WHICH HAD UNIVERSITY, THE BROUGHT TO FRUITION,

POSSIBLE

SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL

THE AMBITIOUS OUTSTANDING FACILITY THAT MOST

AND

SIR DAVID ADMINISTRATIVE OF THE SCOPE THE CLUB HAD YET

ALSO THANKED PROFESSOR WOO THE GOVERNOR

CHIA-WEI NEW UNIVERSITY TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM, DRIVE AND VISION OF A MISSION TO BECOME THE BEST IN SOUTHEAST ASIA WHICH HAD HELPED MANY DISTINGUISHED ACADEMICS TO THE NEW VENTURE.

FOR HIS WITH A ATTRACT

DETERMINATION

OF THIS

AND

THE GOVERNOR ALSO PRAISED SIR S.Y. CHUNG FOR HIS AND EXPERIENCE WHICH HAD HELPED OVERCOME THE VERY MANY PRACTICAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS INEVITABLE IN UNDERTAKING A PROJECT MAGNITUDE.

"HE HAS THE UNIQUE DISTINCTION OF BEING CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH SETTING UP THREE MAJOR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG OVER AS MANY DECADES. I DOUBT IF ANYONE, ANYWHERE, CAN MATCH THIS, SAID.

"

GOVERNOR

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COMMUNITY'S HELP IN JOB PLACEMENTS URGED

聿案

THE

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY (THURSDAY) SAID

AGENCIES NEED THE SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY

EMPLOYERS, AT LARGE ΤΟ HELP PEOPLE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT IN THE

EMPLOYEES, TRADE UNIONS AND THE COMMUNITY FROM SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS OPEN MARKET.

OF THE WONG

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW OFFICE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE IN TAI SIN, HE SAID THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE HAD BEEN PLAYING AN THIS ROLE IN SUPPLEMENTING THE EFFORT OF THE GOVERNMENT IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

IMPORTANT AREA FOR

IT HAD ALSO MADE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS RE-INTEGRATING THE LESS PRIVILEGED MEMBERS INTO THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

YEARS, IN EACH OF THE LAST TWO

ABOUT 400 JOB SEEKERS WERE PLACED, REPRESENTING A SUCCESS RATE OF WELL OVER 60 PER CENT.

VARIETY BIGGEST EMPLOYER

HE NOTED THAT THE SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENTS COVERED A WIDE OF OCCUPATIONS, WITH THE SERVICE INDUSTRY BEING THE OF THE CLIENTS.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY PAID TRIBUTE DEDICATION OF THE PLACEMENT OFFICERS, LOCAL

EMPLOYERS

WHO

ΤΟ THE

то AND

LESS

PROFESSIONALISM AND THE SUPPORT OF MANY

PEOPLE PRIVILEGED

DETERMINATION

HAVE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR WORK ABILITIES AND LEAD A GAINFUL LIFE.

AN

TO

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