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Local businessman heads to Far East For the second time in two years Acton businessman Bob Young is going to China But its no pleasure trip as Mr Young will instnict business peo ple in Hong Kong on the finer details of computer programming Mr Young owns an accounting and computer business on Actons Mill Street but the seminars be gives overseas are not particularly related to his professional calling China the world s capital for cheap pirated software is a coun try in need of computer instruc tion said Mr Young The audience in the seminars is a broad range of the population in eluding business people bankers and government workers said Mr Young But they all come for the MONEY MANAGEMENT Wednesday Februarys 1889- Page ed his own representative In Singapore China Mr Young will conduct a seminar in Washington DC in June entitled How to Market Computer Services Overseas He knows what hes talking about On his first trip overseas he covered seven countries in a month I was exhausted be said but it was fun Itwasworthit Mr Youngs latest trip abroad begins Feb 12 and will last for two weeks Although the 10 working days are not long enough Mr Young said be must get back to his office for tax time same thing to learn better com outer communications In his goal to teach seminars in such countries as Australia and China Mr Young gets assistance from the government I can contact a Canadian em bassy anywhere in the world tell them what I want to sell and where Mr Young said the secret of his success if the contacts he gained initially through the Canadian em bassies but he has since eotabllsh- YOUNf AT Volunteers help needy complete tax returns HEAD OFFICE 24 Queen Street E Suite Brampton Ontario L6V 1 A3 Revenue Canadas community volunteer program now in its 18 th year provides practical help in preparing tax returns for people who need assistance but cant af ford to pay for By tbc4imethc return deadline of April 30 arrives some tens of thousands of Canadian will have 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