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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1993

ARE NOW AVAILABLE THE GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL

THE TWO REPORTS, BOTH COMPILED IN ENGLISH, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

THE RIVER WATER QUALITY REPORT IS SOLD AT $32 A COPY WHILE MARINE WATER QUALITY REPORT AT $42 A COPY.

THE

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

FURTHER

ΤΟ

ENQUIRIES CAN BE DIRECTED

EPD'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER (WATER POLICY), DR MALCOLM TEL 835 1234.

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JOB BAZAARS IN SHEUNG WAN

PRINCIPAL

BROOM ON

A LARGE-SCALE JOB BAZAAR WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) IN SHEUNG WAN TO HELP WORKERS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS LOOK FOR JOBS UNDER THE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING SCHEME (OJT) SET UP BY THE EMPLOYERS RETRAINING BOARD (ERB).

ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (LES) AND SPONSORED BY THE ERB, THE BAZAAR WILL BE THE THIRD IN A SERIES WHICH AIMED AT PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYERS AND POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES TO MAKE DIRECT CONTACT AND DISCUSS ABOUT JOB VACANCIES AND EMPLOYMENT.

SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (EMPLOYMENT SERVICE), SAID TODAY (TUESDAY):

MR RAYMOND CHAN,

"IT IS MOST ENCOURAGING THAT THE FIRST TWO JOB BAZAARS HELD IN TSUEN WAN AND SHA TIN RECENTLY ATTRACTED MORE THAN 2,700 JOB-SEEKERS RESULTING IN ABOUT 1,500 REFERRALS BEING MADE ON THE SPOT, MR CHAN SAID.

IT ALSO SHOWED THAT SIMILAR BAZAARS WILL BE HELPFUL ΤΟ JOB-SEEKERS WISHING TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE OJT AND THOSE WHO WISH TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SCHEME, HE SAID.

THE BAZAAR WILL BE HELD FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM AT THE EXHIBITION HALL OF THE SHEUNG WAN CIVIC CENTRE. 18 EMPLOYERS PARTICIPATING COME FROM VARIOUS TRADES INCLUDING CATERING, FAST FOOD, HOTEL, SUPERMARKETS, PROPERTY

SECURITY, LAUNDRY, BANKING AND

RETAIL SALES.

MANAGEMENT,

THE EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVES WILL ALSO GIVE BRIEFING TO INTERESTED PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR TRADES AND CONDUCT ON-THE-SPOT INTERVIEWS OR ARRANGE INTERVIEWS AT OTHER DATES.

MEANWHILE, VACANCIES OF THE 230 EMPLOYERS PARTICIPATING IN OJT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE BY LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S LES STAFF TO HELP JOB-SEEKERS SELECT THEIR PREFERRED JOBS.

/"SOME EMPLOYEES

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