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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1994

"WE ALSO HOPE THAT MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR THEM SO THAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE THEIR TALENTS TO THEIR WORK AND ACHIEVE THE TARGET OF 'TOGETHER WE WORK, TOGETHER WE DEVELOP, SHE ADDED.

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MRS CHOR ALSO EXTENDED THE DEPARTMENT'S APPRECIATION ΤΟ THE JOCKEY CLUB FOR A DONATION OF $140,000 TO MEET THE PRODUCTION COSTS.

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THE ODEA IS AN ANNUAL EVENT ORGANISED BY THE SPD TO RECOGNISE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF DISABLED EMPLOYERS AS WELL AS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THEIR DISABLED EMPLOYEES.

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HONG KONG'S CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT ENCOURAGING

UNTON MOVEMENT HAS BEEN

THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL CREDIT ENCOURAGING, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE RICHARD YIP SHUI-MING, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

AND FISHERIES, MR

SPEAKING AT THE INTERNATIONAL CREDIT UNION DAY, MR YIP SAID THE NUMBER OF CREDIT UNIONS IN HONG KONG HAD GROWN FROM ONE IN 1964, WHEN THE MOVEMENT WAS STARTED, TO 69 THIS YEAR.

AT PRESENT, THE NUMBER OF CREDIT UNION MEMBERS IS ABOUT 50,000, WITH A TOTAL SHARE CAPITAL OF MORE THAN $520 MILLION.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE LOCAL CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT OWED MUCH TO FATHER JOHN COLLINS AND MR ANDREW SO, WHOSE JOINT EFFORTS HAD MADE A GOOD START TO IT.

MR YIP STRESSED THAT THE CREDIT UNION CONCFPT WAS TO SPER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MECHANISM TO FOSTER THRIFT, TO CHANNEL MEMBERS' SAVINGS TO PRODUCTIVE AND USEFUL UNDERTAKINGS AND TO PROVIDE A SOURCE OF PERSONAL CREDIT FOR MEMBERS IN TIMES OF NEED.

INTERNATIONAL CREDIT UNION DAY IS AN OCCASION FOR RENEWING INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENTS TO THE IDEAL OF MUTUAL SELF- HELP AND SELF-RELIANCE.'

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DAY IS

THE TREME FOR THIS YEAR'S INTERNATIONAL CREDIT UNION "CHOICES AND CHALLENGES", HE SAID, ADDING THAT 1T COVERED VARIOUS DIMENSIONS INCLUDING VOLUNTEERISM, FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AND GLOBAL CO-OPERATION.

"THE CHOICE TO BE MADE IS FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AND CHALLENGE IS TO MAKE THAT GOAL ATTAINABLE BY ENSURING ALL PEOPLE ACCESS TO SAFE AND SOUND CREDIT UNIONS, HE ADDED.

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AT TODAY'S GATHERING, MR VIP PRESENTED CERTIFICATES RECOGNITION TO VARIOUS MEMBERS IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING OR LONG SERVICE TO THE MOVEMENT.

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