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Governor sees training of polling staff
The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, today (Tuesday) saw how a training session for polling staff of the Legislative Council elections was conducted.
Mr Patten looked on with interest the presiding officers practising the sealing of ballot boxes. He was accompanied by the Chairman of the Boundary and Election Commission, Mr Justice Woo Kwok-hing.
Earlier, Mr Patten saw a demonstration of the computer-assisted vote and counting procedure for the election committee constituency, including the validation process.
He also viewed mock polling booths and exhibits of electoral documents.
After a brief discussion with the presiding officers, the Governor observed a briefing for polling staff in session.
The Registration and Electoral Office has organised six half-day training sessions for the 11,000 polling staff and the first of which was held yesterday (Monday).
The sessions are aimed at providing detailed instructions to the staff on polling procedures on the election day.
All presiding officers were given separate, intensive and hands-on training.
The last of the sessions will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon.
End/Tuesday, September 12, 1995
Over half of job seekers placed under job matching scheme
The Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Joseph W P Wong today (Tuesday) said he was delighted to learn that the Job Matching Programme (JMP) operated by the Labour Department was able to find jobs for over half of the registrants.
Speaking to the press after visiting the Local Employment Services (LES) Office at Centre Point, Wan Chai, Mr Wong said JMP's placement rate had been high with over 1,000 people already being placed in new jobs with monthly salaries ranged from $5,000 to $10,000 since the scheme started in April.
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