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WATER SITUATION: RESERVOIRS 99 PER CENT FULL ............... 7
CHI WO STREET SECTION IN YAU MA TEI TO DE CLOSED FOR THREE WEEKS ..............................-....................... ‘
HONG KONG DELEGATION TO ATTEND TRANSPORT CONFERENCE IN SYDNEY........................................................... B
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Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-23^191
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1975
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SOCIAL WELFARE CONVENTION BEGINS if if if if if if
THE FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SOCIAL WELFARE (ICSW) WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED THIS (MONDAY) MORNING AT THE CITY HALL BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE.
IN WELCOMING THE 400-0DD DELEGATES FROM 20 COUNTRIES, SIR MURRAY SAID HONG KONG OFFERED AN APPROPRIATE BACKDROP FOR THE CONFERENCE WHOSE THEME IS 'SOCIAL PLANNING FOR GROWING CITIES.’
WHILE THE PROBLEMS OF HONG KONG’S GROWTH WERE NOT. UNIQUE. HE NOTED. THAT THE RATE OF URBANIZATION HERE HAD BEEN GREATER, DESPITE LIMITED SPACE, AND ADDED TO THIS HONG KONG’S ECONOMIC INFASTRUCTURE HAD DEEN COMPLETELY AT THE MERCY OF EXTERNAL FACTORS.
LIKE OTHER GOVERNMENTS, HONG KONG HAD CONFRONTED THE MANY DEFICIENCIES THAT RESULTED, SUCH AS HOUSING, MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES, AND LAW AND ORDER, AND DESPITE THE IMMENSITY OF THE TASKS THAT REMAINED, THE ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR HAD DEEN SIGNIFICANT.
THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WOULD TAKE TIME AND GREAT EXPENSE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS IN OLD URBAN AREAS, BUT HE NOTED THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO APPLY FROM THE OUTSET AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF SOCIAL PLANNING IN THE NEW TOWNS PLANNED.
THE FIVE-DAY CONVENTION, KNOWN AS THE 1975 REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR ASIA AND WESTERN PACIFIC OF THE ICSW, IS HOSTED BY THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR’S SPEECH:-
+0N BEHALF OF HONG KONG I WELCOME THE COUNCIL’S OFFICIALS AND OVERSEAS VISITORS, AND WISH YOU ALL AN ENJOYABLE AND SUCCESSFUL STAY IN OUR-CITY. I THINK YOU WILL FIND IT AN AGREEABLE AND STIMULATING PLACE IN WHICH TO HOLD YOUR CONFERENCE.
+THERE CAN CERTAINLY BE NO CITY IN THE WORLD WHICH CAN OFFER A MORE APPROPRIATE BACKDROP FOR A CONFERENCE WHOSE THEME IS .‘•SOCIAL PLANNING FOR GROWING CITIES+.
+THE PROBLEMS OF HONG KONG’S GROWTH ARE NOT UNIQUE, AND INDEED ARE SHARED BY MANY CITIES IN THE PACIFIC REGION, ANO STEM FROM AH INFLUX OF RURAL POPULATION ON A SCALE TOO GREAT FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY TO SUPPORT ADEQUATELY.
+DUT IN HONG KONG THE INFLUX HAS BEEN GREATER, THE SPACE AVAILABLE FOR IT HAS BEEN SMALLER AND THE ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON WHICH SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT ALIKE HAVE TO DEPEND HAS BEEN COMPLETELY AT THE MERCY OF EXTERNAL FACTORS - PRINCIPALLY THE STATE OF EXPORT MARKETS IN AMERICA, EUROPE AND JAPAN.
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♦LIKE OTHER GOVERNMENTS THAT OF HONG KONG HAS CONFRONTED THE MANY DEFICIENCIES THAT HAVE RESULTED, SUCH AS HOUSING, MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES, AND OF COURSE THE MOST PRESSING AND INTRACTIBLE OF ALL SOCIAL URBAN PROBLEMS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 2OTH CENTURY, THAT OF LAW AND ORDER. IN SPITE OF THE IMMENSITY OF THE TASKS THAT REMAIN I BELIEVE YOU WILL FIND THAT WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED AND WHAT IS BEING PLANNED HERE OF INTEREST AND SIGNIFICANCE.
♦TRADITIONAL CHINESE ORGANISATIONS AND MODERN VOLUNTARY AGENCIES HAVE ALIKE MADE A NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THESE ENDEAVOURS. WHILE THE EVER-INCREASING SCALE OF OPERATION HAS NATURALLY RESULTED IN THE FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT BEING Pl.EDOMI NANT, THE INFLUENCE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR REMAINS STRONG. I MEAN NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY, BUT AS A STIMULANT AND A SOURCE OF NEW IDEAS, AND ABOVE ALL AS A CHANNEL FOR PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC IN THE PROBLEMS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
♦AS IN OTHER CITIES, IN HONG KONG THE PEOPLE AND THE PROBLEMS CAME FIRST, AND THE INDUSTRY THE REVENUE AND SO THE MEANS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS CAME LATER. BUT BY THEN MANY OF THE PROBLEMS HAD LITERALLY BUILT THEMSELVES INTO OUR CITY. THOUGH THEY CAN AND WILL DE SOLVED, IN THE OLD URBAN AREAS IT CAN ONLY NOW BE COMPARATIVELY SLOWLY, AND AT GREAT EXPENSE.
+IT IS THEREFORE EXCITING THAT COMPLETELY NEW TOWNS ARE PLANNED AND ARE BEING BUILT OUTSIDE THE OLD URBAN AREA OF HONG KONG IN WHICH IT IS OUR AIM THAT FROM THE OUTSET AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF SOCIAL PLANNING WILL BE APPLIED.
+IN THE LESSONS DRAWN FROM THE HONG KONG IN THE PAST AND IN OUR ASPIRATIONS FOR THE HONG KONG OF THE FUTURE WE HAVE MUCH TO LEARN FROM THE DISCIPLINES OF SOCIAL WELFARE PLANNING. I AM SURE THEREFORE THAT YOUR EXCHANGE OF VIEWS BETWEEN OUR OWN SOCIAL WORKERS AND OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FROM OVERSEAS WILL BE OF GREAT VALUE.
+l WISH YOU ALL FRUITFUL DISCUSSIONS AND A HAPPY AND INTERESTING STAY IN HONG KONG.+
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1975
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KMB AND CMB GET NEW FRANCHISES it it it if it
FRANCHISES SETTING OUT THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH HONG KONG’S TOO MAJOR BUS COMPANIES, THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY (KMB) AND THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY (CMB), CAN OPERATE HAVE BEEN GRANTED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL AND WILL COME INTO FORCE FROM TODAY (MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1).
ONE OF THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE FRANCHISES WHICH HAVE BEEN GRANTED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE PUBLIC OMNIBUS SERVICES ORDINANCE 1975, IS THE FIXING, FOR THE FIRST TIME, OF A PERMITTED RATE OF RETURN FOR THE TWO COMPANIES. IN THE CASE OF KMB, THE RATE OF RETURN IS 16 PER CENT, BASED ON THE VALUATION OF ITS FIXED ASSETS IN JULY 1959 - THE LAST TIME THE COMPANY’S ASSETS WERE VALUED.
FOR CMB THE RATE OF RETURN IS 15 PER CENT, BUT THIS WILL BE ON A VALUATION CARRIED OUT IN 1962 AT THE TIME THE COMPANY FIRST ISSUED ITS SHARES TO THE PUBLIC.
ANOTHER PROVISION OF THE FRANCHISES, WHICH IS ALSO LAID DOWN IN THE NEW ORDINANCE, IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROFIT CONTROL SCHEME. UNDER THE SCHEME, EACH COMPANY IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A RESERVE (CALLED THE DEVELOPMENT FUND) AND ANY PROFITS EARNED IN EXCESS OF THE PERMITTED RATE OF RETURN IS CREDITED TO THIS FUND.
IN A YEAR WHEN A COMPANY EARNS LESS THAN THE PERMITTED RATE OF RETURN IT WILL BE ALLOWED TO DRAW FROM THE FUND THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO BRING IT UP TO THE PERMITTED RETURN.
THE COMPANIES WILL ALSO HAVE TO PAY EIGHT PER CENT INTEREST ON THE BALANCE IN THE FUND EACH YEAR AND THIS WILL BE ADDED TO THE FUND.
THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THE FUND ARE TO ASSIST WITH CAPITAL EXPANSION FOR BUS OPERATIONS, BY ENSURING RETENTION OF PROFITS FOR THIS PURPOSE IN THE COMPANY, AND ALSO AS A PROFIT EQUALISATION FUND.
THE NEW FRANCHISES GIVE JHE COMPANIES EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO OPERATE BUS SERVICES ON SPECIFIED ROUTES AS OPPOSED TO THE PREVIOUS FRANCHISES WHICH WERE GRANTED ON A GEOGRAPHICAL BASIS.
THE FRANCISES WILL LAST FOR 10 YEARS IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, THAT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1975 UNTIL AUGUST 31, 1985. BUT THE CONCEPT OF A ROLLING FRANCHISE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSIONS EVERY TWO YEARS FOLLOWING COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS OF THE COMPANIES’ OPERATIONS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE UNDER THE FRANCHISES.
AFTER THE REVIEWS, AND SUBJECT TO SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE EXTENSION OF EACH FRANCHISE FOR FURTHER PERIODS OF TWO YEARS WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL FOR DECISION. PROVIDED, THEREFORE, THE COMPANIES OPERATE SATISFACTORILY THEY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO A PERIOD OF CONTINUITY.
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THE ROUTES TO BE OPERATED BY THE COMPANIES ARE LAID DOWN IN THE SCHEDULE OF ROUTES ORDERS AND THEESE INCLUDE DETAILS OF BUS TERMINI AND INTERMEDIATE STOPS FOR EACH ROUTE.
THE SCALE OF FARES FOR BOTH KMB AND CMB ARE ALSO LAID DOWN AND THESE WILL LIST THE FARES CURRENTLY IN FORCE FOR THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS, BAGGAGE AND GOODS WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO A SPECIFIED ROUTE OR GROUP OF ROUTES THAT WILL DE OPERATED BY THE COMPANIES.
FURTHER CONTROLS ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE TWO COMPANIES ARE LAID DOWN IN THE PUBLIC OMNIBUS SERVICES ORDINANCE 1975, WHICH DESIGNATES THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT AS THE AUTHORITY FOR ADMINISTERING THESE CONTROLS.
THE PUBLIC OMNIBUS SERVICES ORDINANCE ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE GOVERNOR TO APPOINT UP TO TWO DIRECTORS TO THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF BOTH KMB AND CMB. THESE DIRECTORS WOULD BE EMPOWERED TO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC INTEREST RATHER THAN THAT OF THE SHAREHOLDERS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF THESE DIRECTORS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
COMMENTING ON THE FRANCHISES, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT, ALTHOUGH THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLEX AND HAVE THUS TAKEN MORE THAN lb MONTHS TO COMPLETE, THEY HAVE RESULTED IN THE ENACTMENT OF MORE UP TO DATE LEGISLATION - THE PUBLIC OMNIBUS SERVICES ORDINANCE 1975 - AS WELL AS THE NEW FRANCHISES, WHICH MORE ADEQUATELY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC AND THE TWO COMPANIES IN PRESENT DAY CONDITIONS.
+IN PARTICULAR THE ORDINANCE AND THE FRANCHISES TOGETHER PROVIDE FOR MORE ADEQUATE AND EFFECTIVE CONTROL OVER THE CURRENT OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANIES, AS WELL AS THEIR FUTURE EXPANSION PLANS, THAN HAS BEEN POSSIBLE IN THE PAST,+ HE SAID.
+THIS IS PARTICULARLY THE CASE IN RESPECT OF THE FRANCHISES BEING EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF ROUTES, THE APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNMENT DIRECTORS TO THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF BOTH KMB AND CMB AND THE MORE EFFECTIVE POWERS PROVIDED TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANIES,* HE ADDED.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1975
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TOUGH NEW PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL DEALERS IN ACETYLATING SUBSTANCES USED IN HEROIN PRODUCTION
THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HAS SECURED POWERS WHICH WILL ENABLE IT TO EXERCISE STRICTER CONTROL OVER THE IMPORT, EXPORT AND MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG OF ACETYLATING SUBSTANCES — SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HEROIN. I
STARTING FROM TODAY (MONDAY) PEOPLE WHO IMPORT, EXPORT, PROCURE, SUPPLY, DEAL IN OR WITH, MANUFACTURE OR POSSESS ILLEGALLY THESE CHEMICALS MAY BE FINED UP TO $1,000,000 AND JAILED FOR 15 YEARS.
PREVIOUSLY ONLY ACETIC ANHYDRIDE WAS CONTROLLED UNDER THE IMPORT AND EXPORT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS AND THE PENALTY FOR CONTRAVENTION OF THIS LEGISLATION WAS $50,000 AND ONE YEAR IMPRISONMENT.
NOW, UNDER THE NEW LEGISLATION DRAWN UP SPECIFICALLY FOR ALL ACETYLATING SUBSTANCES, TWO MORE CHEMICALS ~ ACETIC CHLORIDE AND ACETIC BROMIDE — HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST.
THE LEGISLATION IS ANOTHER STEP IN THE GOVERNMENT’S EFFORT TO STAMP OUT THE ILLEGAL NARCOTICS TRADE.
THE NEW CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM, BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, INVOLVES EVERY ASPECT OF THE TRADE IN ACETYLATING SUBSTANCES, STARTING FROM THEIR IMPENDING IMPORT TO THE TIME THE CHEMICALS COME ASHORE AND TO HOW THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED AND USED BY COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN HONG KONG.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE SYSTEM WILL, HOWEVER, BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO ALLOW AN UNINTERRUPTED SUPPLY OF THE CHEMICALS TO BONA FIDE USERS LIKE HOSPITALS, CHEMICAL LABORATORIES AND SO ON.
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1975 GOVT LOTTERY TO RUN FULL COURSE H * H « «
THE THREE REMAINING GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES WILL BE OPERATED AS SCHEDULED UNTIL THE FINAL DRAW IN MID-OCTOBER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR. KAI-YIN CHAU, SAID TODAY.
MR. CHAU SAID THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHETHER THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT LOTTERY SERIES WOULD CONTINUE IN VIEW OF THE NEW MARK VI LOTTERY OF THE HONG KONG LOTTERIES BOARD.
♦FOR THIS YEAR,+ HE SAID, +TEN LOTTERIES IN THE GOVERNMENT SERIES WERE SCHEDULED. SO FAR, SEVEN HAVE BEEN DRAWN AND TICKETS FOR THE EIGHTH ARE NOW ON SALE. THE NINTH AND TENTH WILL PROCEED AS SCHEDULED AFTER WHICH THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERY WILL END.+
MR. CHAU WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE CITY HALL TODAY TO LAUNCH THE EIGHTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY.
THE WINNING NUMBERS FOR THIS LOTTERY WILL BE DRAWN ON SEPTEMBER 13 BY FOUR RTV ARTISTES -- MISS MEG LAM KIN-MING, MISS DEBORAH TANG KIT-LING, MISS CHUM YAN-MI, AND MISS AU YEUNG PUI-SAN. THE DRAW WILL BE TELEVISED LIVE TO ENABLE MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXCITEMENT OF THE OCASSION.
THE FOUR ARTISTES WILL ALSO TAKE PART IN A PROMOTION DRIVE NEXT MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 8) WHEN THEY WILL HELP SELL TICKETS NEAR NORTH POINT FERRY PIER.
MR. CHAU URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERY, AS THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, NOT ONLY TO BECOME RICH BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT WORTHY CHARITABLE CAUSES.
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, . RESERVOIRS 99 PER CENT FULL
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HONG KONG’S TOTAL WATER STORAGE STOOD AT 66,762 MILLION GALLONS THIS (MONDAY) MORNING, REPRESENTING 99.2 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY.
AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE RESERVOIRS HELD ONLY 38,834 MILLION GALLONS.
PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR, HONG KONG’S BIGGEST RESERVOIR WITH A CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS, WAS FILLED TO THE BRIM. ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR IT HELD ONLY 29,948 MILLION G’.LLOfS.
A TRACE OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED DURING THE PAST TWENT' FOUL HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR AMO1 NTS CO 2400.4 MM (94.50 IN), WHILE THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL STANDS AT 1719.9 MM (67.68 IN).
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MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED THAT THE SECTION OF CHI WO STREET BETWEEN NANKING STREET AND JORDAN ROAD IN YAU MA TEI WILL BE CLOSED FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE WAS TO FACILITATE TRENCH WORKS IN THE AREA.
MEANWHILE, A SPEED LIMIT OF 30 MILES PER HOUR WILL BE
IMPOSED ON LANTAU ISLAND AS FROM 10 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 3) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIVE SECTIONS OF ROADS WHICH ARE NOW SUBJECT TO A 20 MPH SPEED LIMIT.
THE FIVE SECTIONS ARE: SOUTH LANTAU ROAD FROM SILVER MINE
BAY FERRY CONCOURSE TO A POINT ABOUT 180 YARDS SOUTHWEST OF MILESTOtE 1/4= SOUTH LANTAU ROAD BETWEEN A POINT ABOUT 130 YARDS EAST OF MILESTONE 2-1/4 AND A POINT ABOUT 80 YARDS WEST OF MILESTONE 2-3/4= SOUTH LANTAU ROAD BETWEEN A POINT ABOUT 50 YARDS EAST OF fflLESTONE 6-1/4 AND A POINT ABOUT 90 YARDS SOUTHWEST OF MA PO PING f&AD JUNCTION-SOUTH LANTAU ROAD BETWEEN A POINT ABOUT 50 YARDS EAST OF MILESTONE 7-3/4 AND A POINT ABOUT 210 YARDS WEST OF MILESTONE 8~ AND ROAD FROM TAI 0 FERRY CONCOURSE TO A POINT ABOUT 750 "TA RDS OF THE CONCOURSE.
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H.K. DELEGATION TO ATTEND TRANSPORT CONFERENCE IN SYDNEY
THE ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR. PETER MILLER, WILL FLY TO SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, LATER THIS WEEK TO ATTEND A FOUR-DAY INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE WHICH STARTS NEXT MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 8).
THE CONFERENCE, ENTITLED ’TRANSPORT IN THE YEARS AHEAD’ AND ORGANISED BY.THE AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF THE LONDON-BASED CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT, IS TO LOOK AT ALL MODES OF TRANSPORT - LAND, SEA AND AIR - AS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM.
PROGRAMMES FOR THE CONFERENCE INCLUDE SPECIALIST TALKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON FUTURE TRANSPORT AS WELL AS PRESENTATION OF PAPERS ON NEW TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
THE CONFERENCE WILL CLOSE ON SEPTEMBER 11 WITH AN ADDRESS TO BE GIVEN BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT, MR. W.M. LITTLE.
MR. MILLER WHO WILL BE AMONG FOUR HONG KONG DELEGATES ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE, IS ALSO THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG SECTION OF THE INSTITUTE.
THE INSTITUTE WAS FOUNDED IN LONDON IN 1919. IT CONDUCTS AND ADMINISTERS TERTIARY-LEVEL SPECIALIST STUDIES IN TRANSPORT METHODS, MANAGEMENT AND RELATED SUBJECTS.
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TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD GIVEN FULL REPORT ON LATEST HK-EEC DISCUSSIONS ........................................ i
GOVERNOR OPENS YOUNG MEN’S SERVICE CLUBS CONVENTION .......... 3
76 APPRENTICES COMPLETE CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN COURSES RUN EY PWD.................................................... 4
FREAK FAULT CAUSED NEW $2 COIN TO SPLIT....................... 5
SECTION OF CLEAR WATER DAY ROAD TO EE CLOSED FOR TWO MONTHS ................................................... 5
ANOTHER 15 SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS WILL BE AUCTIONED THIS WEEK .......................................... g
NEW CDO APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED ............................... g
TEMPORARY WATER INTERRUPTIONS ................................ 7
LABOUR COMMISSIONER TO VISIT KMB WORKSHOP .................... 7
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1975
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TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD RECEIVES FULL REPORT ON LATEST EEC DISCUSSIONS
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THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD MET THIS AFTERNOON TO RECEIVE A REPORT FROM MR. DAVID JORDAN, DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, O.J HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE EEC COMMISSION IN BRUSSELS I AST WEEK.
MR. JORDAN ALSO GAVE THE BOARD A PROGRESS REPORT OH THE SPECIAL SHIPMENT SCHEME CURRENTLY OPERATED BY THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.
THE BOARD AGREED THAT BEFORE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY COULD BE RESUMED, IT WOULD DE NECESSARY TO COLLECT FURTHER INFORMATION TO QUANTIFY MORE FULLY THE SIZE OF THE DIFFICULTIES FACED BY HONG KONG MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS.
THIS INFORMATION IS BEING GATHERED DY THE DEPARTMENT WITH THE HELP OF TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING THE EXPORTERS’ ASSOCIATION, THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE DY THE END OF THIS WEEK. I
ANOTHER MEETING OF THE BOARD WILL EE HELD EARLY NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND THE POSITION REACHED IN THE SPECIAL SHIPMENT SCHEME. IT WILL THEN DE DECIDED WHEN A DELEGATION SHOULD LEAVE FOR BRUSSELS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
IN A SEPARATE STATEMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR. DAVID JORDAN, ANNOUNCED TONIGHT THAT FURTHER MEASURES WOULD DE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT GOODS LICENSED FOR SHIPMENT BY sm’kMREa 4, 1975 COULD BE EXPORTED. THE BUILD-UP OF ORDERS HAD CREATED A SHORTAGE OF CARGO SPACE AND DEMANDS FROM OVERSEAS BUYERS FOR AIR SHIPMENT.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH SEVERAL AIRLINES AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO ENABLE AIR CONSIGNMENTS TO BE CLEARED DY SEPTEMBER 14, 1975 AT THE LATEST. FULL DETAILS OF THE SCHEME WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
ALTHOUGH FULL DETAILS HAVE HOT YET BEEN WORKED OUT, IT IS LIKELY THAT GOODS FOR AIR FREIGHTING UNDER THE SPECIAL SHIPMENT SCHEME, MUST DE PLACED IN A DESIGNATED GODOWN UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. CONSIGNMENTS WILL BE RELEASED FROM THE DESIGNATED GODOWN IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SHIPMENT ON FLIGHTS WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT. AIRLINES ARE BEING ASKED TO DESIGNATE FLIGHTS CN WHICH THEY ARE PREPARED TO ACCEPT SPECIAL SHIPMENT CARGO. DETAILS OF APPROVED FLIGHTS CAN DE OBTAINED FROM AIRLINES DIRECT.
DETAILS OF THE SCHEME CAN ALSO DE OBTAINED BY TELEPHONING MR. JONATHAN NG OF THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AT 5-442022. »
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PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED FOR SPECIAL AIR SHIPMENT SCHEME:
1. EACH COMPANY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERY OF THE CONSIGNMENT TO THE DESIGNATED GODOWN, AND PAYMENT OF THE GODOWN CHARGES.
THE DESIGNATED GODOWN WILL BE OPEN FROM 5 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1975 AND FROM 7 A.M. TO 11 P.M. ON SEPTIMBER 4 1975.
2. EACH CONSIGNMENT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY
(A) THE ORIGINAL OF THE EXPORT LICENCE,
(B) A PHOTO-COPY OF THE EXPORT LICENCE, AND
(C) A COPY OF THE AIRWAY BILL ENDORSED AS FOLLOWS: ’’SPECIAL AIR SHIPMENT SCHEME”
3. CONSIGNMENTS WILL BE RECEIVED BY D.C. AND I. OFFICERS AT THE DESIGNATED GODOWN.
4. ALL CONSIGNMENTS MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE GODOWN BEFORE
11 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1975. NO FURTHER DELIVERIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 11 P.M. THE GODOWN WILL BE SEALED AT MIDNIGHT.
5. CONSIGNMENTS DELIVERED TO THE DESIGNATED GODOWN WILL THEN BE CONSIDERED AS EXPORTED AS FAR AS THE COMPANY IS CONCERNED.
6. AIRLINES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING CONSIGNMENTS FROM THE DESIGNATED GODOWN AND DELIVERY TO AIRCRAFT.
7. AIRLINES MUST PRODUCE A COPY OF THE RELEVANT AIRWAY BILL.
8. THIS WILL BE COMPARED WITH THE D.C. AND I. COPY LODGED UNDER SECTION 2(C) ABOVE.
9. IF THE PARTICULARS COINCIDE IN ALL RESPECTS, CONSIGNMENTS WILL THEN BE RELEASED TO THE AIRLINES.
10, THE ORIGINAL OF THE EXPORT LICENCE WILL BE HANDED TO THE AIRLINES AT THE SAME TIME AS CONSIGNMENTS ARE RELEASED, FOR PROCESSING IN THE NORMAL WAY.
11. ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AIRLINES OR MR. J.Y.C. NG, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, TEL. 5-442022.
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GOVERNOR OPENS YOUNG MEN’S SERVICE CLUBS CONVENTION H H M H H If
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY DESCRIBED HONG KONG AS A COMMUNITY WITH MANY PROBLEMS BUT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THEY COULD AND WOULD BE SOLVED.
IN THIS, HE TOLD DELEGATES ATTENDING THE ROUND TABLES 1975 WORLD COUNCIL OF.YOUNG MEN’S SERVICE CLUBS’ CONVENTION, IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT’S DUTY TO PLAY THE CENTRAL ROLE, BUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WAS ENCOURAGED AND ENRICHED BY THE DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANY INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS.
+INDEED, IN A LIFETIME OF TRAVEL I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED A CITY WHERE THE TRADITION OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY IS SO STRONG IN EVERYDAY LIFE, OR WHICH COULD RISE SO WELL TO AN EMERGENCY,+ HE SAID.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR’S SPEECH AT THE OPENING CEREMONY IN THE CITY HALL:
+1 AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME YOU TO HONG KONG AND TO OPEN THE 1975 WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF YOUNG MEN’S SERVICE CLUBS.
+YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE CONCERNED PEOPLE, ACCUSTOMED TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITIES. I BELIEVE YOU WILL FIND HONG KONG A REFRESHING PLACE WHERE YOU WILL MEET MANY PEOPLE LIKE-MINDED TO YOURSELVES.
+INDEED, IN A LIFETIME OF TRAVEL I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED A CITY WHERE THE TRADITION OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY IS SO STRONG IN EVERYDAY LIFE, OR WHICH COULD RISE SO WELL TO AN EMERGENCY. '
+WE IN HONG KONG ARE A COMMUNITY WITH MANY PROBLEMS, MOST OF THEM THRUST ON US BY AN EXCESSIVE INFLUX OF POPULATION. BUT THOUGH WE KNOW THE GRAVITY OF THE PROBLEMS WE FACE, WE ARE PROUD OF THE PROGRESS’MADE AND ARE CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN AND WILL BE SOLVED.
♦ +IN THIS IT IS OF COURSE THE GOVERNMENT’S DUTY TO PLAY THE CENTRAL ROLE, BUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS ENCOURAGED AND ENRICHED BY THE DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AMONGST WHICH YOUR OWN IS SO DISTINGUISHED. I SHOULD LIKE IN PARTICULAR TO RECORD HONG KONG’S GRATITUDE FOR WHAT THE ROUND TABLES HAVE ACHIEVED, AND TO THANK ALL IN HONG KONG AND ELSEWHERE WHO HAVE HELPED THEIR PROJECTS.
+FOR YOUR CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITIES YOU SERVE YOU ARE DOUBLY WELCOME HERE. BUT I HOPE THAT YOUR TIME WILL NOT DE ENTIRELY TAKEN UP WITH SERIOUS DISCUSSION AND THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY SOME WELL-EARNED RELAXATION IN THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE WHERE THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERY TASTE.
+1 WISH YOU ALL A VERY SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE AND A HAPPY STAY IN HONG KONG.+
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1975
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SEVENTY-SIX APPRENTICES WILL GRADUATE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT THE END OF COURSES RUN BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT 5.30 P.M. MR. JAMES WU MAN-HON, CHAIRMAN OF THE • FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, WILL BE PRESENTING .CERTIFICATES TO THE SUCCESSFUL APPRENTICES.
THIS IS THE THIRD GROUP OF APPRENTICES TO GRADUATE FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF AN EXTENDED TWO-STREAM SYSTEM OF.TRAINING IN 1969 TO HELP MEET HONG KONG’S INCREASING DEMAND FOR SKILLED CRAFTSMEN, MECHANICS, TECHNICIANS AND TECHNICAL EXECUTIVES.
ONE stheam OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE REPRESENTED TOMORROW BY 53 CRAFT APPRENTICES WHO HAVE UNDERGONE A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAMME FROM WHICH THEY HAVE EMERGED AS TRAINED CRAFTSMEN.
THE SECOND STREAM WILL BE REPRESENTED BY 23 TECHNICAL APPRENTICES WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED A FIVE-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAMME CONDUCTED AT THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE’S AND WATERWORKS OFFICE’S WORKSHOPS.
A HIGHLIGHT OF THE OCCASION WILL BE THE PRESENTATION BY MR. WU OF THE BROWN CUP TO THE TWO BEST TECHNICAL APPRENTICES UNDER TRAINING AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THE LAISHLEY CUP (DONATED BY MR. E.M. LAISHLEY, ENGINEER (TRAINING), ELECTRICAL . AND MECHANICAL OFFICE, P.W.D.) TO THE BEST CRAFT APPRENTICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THIS CEREMONY. ALL GUESTS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE PRESS. ARE ADVISED TO EE AT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (1ST FLOOR) BY 5.15 P.M. •
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FREAK FAULT CAUSED SPLIT IN COIN ft ft ft ft ft
THE ROYAL MINT, MANUFACTURER OF HONG KONG’S COINAGE, HAS REPORTED THAT A FAULT IN A HK$2 COIN WHICH SPLIT.IN TWO AFTER IT WAS DROPPED WAS A VERY RARE ONE.
ACCORDING TO THE MINT, THE FAULT AROSE FROM A BUBBLE OF GAS BECOMING TRAPPED WHEN THE MOLTEN METAL WAS CAST INTO BARS FOR MINTING THE NEW COINS.
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DURING THE ROLLING PROCESS, IT SAID, THE BUBBLE WAS PRESSED OUT CAUSING A LAMINATION IN THE COIN STRIP.
+USUALLY THIS CAUSES THE COIN BLANK TO SPLIT BEFORE COINING BUT IN THIS CASE THE PROBABILITY IS THAT LAMINATION WAS NOT QUITE COMPLETE.
+AS A RESULT, THE COMPLETE SPLIT DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE COIN WAS DROPPED.+
THE ROYAL MINT STRESSED THAT FAULTS OF THIS NATURE RARELY OCCURRED AND THERE WAS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT OTHER COINS WERE SIMILARLY AFFECTED.
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MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED THAT A SHORT SECTION OF THE WESTBOUND, CARRIAGEWAY OF CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS FROM FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 5) TO FACILITATE ROAD WORKS.
THE AFFECTED SECTION IS THAT FROM THE BUS STATION NEAR PING SHEK ESTATE TO ST. JOHN’S PRIMARY SCHOOL. THE NORTHERN CARRIAGEWAY WILL BECOME TWO-WAY TO ACCOMMODATE DOTH EAST AND WEST BOUND TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
. e.^^NWHILE, 'J1 KWAI CHUNG, NEW TERRITORIES, VEHICLES USED BY LEARNER DRIVERS UNDER INSTRUCTION WILL NOT BE -ALLOWED TO ENTER TING FUNG STREET AND TING KWOK STREET FROM 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY.
THE RESTRICTION IS TO REDUCE OBSTRUCTION TO TRAFFIC.
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AUCTION OF ’LUCKY’ CAR NUMBERS K K « « H
ANOTHER 15 SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS WILL BE PUT UP FOR AUCTION THIS WEEKEND TO PROMOTE A CHARITABLE CAUSE.
THE AUCTION, THE 26TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, WILL TAKE PLACE AT 10 A.M. ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 6) AT THE CITY HALL LECTURE ROOM NORTH, 8TH FLOOR, HIGH BLOCK.
THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS ARE: /
BJ 12 BJ 77 AW 1111 AW 222 AZ 313
AZ 1166 AZ 1234 AZ 909 BC. 6666 AX 8008
AX 55 AX 737 BG 2 BG 3456 EG 747
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY IN CASH OR BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BIDDING.
POTENTIAL BIDDERS ARE REMINDED THAT THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARK WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO A VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.
PROCEEDS OF THE AUCTION WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND.
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THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR. ERIC HO, TODAY ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. CANICE MAK AS CITY DISTRICT OFFICER FOR YAUMATI.
MR. MAK’S NEW POST IS EFFECTIVE FROM SEPTEMBER 1 AND IS IN ADDITION TO HIS PRESENT POST OF CDO MONG KOK.
HE SUCCEEDS MR. LAU CHAU-WAH WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED CITY DISTRICT OFFICER FOR WONG TAI SIN.
MR. BILLY LAM, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER FOR’KOWLOON CITY, CEASED TO ACT AS CITY DISTRICT OFFICER FOR WONG TAI SIN.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1975
TEMPORARY WATER CUTS «««#«#
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN TSIM SHA TSUI IN KOWLOON AND IN CENTRAL DISTRICT ON THE ISLAND WILL BE INTERRUPTED BETWEEN 1 A.M. AND 6 A.M. ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 4) TO FACILITATE TESTS FOR LEAKAGE IN THE DISTRICTS.
PREMISES WHICH WILL BE AFFECTED IN TSIM SHA TSUI ARE BOUNDED BY NATHAN ROAD, KIMBERLEY ROAD AND CARNARVON ROAD.
ON THE ISLAND, PREMISES BOUNDED BY POTTINGER STREET, QUEEN’S ROAD CENTRAL, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, WING WO STREET AND THE SEA FRONT, WILL BE AFFECTED.
MEANWHILE, ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 5), A' NUMBER OF PREMISES IN TSUEN WAN WILL ALSO BE WITHOUT WATER BETWEEN 1 A.M. AND 6 A.M. WHEN ANOTHER TEST FOR LEAKAGE WILL BE CARRIED OUT.
AFFECTED WILL BE PREMISES BOUNDED BY CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TEXACO ROAD, TAI WO HAU ROAD AND SHEUNG KOK ROAD. ALSO AFFECTED WILL BE TAI WO HAU ESTATE BLOCKS 2-11, KWAI CHUNG ESTATE BLOCKS 1-2, AND METHODIST COTTAGES AND CHUNG YUEN SCHOOL.
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. IAN PRICE, WILL VISIT THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS CO. LTD. AT NO. 1 PO LUN STREET, LAI CHI KOK, TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
DURING THE VISIT, MR. PRICE WILL ATTEND A MASS CONTRACT
SIGNING CEREMONY FOR A MAJOR INTAKE OF NEW KMB CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES AND ADDRESS THE NEW RECRUITS. HE WILL ALSO INSPECT THE COMPANY’S WORKSHOP.
MR. PRICE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (INDUSTRIAL TRAINING), MR. T.Y. TSUI, AND BY.THE PRINCIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER, MR. BARRY WALSH.
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE VISIT COVERED. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE ADVISED TO BE AT THE KMB MAIN GATE AT 2.45 P.M. SHARP. THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT 3 P.M.
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SPECIAL AIR SHIPMENT SCHEME FOR TEXTILES TO EEC MODIFIED
HONG KONG APPROACH TO SOCIAL WELFARE PLANNING IS EFFECTIVE, SAYS DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE .......
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INDUSTRIALISTS URGED TO EXPAND TRAINING FACILITIES ......
MORE STUDENTS JOIN SCHOOL MEDICAL SCHEME ................
PRESS CONFERENCE ON CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS .......
RETIRING FIRE CHIEF LEAVES FOR UK TOMORROW ..............
TEMPORARY WATER CUTS IN SHAU KEI WAN AND SHAM SHU I PO .. SURVEY SHOWS ENCOURAGING INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY...............
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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THE SPECIAL AIR SHIPMENT SCHEME ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY BY THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT TO HELP SPEED UP THE MOVE OF CERTAIN TEXTILE GOODS TO THE EEC HAS BEEN FURTHER MODIFIED TO ALLOW MORE EXPORTERS TO USE THE SCHEME.
THE AIM OF THE SCHEME IS TO CLEAR THE BACKLOG OF GOODS FOR WHICH EXPORT LICENCES HAVE BEEN APPROVED UNDER THE SPECIAL SHIPMENT ARRANGEMENT ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK - FOR SHIPMENT DY SEPTEMBER 4 -BUT FOR WHICH NO AIR CARGO SPACE IS AVAILABLE BEFORE THAT DEADLINE.
IN THE LIGHT OF THIS, THE D C AND I DECIDED YESTERDAY THAT IT WOULD APPROVE SPECIAL FLIGHTS TO ACCEPT THESE GOODS AS HAVING LEFT HONG KONG BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF THE EXPORT LICENCES PROVIDED THESE GOODS WERE DELIVERED TO A DESIGNATED GODOWN DEFORE MID-NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 4.
FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AIRLINES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF TRADE ASSOCIATIONS THE SCHEME, WHICH COMES INTO EFFECT AT 5 P.M. TODAY, WAS FURTHER MODIFIED SO THAT GOODS LICENSED UNDER THE SPECIAL SHIPMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR WHICH CONFIRMATION OF AIR CARGO SPACE IS STILL TO DE OBTAINED WILL ALSO BE ACCEPTED INTO THE DESIGNATED GODOWN. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR SHIPPERS TO SECURE AIR CARGO SPACE.
ALTHOUGH THIS PROVIDES GREATER FLEXIBILITY BOTH TO THE SHIPPER AND TO THE AIRLINE TO MAKE MAXIMUM USE OF AVAILABLE CARGO SPACE, THE D C AND I POINTS OUT THAT DELIVERY OF GOODS INTO DESIGNATED GODOWN WITHOUT CONFIRMED AIR CARGO SPACE WILL BE DONE AT THE RISK OF THE EXPORTER CONCERNED. THAT IS TO SAY, THAT HE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING ANY GOODS WHICH ARE LEFT UN-SHIPPED WHEN THE SCHEME CLOSES ON SEPTEMBER 13. 4*
THE DESIGNATED GODOWN IS PARKSON GODOWN AT 103-107 WO YIE HOP ROAD, KWAI CHUNG, TEL. RO. 12-253321. THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ADDED THAT WAREHOUSE CHARGES FOR ALL GOODS ACCEPTED INTO THE DESIGNATED GODOWN ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EXPORTER.
ALL AIRLINES WHICH HAVE AIR CARGO SPACE AVAILABLE FOR THISSCHEME ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE D C AND I.
HE ADDED THAT FURTHER ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SCHEME COULD BE ADDRESSED TO MR. JONATHAN NG (5-442022) OR MR. MICHAEL WU (5-446485) OF THE DEPARTMENT.
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THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE HONG KONG APPROACH TO SOCIAL WELFARE PLANNING HAS PROVED EFFECTIVE AND THE DEVELOPMENT TARGETS UP TO NOW HAD BEEN LARGELY ACHIEVED, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, SAID TODAY.
IN A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE I.C.S.W. CONFERENCE ON ’SOCIAL WELFARE PLANNING IN HONG KONG’, MR. LEE DESCRIBES THE HONG KONG EXPERIENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR THE EXPANSION OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN FULL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR.
HE SAID HONG KONG’S EXPERIENCE IN FORMULATING SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND ITS MODEL ON JOINT PLANNING, REVIEW AND EVALUATION HAVE MET WITH APPROVAL DURING PREVIOUS INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL CONFERENCES OF I.C.S.W. IN ADDITION IT HAS ALSO RECEIVED FAVOURABLE COMMENTS IN THE 1973 ’REGIONAL SURVEY ON SOCIAL WELFARE TRENDS’ BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC WHICH STATED#
♦ALTHOUGH ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE REGION ARE TRYING HARD TO CRYSTALLIZE THEIR OBJECTIVES INTO A WELL-DEFINED SOCIAL POLICY, A LACK OF PRECISE AND COMPREHENSIVE DEFINITION OF SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY REMAINS ONE OF THE MAJOR HANDICAPS, LEADING TO UNCERTAIN PRIORITIES AND A LESS REWARDING USE OF RESOURCES. THERE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS TO FORMULATE A COHERENT. AND CONSOLIDATED SOCIAL POLICY STATEMENT IN TERMS OF LONG-RANGE GOALS AND IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIC MEASURES TO ACHIEVE THEM. HONG KONG IS PROBABLY THE FIRST COUNTRY TO HAVE DECLARED SUCH STATEMENT.+
MR. LEE RETRACED THE DEVELOPMENTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN HONG KONG IN THE EARLY DAYS AND HOW THIS LED TO THE CURRENT TREND IN SOCIAL WELFARE PLANNING INVOLVING BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR.
HE SAID THAT IN THE EARLY POST WAR YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR WORKED ON TWO PARALLELS, BUT BY THE 196O’S IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT HONG KONG LACKED A STATEMENT OF POLICY AND AIMS. THIS LED TO THE PUBLICATION IN 1965 OF THE FIRST WHITE PAPER WHICH ATTEMPTED TO IDENTIFY THE AREAS OF GREATEST NEED AND TO RELATE THESE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
THE PAPER ALSO ATTEMPTED TO DEFINE MORE PRECISELY THE ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR.
AS A FIRST STEP, A SOCIAL WELFARE PLANNING COMMITTEE WAS SET UP AND GIVEN THE TASK OF PRODUCING A NEW WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES WITH THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENT COVERING THE PERIOD 1973-78. THE COMMITTEE COMPRISED REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCJES.
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♦THIS DIRECT REPRESENTATION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR ON A GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE UNDERLINED THE GOVERNMENT’S SPECIFIC RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES,* MR. LEE STRESSED.
+THE PLANNING PROCESS WAS A STRICTLY PRAGMATICAL EXERCISE-IT AIMED AT SETTING TARGETS WHICH WERE BOTH REALISTIC AND CAPABLE OF IMPLEMENTATION — REALISTIC IN RELATION TO THE NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY AND CAPABLE OF ACHIEVEMENT IN TERMS > OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE,* HE CONTINUED.
THE PUBLIC, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS WERE ALSO GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE NEW WHITE PAPER AND FIVE-YEAR PLAN WHICH MR. LEE SAID +PROMPTED A LIVELY INTEREST AND ENSURED GENERAL PUBLIC CONSENT.*
MR. LEE SAID THIS COMMUNITY CONSULTATION CONCEPT OF PLANNING PROVIDED A MOST USEFUL SECOND OPINION ABOUT SOCIAL WELFARE NEEDS AND MADE AVAILABLE A RICH, NEW SOURCE OR KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE.
IN THE ULTIMATE, HE SAID, WHAT WAS PRODUCED WAS A PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH EMBODIED THE VIEWS OF ALL ACTIVE IN SOCIAL WELFARE AND ONE WHICH WAS BEING ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTED.
THERE WERE ALSO OTHER CHANGES, MR. LEE NOTED. THE ACCEPTANCE BY GOVERNMENT OF JOINT PLANNING MEANT THAT IT RELINQUISHED ITS POSITION SOLELY TO DETERMINE THE BASIS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, A RESPONSIBILITY WHICH, IN THIS CONNECTION, HAD TO BE SHARED.
THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, HE WENT ON, ALSO RECOGNISED THAT ITS FREEDOM TO MANOEUVRE WITH GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT WAS RESTRICTED TO WITHIN THE LIMITS OF AN APPROVED PROGRAMME AND THAT IT COULD NO LONGER EMBARK FREELY UPON PROJECTS OUTSIDE THE PLAN AND EXPECT GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
♦HOWEVER,* MR. LEE SAID, +EXPERIENCE GAINED IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE PLAN HAS SHOWN THAT THESE LIMITS HAVE NOT PROVED TO BE A HINDRANCE TO PROGRESS. ON THE CONTRARY, THEY HAVE BROUGHT GOVERNMENT AUD THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR-CLOSER TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP.*
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. IAN PRICE, TODAY CALLED ON INDUSTRY TO EXPAND ITS FACILITIES FOR TRAINING THE SKILLED MANPOWER HONG KONG NEEDS TO MAINTAIN ITS PROSPERITY.
HE SAID THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE COULD ONLY BE MET BY A JOINT EFFORT OF GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY. THE GOVERNMENT WAS PLAYING ITS PART, AND IT WAS UP TO EMPLOYERS TO PLAY THEIRS.
MR. PRICE WAS SPEAKING DURING A VISIT TO THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY’S WORKSHOPS IN LAI CHI KOK, ON THE OCCASION OF A CONTRACT-SIGNING CEREMONY FOR A MASS INTAKE OF 82 NEW CRAFT AND TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES.
AFTER THE CEREMONY MR. PRICE, ACCOMPANIED BY ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (INDUSTRIAL TRAINING) MR. T.Y. CHUI, WAS TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE KMB WORKSHOPS BY THE COMPANY’S GENERAL MANAGER, MR. RONALD LOUEY.
THE TOUR WAS PART OF THE COMMISSIONER’S PROGRAMME OF VISITS TO VARIOUS HONG KONG INDUSTRIES TO KEEP HIMSELF BRIEFED FIRST-HAND ON WORKING CONDITIONS.
MR. PRICE SAID WORK WAS NOW WELL ADVANCED ON THE PREPARATION OF A DILL TO PROMOTE APPRENTICE TRAINING AND SET STANDARDS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AS APPRENTICES.
+THIS DILL, IF PASSED INTO LAW, WILL ENSURE THAT INDUSTRIES HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF SKILLED MANPOWER, AND IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR DOTH EMPLOYER AND APPRENTICE, AND LAY DOWN THE STANDARDS OF SKILLS REQUIRED,* HE SAID.
+ IN ALL THIS, THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL AND ITS APPRENTICESHIP BOARD HAVE CONTRIBUTED ENORMOUSLY, AND HAVE RECEIVED MUCH ADVICE FROM THOSE DIRECTLY CONCERNED IN THE OPERATION OF APPRENTICESHIP SCHEMES.*
MR. PRICE SAID HE GREATLY APPRECIATED THE INITIATIVE AND EFFORTS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF KOWLOON MOTOR BUS IN TRAINING APPRENTICES TO HELP OVERCOME THE SHORTAGE OF SKILLED WORKERS IN THE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING INDUSTRY.
HE SAID A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL HAD SHOWN THAT THE INDUSTRY NEEDED 600 NEW TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN EVERY YEAR.
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+T0 MEET THIS REQUIREMENT, EMPLOYERS MUST EXPAND THEIR FACILITIES FOR TRAINING APPRENTICES,* HE SAID. *AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE HAS BEEN SET BY KMB FOR OTHER EMPLOYERS TO FOLLOW.*
MR. PRICE CONGRATULATED THE NEW APPRENTICES ON MAKING A WISE CHOICE IN STARTING THEIR CAREERS THROUGH A MODERN APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME.
♦THIS SCHEME WILL ENABLE YOU TO RECEIVE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING IN THE WORKSHOP, AND AT THE SAME TIME TO GAIN SPECIALISED TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE BY ATTENDING A PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSE IN AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING AT A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE,* HE SAID.
+ON COMPLETION OF THIS TRAINING, YOU WILL BE QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS OR CRAFTSMEN, WELL ABLE TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE NEW KNOWLEDGE AND NEW SKILLS REQUIRED AS TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES.*
’MR. PRICE POINTED OUT THAT AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT’S EFFORTS TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR SKILLED MANPOWER, THE NUMBER OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN HONG KONG WOULD BE INCREASED TO THREE (REPEAT THREE) THIS MONTH WITH THE OPENING OF NEW INSTITUTES AT KWUN TONG AND KWAI CHUNG, AND A SIMILAR INSTITUTE IN CHEUNG SHA WAN IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.*
♦IN FACT,* HE SAID, +THEIR DOORS ARE OPEN NOW, AND ENQUIRIES ABOUT COURSES AND ENROLMENTS MAY BE MADE BY TELEPHONING THE KWUN TONG INSTITUTE AT 3-414331, OR THE KWAI CHUNG INSTITUTE AT 12-246221.+
THE KMB APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME WAS INITIATED IN JUNE 1973 AND, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, BECAME AN APPROVED SCHEME FOUR MONTHS LATER.
AT PRESENT, THE KMB HAS SOME 200 APPRENTICES, AND THE NEW INTAKE BRINGS THE NUMBER TO ABOUT 300.
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MORE JOIN SCHOOL MEDICAL SCHEME if if if if * if
NEARLY 80,000 PUPILS TOOK PART IN THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SCHEME IN THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 4,000 OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD WELCOMED THE GREATER PARTICIPATION AND SAID IT INDICATED THAT MORE PUPILS AND THEIR PARENTS WERE BECOMING AWARE OF THE VALUE OF THE SCHEME.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT HEADMASTERS WOULD CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PUPILS TO JOIN THE SCHEME.
THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SCHEME WAS SET UP IN OCTOBER 1964 TO PROVIDE ECONOMICAL MEDICAL TREATMENT TO PUPILS IN REGISTERED SCHOOLS. ENROLMENT IS LIMITED TO PUPILS IN PRIMARY CLASSES AND FROM FORM I TO III IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
PUPILS WHO WISH TO JOIN CAN DO SO AT ANY TIME AT A NOMINAL FEE OF $5 WHICH COVERS A 12-MONTH PERIOD STARTING FROM THE DATE OF ENTRY.
AS SCHOOLS MAY BE VERY BUSY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW SCHOOL TERM, PARENTS MAY OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHEME DIRECT FROM THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD ON TEL. NO. 5-764765. THE BOARD CAN ALSO SUPPLY A LIST OF DOCTORS PRACTISING IN THE AREA OF A PARTICULAR SCHOOL.
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR SECURITIES, MR. J. B. SELWYN, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT 4 P.M. IN CONNECTION WITH A CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS FOR HONG KONG.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. TELEVISION CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.
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THE RETIRING DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR. HARRY WOOD, WHO LEAVES FOR BRITAIN TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AFTER 20 YEARS’ SERVICE, TODAY THANKED MEMBERS OF THE FIRE SERVICES FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND DEDICATION.
IN A FAREWELL MESSAGE TO ALL RANKS, MR. WOOD SA IDs +N0 FIRE SERVICES COMMANDER CAN EVER HAVE BEEN SO WELL SERVED DY SUCH A LOYAL AND DEDICATED FORCE AS I HAVE BEEN.*
MR. WOOD JOINED THE FIRE SERVICES IN 1954 AND BECAME DIRECTOR IN 1970. HE IS BEING SUCCEED BY MR. FRED WATSON, FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
IN HIS MESSAGE, MR. WOOD SA IDs ♦.! AM MOST CONSCIOUS OF MY OBLIGATION TO ALL MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SPLENDID SUPPORT I HAVE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT MY SERVICE IN HONG KONG. I AM EQUALLY CONSCIOUS OF MY INABILITY TO ADEQUATELY EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THIS SUPPORT AND FOR THE DILIGENCE, RESOURCEFULNESS AND COURAGE WITH WHICH ALL PERSONNEL HAVE MET THE CHALLENGES WHICH HAVE CONFRONTED THEM DURING MY PERIOD OF COMMAND.
+N0 FIRE SERVICES COMMANDER CAN EVER HAVE BEEN SO WELL SERVED BY SUCH A LOYAL AND DEDICATED FORCE AS I HAVE BEEN. WHATEVER CONTRIBUTION I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO MAKE TO THE FIRE DEFENCE OF HONG KONG IS INSIGNIFICANT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE CO-OPERATION AND ENDEAVOURS OF ALL UNIFORMED MEMBERS OF THIS SERVICE.*
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WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN SHAU KEI WAN WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM 10 P.M. ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 5) TO 6 A.M. THE NEXT DAY TO ENABLE A FRESH WATER MAINS CONNECTION TO BE MADE.
AFFECTED WILL BE NOS. 117-227 AND NOS. 116-288A SHAU KEI WAN ROAD, NOS. 22-52 HING MAN STREET, NOS. 33-44 HOI AN STREET, NOS. 4-116 AND NOS. 9-29 SAI WAN HO STREET, SAI WAN HO MARKET, SHAU KEI WAN FERRY PIER, AND PIONEER CONCRETE LTD.
MEANWHILE, IN SHAM SHU I PO, PREMISES BOUNDED BY LAI CHI KOK ROAD, KIU KIANG STREET, CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD AND KWEILIN STREET WILL BE WITHOUT WATER FROM 1 A.M. TO 6 A.M. ON FRIDAY WHEN A TEST FOR LEAKAGE WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA.
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ENCOURAGING INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY h n n a n n
A TOTAL OF 623,991 PERSONS WERE EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS AS AT JUNE 16, 1975, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 32,332 PERSONS OR 5.5 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIGURE OF 591,659 FOR MARCH 1975.
AT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL, MAIN INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN GARMENTS (+7,616), PLASTIC TOYS (+3,724), ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+3,706), WOOL KNITTING (+2,731) AND KNIT-WEAR FROM YARN (+2,624).
DECREASES IN EMPLOYMENT OCCURRED IN MANUFACTURE OF RUBBER FOOTWEAR (-961), SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIRING (-704) AND JOB PRINTING (-823).
IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST INDUSTRY GROUPS REMAINED WEARING APPAREL, 207,611= TEXTILES, 101,695= PLASTIC PRODUCTS, 65,402° ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES, 60,490=* AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, 54,004.
COMMENTING ON THE FIGURES, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: +THE INCREASED EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING IS ENCOURAGING BECAUSE IT IS WELL SPREAD AMONG INDUSTRY SECTORS, AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE IMPROVED ORDERS POSITION IN RECENT MONTHS.+
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1975
CONTENTS PAGE NO.
VALUE OF HONG KONG’S EXPORTS IN JULY THIS YEAR FELL BY 1.8 PER CENT.............................................• • 1 /
PUBLIC REMINDED OF NEED OF PERSONAL HYGIENE TO PREVENT SPREAD OF ’RED EYE’ DISEASE................................. 3
MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE DIPLOMAS GAIN MORE RECOGNITION................................................. 4
PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE KEPT BUSY WITH OVER 4,000 ENQUIRIES
A DAY........................................................ 5
‘INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON PACKAGING DESIGN WINDS UP TOMORROW .................................................... 5
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VALUE OF JULY EXPORTS DOWN BY $38 MILLION « « K « « H
THE VALUE OF HONG KONG’S DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN JULY WAS $2,062 Ml" ION, REPRESENTING A DROP OF $38 MILLION OR 1.8 PER CENT BY ' t jJ AGAINST JULY 1974, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RF> EASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WENT DOWN BY 6.0 PER CENT FROM $3,067 MILLION IN JULY 1974 TO $2,883 MILLION IN JULY THIS YEAR, BUT '■’ORTS INCREASED IN VALUE BY 2.9 PER CENT FROM $590 MILLION I .Y 1974 TO $603 MILLION LAST JULY.
FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY-JULY 1975 SHOWED DECREASES BY ALUE OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1974 OF 12.6 PER CENT r0R DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 15.3 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 10.9 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD AUGUST 1974 TO JULY 1975 SHOWED DECREASES, DY VALUE, OF 8.7 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 12.2 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 14.0 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES I-
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$ MN. $ MN. $ MN. %
DOMESTIC EXPORTS (% OF TOTAL EXPORTS) 2,062 (77.2%) 2,101 (70.1%) - 38 - 1.8
IMPORTS 2,883 3,067 - 185 - 6.0
RE-EXPORTS (% OF TOTAL EXPORTS) 608 (22.8%) 590 ' (21.9%) + 17 + 2.9
MAY-JULY 1975 MAY-JULY 1974 INCREASE OR DECREASE
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DOMESTIC EXPORTS 5,677 6,378 - 701 - 11.0
IMPORTS 8,195 9,686 -1,491 - 15.4
RE-EXPORTS 1,703 1,880 - 172 - 9.1
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JAN-JULY 1975 JAN-JULY 1974 INCREASE OR DECREASE
$ MN. € MN. $ MN. %
.JMESTIC EXPORTS OF TOTAL EXPORTS)' 11,866 (75.6%) 13,572 (76.0%) -1,707 - 12.6
IMPORTS 17,702 20,906 -3,205 - 15.3
' EXPORTS F TOTAL EXPORTS) 3,821 (24.4%) 4,289 (24.0%) - 468 - 10.9
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TO JULY1975 TO JULY1974 INCREASE OR DECREASE
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MESTIC EXPORTS 21,205 23,232 -2,027 - 8.7
IMPORTS 30,916 J 35,204 -4,288 - 12.2
RE-EXPORTS 6,657 7,736 -1,080 - 14.0
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS AGAIN REMINDED THE PUBLIC TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST THE SPREAD OF ■•BED EYE+ DISEASE, WHICH IS USUALLY PREVALENT DURING THE SWIMMING SEASON.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE DISEASE. CLINICALLY KNOWN AS ACUTE KERATO-CONJUNCTIVITIES. COULD DE PREVENTED DY OBSERVING THE RULES OF PERSONAL HYGIENE.
E SAID THE WARM SEASON IS STILL NOT YET OVER AND THE PUBLIC (-USC JE ON THE ALERT AT ALL TIMES IN THE PREVENTION OF THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
STATISTICS FROM TWO GOVERNMENT EYE CLINICS SHOWED THAT THE NUMBER OF +RED EYE+ CASES IN AUGUST AVERAGED 25 PER WEEK IN THE VIOLET PEEL CLINIC, COMPARED WITH AN AVERAGE OF 50 AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, AT YAUMATI EYE CLINIC, THE WEEKLY AVERAGE WAS 120 AS COMPARED WITH ABOUT CO LAST AUGUST.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT SINCE RED EYE IS NOT A NOTIFIABLE DISEASE, THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF CASES IN HONG KONG. AND THE FIGURES OBTAINED FROM THE TWO GOVERNMENT EYE CLINICS ONLY SERVED TO INDICATE THE TREND OF THE DISEASE.
AN EPIDEMIC OF +RED EYE+ STRUCK HONG KONG IN 1971 WHEN MORE THAN 5,000 CASES WERE TREATED IN AUGUST ALONE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE COMMONEST MEANS OF SPREADING THE DISEASE IS THROUGH CONTACT, FOR EXAMPLE IN PUBLIC PLACES SUCH AS SWIMMING POOLS AND AMONG FAMILIES;
HE ADVISED THAT PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASE SHOULD. THEREFORE, STAY AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS SO AS NOT TO SPREAD THE DISEASE.
IF A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY HAS CONTRACTED THE DISEASE, THE OTHER MEMBERS SHOULD TAKE CARE ROT TO SHARE THE SAME TOWEL OR HANDKERCHIEF AND SHOULD PAY GREATER ATTENTION TO PERSONAL HYGIENE.
THE DISEASE IS OF ACUTE ONSET, CAUSING REDNESS AND SORENESS ON THE EYES, VARYING FROM SLIGHT IRRITATION TO SEVERE PAIN.
TREATMENT CONSISTS OF APPLICATION OF EYE DROPS OR OINTMENT ON THE EYES AS ADVISED BY A DOCTOR.
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ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTION IN BRITAIN, THE INSTITUTE OF BUILDING, HAS RECOGNISED DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES AWARDED BY THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE*
OTHER INSTITUTIONS WHICH HAVE PREVISOULY GIVEN RECOGNITION TO COURSES INCLUDE THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN ENGINEERS, THE SOCIETY OF ELECTRONIC AND RADIO TECHNICIANS AND THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), MR. DANIEL WATERS SAIDs +THE REPUTATION AND STATUS OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE HAS BEEN FURTHER ENHANCED BY THESE RECOGNITIONS.
•►UNDOUBTEDLY, THESE RECOGNITIONS WILL IMPROVE THE STANDING AND EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS OF THE GRADUATES OF THE INSTITUTE.
+1 HOPE THAT SIMILAR RECOGNITIONS WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN THE FUTURE.+ y
THE LATEST RECOGNITIONS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF BUILDING IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE THE TECHNICIAN DIPLOMA IN CONSTRUCTION AND THE HIGHER CERTIFICATE IN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AWARDED BY THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
HOLDERS OF EITHER THE DIPLOMA OR HIGHER CERTIFICATE ARE QUALIFIED FOR TECHNICIAN MEMBERSHIP OF THE INSTITUTE OF BUILDING, A PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTION WITH SOME 23,000 MEMBERS.
THE HOLDERS OF THESE QUALIFICATIONS WILL DE EXEMPT FROM GROUP ONE SUBJECTS OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION. THIS MEANS THAT THEY NEED TO PASS ONLY THREE SUBJECTS TO COMPLETE THIS EXAMINATION.
THE INSTITUTE OF BUILDING WAS FORMED IN 1834. LIKE OTHER SIMILAR PROFESSIONAL DODIES ITS PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO MAINTAIN A SATISFACTORY HIGH STANDARD OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PRACTISING THE PROFESSION WHICH IT REPRESENTS. IT DOES THIS BY PROVIDING A LINK BETWEEN THOSE CONCERNED WITH RESEARCH AND THE PRACTISING MEMBER.
THE INSTITUTE WORKS CLOSELY WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF PREFESS I ORAL INSTITUTIONS, TRADE AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
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PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE
THE 23 PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES OPERATED BY THE HOME AFFAIRS . DEPARTMENT HANDLED 734,636 ENQUIRIES IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR — AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 4,000 A DAY.
MOST OF THE ENQUIRIES WERE ABOUT APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND PUBLIC HOUSING, SCHOOL AND TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.
THE CENTRES ARE MANNED BY TRAINED STAFF WHOSE WORK INCLUDES ANSI.ER IL’S QUERIES ON GOVERNMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURES, SUPPLYING INFORMATION ON AND DISTRIBUTING FORMS FOR GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS, PROCESSING AND ADMINISTERING STATUTORY DECLARATIONS, AND DISTRIBUTING EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS TO NEEDY RESIDENTS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS.
THEY ARE ALSO OFTEN CALLED UPON TO INTERPRET LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS FOR ILLITERATE PEOPLE.
THE SERVICES OFFERED AT THE ENQUIRY CENTRES ARE FREE.
ANYONE CAN WALK IN ANY OF THE CENTRES AND ASK FOR INFORMATION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT SAID. ENQUIRIES OR COMPLAINTS COULD ALSO BE MADE BY TELEPHONE, HE ADDED.
COPIES OF A LIST OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES OF THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ANY ENQUIRY CENTRE.
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PACKAGING DESIGN SEMINAR CLOSES TOMORROW ####«#
NOTE TO EDITORS*
THE REGIONAL SEMINAR ON PACKAGING DESIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS WILL CONCLUDE WITH A SHORT CLOSING CEREMONY TO BE HELD IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER AT 11.30 A.M. TOMORROW (FRIDAY). YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE EVENT.
THE REGIONAL SEMINAR BEGAN ON AUGUST 27 AND IS BEING ATTENDED BY SOME 24 DELEGATES FROM 12 COUNTRIES PLUS NINE PARTICIPANTS FROM HONG KONG. ITS AIM IS TO PROMOTE EXPORTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC BY ENCOURAGING AN AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PACKAGING DESIGN.
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1975
CONTENTS PAGE NO.
SUCCESSFUL TENDERER TO BUILD AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE IN EXCHANGE FOR LAND .......................................... 1
TOTAL DEFICIT FOR FIRST QUARTER OF 1975/76 FINANCIAL YEAR
REACHES $224 MILLION .....................................
BRITISH TRADE SECRETARY ARRIVES TOMORROW ................... 3
TWO AUTHORITIES SET UP TO CARRY OUT CLOTHING AND CONSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHEMES .............................. 4
STUDENTS BECOMING MORE AWARE OF IMPORTANCE OF TECHNICAL
EDUCATION ................................................
GOVERNMENT BONDS TO BE EXEMPT FROM INTEREST AND PROFITS TAX ........................................................ 7
KWUN TONG LOT TO BE RESUMED FOR MTR STATION AND FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEME ......................................... 7
PWD TO CONDUCT STREET POLL ON TSIM SHA TSUI PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT.................................................• 8
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AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO CALL TENDERS FOR BUILDING A BRIDGE TO AP LEI CHAU IN EXCHANGE FOR A PIECE OF LAND ON THE ISLAND.
THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD FOR THE PROPOSAL WHICH WILL. MEAN MORE RAPID DEVELOPMENT CF AP LEI CHAU.
UNDER THE PLAN, AN AREA OF ABOUT 20 ACRES 07 LAND ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND WOULD DE GRANTED TO A PRIVATE DEVELOPER IN RETURN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND HANDING OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT OF A BRIDGE AND CERTAIN ROADS AND THE PAYMENT OF AH APPROPRIATE PREMIUM.
INITIALLY THE BRIDGE WOULD DE OF TOO LANES WITH FOOT-PATHS ON EITHER SIDE. IT WOULD HAVE A SPAN OF 300 FEET OVER THE MAIN CHANNEL WITH A CLEARANCE OF 50 FEET TO ENABLE BOATS TO SAIL BENEATH WITH NO DIFFICULTY. THE BRIDGE WOULD HAVE TO EE DESIGNED BY THE DEVELOPER AND APPROVED DY THE DIRECTOR CF PUBLIC WORKS.
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. MR. GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY THAT THE EXCHANGE LAND WOULD DE USED FOR A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE.
THE DEVELOPMENT ENVISAGED IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ESTATE FOR ABOUT 28,000 PEOPLE AT A RESIDENTIAL DENSITY NOT EXCEEDING 1,000 PEOPLE PER ACRE. THERE WOULD BE FULL PROVISION FOR A COMPLETE RANGE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING PRIMARY AUD SECONDARY SCHOOLS, OPEN SPACES, SHOPPING FACILITIES AUD MARKETS.
IT IS LIKELY THAT THE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION WOULD BE ' MAINLY IN THE FORM CF SMALL FLATS OF 400 TO 500 SQUARE FEET AND WHICH WOULD DE OCCUPIED BY FAMILIES OF FOUR TO FIVE PEOPLE. x
MR. BARNES SAID THE PROVISION OF A BRIDGE AND SERVICES TO AP LEI CHAU WOULD ALLOW THE FULL DEVELOPMENT CF THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON THE ISLAND TO PROCEED IN THE FUTURE AND WOULD RESULT IN A USEFUL ADDITION TO THE OVERALL HOUSING POSITION.
’ HE ADDED THAT THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS’ ASSOCIATION AND OTHER PRIVATE DEVELOPERS HAD DEEN SOUNDED OUT ON THE EXCHANGE PROPOSAL AND A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST HAD DEEN EXPRESSED.
+IN FACT,+ MR. BARNES SAID, -HF A TENDER IS LET FOR THE GRANT OF THE LAND, UE EXPECT THAT A REASONADLE NUMBER CF OFFERS WILL BE RECEIVED.+
NOW THAT APPROVAL HAS DEEN GIVEN TO THE PROPOSAL, DETAILED CONDITIONS OF THE TENDER WILL BE WORKED OUT AUD SENT TO LOCAL DEVELOPERS FOR COMMENTS.
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MR. BARNES SAID IT WAS HOPED A TENDER COULD BE GAZETTED IN ABOUT MARCH NEXT YEAR AND WORK BEGUN ON THE BRIDGE LATER IN THE YEAR. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE BRIDGE AND APPROACH ROADS WOULD TAKE OVER TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT POINTED OUT THAT A PROPOSAL TO BUILD A BRIDGE TO AP LEI CHAU WAS CURRENTLY IN CATEGORY D OF THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME. BUT IF IT WERE CONSTRUCTED DY THE GOVERNMENT IT COULD BE A LONG TIME BEFORE PRIORITY COULD BE GIVEN FOR THE PROJECT TO PROCEED.
FOR THIS REASON DEVELOPMENT BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS HAD TO BE CONSIDERED TO ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AP LEI CHAU TO PROCEED MORE QUICKLY, PARTICULARLY THE HOUSING ASPECTS.
NOTE TO EDITORS*
COPIES OF A SKETCH PLAN OF THE AREA ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
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TOTAL DEFICIT OF $224 M. RECORDED
IN FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 1975/76 FINANCIAL YEAR XXII Klf H
THE H0NG K0NG GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 1975 SHOW A DEFICIT OF $146 MILLION COMPARED WITH A DEFICIT OF $KMJ MILLION IN JUNE LAST YEAR. *
THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN ACCUMULATED DEFICIT OF $224 MILLION FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, COMPARED WITH A DEFICIT OF $282 MILLION FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, r
LESS THANLINEJUNEE1974 ™E M°NTH AT $33° MILL,0N WAS C11 MIL-LION
THE sIhEAMO^EUSTU?EEAr! “S S35'MILLIO“ THAN
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BRITISH TRADE SECRETARY ARRIVES TOMORRCW KOKO
MR. PETER SHORE, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE, WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON AT THE START OF A FIVE-DAY VISIT. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE.
THEY WILL BE MET AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY THE GOVERNOR AND LADY MACLEHOSE.
DURING HIS STAY HERE, MR. SHORE WILL MEET REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL BUSINESSMEN TO DISCUSS CURRENT ■ ISSUES IN COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND PROSPECTS FOR BRITISH EXPORTS.
HE WILL HAVE TALKS WITH THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER IN HONG KONG AND HOLD DISCUSSIONS WITH A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN.
MR. SHORE WILL ALSO MAKE A NUMBER OF SHOP FLOOR VISITS TO LOCAL FACTORIES AND TOUR THE POWER STATION ON TSI NG Yl ISLAND.
HE WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON SEPTEMBER 11 FOR SEOUL FROM WHERE HE WILL GO ON TO TOKYO.
MR. SHORE WAS APPOINTED SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE FOLLOWING THE RETURN TO POWER OF THE LABOUR PARTY AFTER THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1974.
HE WAS LABOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR STEPNEY, AN EAST LONDON CONSTITUENCY FROM 1964-74, AND FOLLOWING CONSTITUENCY CHANGES, NOW REPRESENTS TOWER HAMELTS, STEPNEY AND POPLAR.
MR. SHORE SERVED IN THE LAST LABOUR GOVERNMENT (1964-70), AND IN OPPOSITION (AFTER HIS ELECTION TO THE SHADOW CABINET IN 1971) WAS RESPONSIBLE, TOGETHER WITH MR. MICHAEL FOOT, FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY HANDLING OF ALL MATTERS INVOLVING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
HE WAS EDUCATED AT QUARRY BANK SCHOOL IN LIVERPOOL AND AT KING’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND IS A POLITICAL ECONOMIST.
MARRIED IN 1948, MR. SHORE HAS TWO SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS. HIS WIFE IS A MEDICAL DOCTOR.
NOTE TO EDITORSi
MR. SHORE AND HIS WIFE ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT ABOUT 6.20 P.M TOMORROW ON FLIGHT BA950.
THERE WILL BE NO PRESS INTERVIEWS AT THE AIRPORT, BUT ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE FOR MR. SHORE TO MEET MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE HE LEAVES. DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED >-ATER- ______n_______
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THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO AUTHORITIES WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY TO CARRY OUT COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING SCHEMES TO PROVIDE SKILLED MANPOWER FOR TWO OF HONG KONG’S BIGGEST INDUSTRIES — CLOTHING AND CONSTRUCTION.
CHAIRING THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY IS MR. FRANCIS Y.H. TIEN, WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY IS HEADED BY MR. WONG TIN-SUNG.
OTHER MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE TWO STATUTORY BODIES INCLUDE INDUSTRIALISTS, REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS AND OTHER INTERESTED GROUPS, TRADE UNIONISTS AND OFFICIALS FROM RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
THE FORMATION OF THE AUTHORITIES FOLLOWED THE ENACTMENT LAST MONTH OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (CLOTHING INDUSTRY) ORDINANCE AND THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY) ORDINANCE.
THE AUTHORITIES ARE TO ADMINISTER THE SCHEMES BY BUILDING TWO SEPARATE TRAINING CENTRES TO PRODUCE QUALIFIED OPERATIVES FOR THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY AND CRAFTSMEN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ,INDUSTRY.
UNDER THE ORDINANCES, THE TWO CENTRES WILL BE FINANCED BY A TRAINING LEVY ON ALL EXPORT CLOTHING ITEMS AND A LEVY ON THE VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
COMMENTING ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE AUTHORITIES, THE ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR. MR. T.Y. CHUI, SAID THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN HELPING TO EASE THE SHORTAGE OF SKILLED PERSONNEL FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG.
HE SAID PREPARATORY WORK FOR BUILDING THE TWO TRAINING CENTRES WAS NOW AT AN ADVANCED STAGE. +A SITE OF 15,000 SQ. FT. IN KWAI CHUNG HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE.
+THE CENTRE, TO COST SOME $4.2 MILLION, WILL INITIALLY OFFER COURSES FOR SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS, KNITTING MACHINE OPERATORS, LINKING MACHINE OPERATORS, AND PRESSING, CUTTING AND PATTERN MAKING WORKERS. IT IS EXPECTED TO TRAIN 3,600'OPERATIVES EACH YEAR,+ HE SAID.
AS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE, MR. CHUI SAID A SITE OF 59,000 SQ. FT. ON THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION IN KWUN TONG HAD BEEN RESERVED FOR THE PROJECT.
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♦COSTING ABOUT 88.8 MILLION, THIS CENTRE WILL PROVIDE ONE-YEAR FULL-TIME BASIC TRAINING FOR ABOUT 600 CRAFT TRAINEES IN BRICKLAYING AND PLASTERING, CARPENTRY, PAINTING AND DECORATING, PLUMBING AND PIPE FITTING, BAMBOO SCAFFOLDING AUD MASONRY. A COURSE IN PLANT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS HAS ALSO BEEN PLANNED,+ HE SAID.
MR. CHUI POINTED OUT THAT THE LATEST MANPOWER SURVEYS HAD SHOWN THAT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY NEEDED 700 NEW SKILLED CRAFTSMEN EACH YEAR, AND THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY NEEDED AS MANY AS 17,000 TRAINED MACHINE OPERATORS.
♦THE TRAINING CENTRES,+ HE ADDED, +ARE EXPECTED TO GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS MEETING THE CONTINUALLY GROWING DEMAND OF TRAINED PERSONNEL IN THE TOO INDUSTRIES.*
HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE TRAINING LEVY SYSTEM WAS INITIATED BY EMPLOYERS IN THE TOO INDUSTRIES AS A SOLUTION TO THEIR PROBLEM OF MANPOWER SHORTAGE, AND TO THE PROBLEM OF HOW TO SHARE THE COST OF PROVIDING PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR SKILLED AND SEMI-SKILLED WORKERS.
♦THE RATE OF LEVY, HOWEVER, REMAINS TO BE RECOMMENDED BY THE TOO TRAINING AUTHORITIES AND APPROVED BY RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
+THE LEVIES WOULD MOST LIKELY COME INTO FORCE AT THE BEGINNING OF HEXT YEAR, AND WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRAINING CENTRES WOULD BEGIN A FEW MONTHS LATER, FOR COMPLETION IN'TIME FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF THE FIRST TRAINEES IN 1977,+ HE SAID.
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PUPILS IN HONG KONG ARE NOW AWARE OF THE RELEVANCE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO THE DEMANDS OF THE MODERN WORLD, MR. A!) REW KINGWELL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), SAID tODAY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION ON ’PERSPECTIVE VIEWS ON TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS’ AT THE KOWLOON TECHNICAL SCHOOL.
THE EXHIBITION, ORGANISED DY THE PUPILS OF GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, WILL LAST THREE DAYS. THE EXHIBITION WILL MOVE TO THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL ON HONG KONG ISLAND WHERE IT WILL DE HELD BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 13 AND 15.
IN THANKING THE ORGANISERS, MR. KINGWELL SAID THAT THROUGH THIS EXHIBITION, THE PUPILS WERE ATTEMPTING TO SELL TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC.
HE REITERATED THAT FOR HONG KONG TO SURVIVE IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND COMPLEX WORLD IT MUST HAVE A SUPPLY OF INTELLECTUAL AND TECHNICAL ABILITY TO SATISFY THE DEMANDS OF THAT WORLD.
♦EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS THE CONCEPT THAT EACH PUPIL SHOULD , ENJOY AN EDUCATION THAT WILL ENABLE HIM TO DEVELOP HIS FULL POTENTIAL AND UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY WHICH OCCUR SO RAPIDLY IN THIS MODERN WORLD.+
ON THE PROBLEM OF MARKETING TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND THIS WAS HOT CONFINED SOLELY TO HONG KONG, MR. KINGWELL SAID IT WAS , OBVIOUS FROM THE EXHIBITION THAT THE PUPILS UNDERSTOOD THE DIFFICULTIES OF PERSUADING THE MORE ABLE STUDENTS THAT A TECHNICAL EDUCATION WAS WORTHWHILE.
HE STRESSED THE NEED TO GET RID OF RESISTANCE TO TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
♦THIS RESISTANCE MUST AND WILL BE OVERCOME, HOWEVER, BECAUSE HONG KONG WHICH IS NOW EXPERIENCING ITS OWN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION MUST COME TO TERMS WITH THE NEED FOR CHANGE,* MR. KINGWELL SAID.
PRACTICAL WORK IN SCHOOLS WAS SADLY NEGLECTED BEFORE BUT THIS ACTIVITY COULD NO LONGER DE DISREGARDED AND MANY ADVANCES WERE BEING MADE. FOR EXAMPLE, HE SAID THAT THIS MONTH TWO NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, ONE AT KWUN TONG AND THE OTHER AT KWAI CHUNG, WERE BEING OPENED. .
THE COTTON SPINNERS’ ASSOCIATION PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL WAS , ALSO OPENING THIS MOUTH. EARLIER THIS YEAR THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA ROTARY AND CARITAS ST. PAUL PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WERE OFFICIALLY OPENED.
♦TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS NOW BEING REGARDED BY THE PUBLIC AND INDUSTRY AS MORE AND MORE RELEVANT IN A SOCIETY WHICH GIVES SO MANY OF ITS RESOURCES TO TECHNOLOGY,* MR. KINGWELL SAID.
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THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE IS TO BE AMENDED TO EXEMPT GOVERNMENT BONDS ISSUED UNDER THE LOANS (GOVERNMENT BONDS) ORDINANCE FROM INTEREST AND PROFITS TAX.
THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THE INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT)(NO.5) BILL PUBLISHED IN TODAY’S GAZETTE FOR GENERAL INFORMATION.
THE LOANS (GOVERNMENT BONDS) ORDINANCE WHICH ENABLES THE GOVERNMENT TO RAISE LOANS BY ISSUING HONG KONG DOLLAR DENOMINATED BONDS WAS PASSED INTO LAW ON AUGUST 1 THIS YEAR.
IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT DURING THE SECOND READING OF THE LOANS (GOVERNMENT BONDS) BILL ON JULY 16 THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY MENTIONED THAT IT WAS THE INTENTION THAT INTEREST ON THE BONDS AND PROFITS FROM THEIR SALES SHOULD BE FREE OF TAX.
AT THE TIME HE SAID THAT THE EXEMPTION WOULD BE INCLUDED IN AN AMENDMENT TO THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE.
THE BILL GAZETTED .TODAY SEEKS TO EFFECT THE CHANGE.
THE LOANS (GOVERNMENT BONDS) ORDINANCE ALREADY PROVIDES FOR BOND TRANSACTIONS TO BE EXEMPT FROM STAMP DUTY.
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THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO RESUME A LOT OF LAND AT THE JUNCTION OF KWUN TONG ROAD AND HIP WO STREET IN KOWLOON IN CONNECTION WITH PROPOSED ROADWORKS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA AND FOR THE FUTURE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY KWUN TONG STATION.
AT PRESENT, THE LOT IS OCCUPIED BY A PETROL FILLING STATION, ONCE THE LOT REVERTS TO THE CROWN, PROBABLY IN EARLY OCTOBET THIS YEAR, IT IS INTENDED TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE SITES AVAILABLE FOR USE AS PETROL STATIONS.
THE ROADWORKS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER THE LOT HAS BEEN RESUMED.
NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED RESUMPTION IS GIVEN IN TODAY’S GAZETTE.
A COPY OF THE PLAN SHOWING THE AFFECTED AREA MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE CENTRAL ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE, WEST WING, GROUND FLOOR, ICE HOUSE STREET, DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS.
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PWD TO CONDUCT STREET POLL ON TSIM SHA TSUI PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT ft ft ft ft ft
A TEAM FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING (MAINLAND) DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE CARRYING OUT SPOT INTERVIEWS WITH PEDESTRIANS AND SHOPPERS IN THE TSIM SHA TSUI PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT NEXT WEEK.
THE INTERVIEWS, WHICH WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 7) AND ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 10) FOLLOW COMPLAINTS FROM SHOP OWNERS IN HANOI ROAD AND CORNWALL AVENUE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DROP IN THEIR BUSINESS SINCE THE PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT WAS INTRODUCED ON JULY 1.
AS A RESULT OF THE COMPLAINTS THE SCHEME WAS MODIFIED ON SEPTEMBER 1 TO ALLOW TAXIS, HIRE CARS AND PUBLIC OMNIBUSES, INCLUDING TOUR-1 ST COACHES, TO ENTER THE PRECINCTS.
THE TEAM OF INTERVIEWERS WILL BE IN THE TSIM SHA TSUI PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT BETWEEN 1 P.M. AND 2 P.M. ON SUNDAY. THEY WILL BE ASKING PEDESTRIANS AND SHOPPERS SIMPLE AND SHORT QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SCHEME, THE FIRST EVER INTRODUCED IN KOWLOON.
THE TEAM WILL RETURN-TO THE AREA AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY BETWEEN 1 P.M. AND 2 P.M. AND ALSO FROM 5 P.M. TO 6 P.M;
A'SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING (MAINLAND) DIVISION SAID TODAY THAT THE SURVEY WOULD BE VERY USEFUL IN HELPING TO UNDERSTAND THE OPINIONS OF THOSE WHO ARE USING THE PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT.
HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE TEAM OF INTERVIEWERS. +THE INTERVIEWERS SHOULD ONLY TAKE UP ABOUT TWO OR THREE MINUTES OF THE PEDESTRIAN OR CUSTOMER’S TIME,+ HE ADDED.
PRM 7
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1975
CONTENTS PAGE NO.
MORE STREET LIGHTS BEING INSTALLED FOR BETTER ROAD SAFETY AND PUBLIC SECURITY .......................................... 1
FIRMS URGED TO HELP THE YOUNG GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE ... 2
MR. JOHN CHAN APPOINTED CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR HONG KONG .................................................. 3
269,000 TICKETS IN 8TH LOTTERY SOLD SO FAR ................... 3
’LUCKY’ CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS FETCH $26,137 FOR CHARITY 4 WO KWAI CHUNG LOTS TO BE AUCTIONED ON SEPTEMBER 16 ........... 4
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MORE STREET LIGHTS ARE BEING INSTALLED TO IMPROVE ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY AS WELL AS PUBLIC SECURITY.
BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE THIS YEAR, SOME 400 NEW STREET LIGHTS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED — 120 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 85 IN KOWLOON AND 200 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
PLANS ARE IN HAND TO INSTALL ANOTHER 700 STREET LAMPS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND SOME 400 ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
AT PRESENT THERE ARE ABOUT 25,000 STREET LAMPS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
MEANWHILE, SPECIAL MEASURES ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF LIGHTING. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID A NEV/ TECHNIQUE, KNOWN AS HIGH MAST LIGHTING, WAS BEING INTRODUCED.
♦THIS IS A MORE EFFECTIVE TYPE OF LIGHTING IN ILLUMINATING COMPLICATED INTERSECTIONS WHERE A HIGHER LEVEL OF ILLUMINATION IS WIKED TO ENABLE MOTORISTS TO PICK OUT THEIR ROUTE SAFIiLY AND UNMISTAKABLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND IN BAD WEATHER,+ HE EXPLAINED,
IT INVOLVES THE USE OF CLUSTERS OF POWERFUL LIGHTS, SUSPENDED FROM MASTS UP TO 100 FEET ABOVE THE ROAD SURFACE. THE NORMAL HEIGHT FOR THE MOUNTING OF CONVENTIONAL STREET LIGHTING IN HONG KONG VARIES BETWEEN 15 TO 35 FEET.
♦HIGH MAST LIGHTING HAS ALREADY BEENUSED AT PIPER HILL AND CHOI HUNG INTERCHANGES,* THE SPOKESMAN SAID. +AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT SUCH LIGHTING TECHNIQUE WILL BE APPLIED-TO THE PROPOSED WIDENING OF THE TOLL PLAZA FOR THE SECOND LION ROCK TUNNEL AND TO SOME MULTI-LEVEL INTERCHANGES IN FUTURE.*
LOW PRESSURE SODIUM LAMPS, WHICH HAVE BEEN WIDELY USED IN RURAL AREAS, ARE ALSO BEING INSTALLED AT MAJOR TRAFFIC ROUTES IN URBAN AREAS.
THESE LAMPS, WHICH PRODUCE A YELLOWISH LIGHT, HAVE LONG BEEN THE MOST EFFICIENT LIGHT SOURCES WITH RELATIVELY LESS GLARE.
+SODIUM LIGHTS ARE ALSO DE I NG INSTALLED IN AREAS WHICH ARE OVER 500 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL BECAUSE OF THEIR EFFECTIVENESS EVEN IN MISTY WEATHER,*.THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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AT PRESENT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS CONSIDERING THE USE OF A NEW TYPE OF HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LAMP WHICH PRODUCES C0L0UR QUALITY C0MBIHED WITH HIGHER
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, TODAY URGED MORE COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS TO OFFER YOUNG PEOPLE PRACTICAL TRAINING DURING THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAYS.
THIS WOULD HELP GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITY TO WORK AND AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDE THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS WITH A .WIDER OPPORTUNITY TO RECRUIT MORE SUITABLE STAFF.
MR. LEE WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF A PRACTICAL BANKING ORIENTATION COURSE WHICH THE DEPARTMENT ORGANISED JOINTLY WLTH THE LIU CHONG HANG DANK LTD.
’ DURING THE MONTH-LONG COURSE, 38 YOUNG PEOPLE, CHOSEN BY THE DEPARTMENT’S COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICERS, WERE PLACED IN THE HEADQUARTERS AND BRANCHES OF THE BANK TO LEARN ABOUT BANKING.
MR. LEE SAID THE BANK HAD REPORTED THAT ALL HAD SHOWN -ENTHUSIASM AND PERFORMED WELL. HE ALSO PRAISED THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE BANK, MR. LIU LIT-MAN, AND HIS STAFF FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION AND EFFORTS IN HELPING THE STUDENTS.
MR. LEE SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST ATTEMPT BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BREAK NEW GROUND IN ASSOCIATING WITH COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY TO ORGANISE PRACTICAL ORIENTATION COURSES IN DIFFERENT CAREERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THE SUMMER.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR. LEE’S SPEECH ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
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JOHN CHAN APPOINTED CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR HONG KONG ft ft ft ft ft ft ft
MR. JOHN CHO-CHAK CHAN, A SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. BEEN APPOINTED CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR HONG KONG.
MR. CHAN, WHOSE APPOINTMENT IS SUCCEEDS MR. PETER NG KWOK-TAI WHO HOME AFFAIRS.
EFFECTIVE FROM SEPTEMBER 1 BECOMES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
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MR. CHAN IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND HAS SERVED 11 YEARS IN THE GOVERNMENT.
_ HE HAS BEEN GOVERNOR’S PRIVATE SECRETARY SINCE 1973 AND BEFORE THAT SERVED IN THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT.
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269,000 TICKETS F0R8TH LOTTERY SOLD SO FAR ft ft ft ft ft
A TOTAL OF 269,000 TICKETS FOR THE EIGHTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY HAD BEEN SOLD UP TO NOON TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE WINNING NUMBERS FOR THIS LOTTERY WILL BE DRAWN ON SEPTEMBER 13 BY FOUR RTV ARTISTES — MISS MEG LAM KIN-MING, MISS DEBORAH TANG KIT-LING, MISS CHUM YAN-MI AND MISS AU YEUNG PUI-SAN.
THE FOUR ARTISTES WILL HELP SELL TICKETS NEAR NORTH POINT FERRY PIER BETWEEN 5 AND 6 P.M. ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 8).
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’LUCKY’ CAR NUMBERS FETCH $26,137 n n if a a a
THIRTEEN SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $26,137 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE' GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE CITY HALL LECTURE ROOM, SAW REGISTRATION NUMBER EG 2 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $5,300.
ANOTHER NUMBER AW 222 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $5,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $500 FOR AZ 909 AND BG 3456.
TWO NUMBERS, AZ 1166 AND AZ 1234, WERE WITHDRAWN FROM AUCTION AS THERE WAS NO BID OFFERED.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES: BJ 12 AND BJ 77 FOR $2,600 EACH- AX 8003 FOR $2,500- BC 6666 FOR $1,700- AX 55 AND AW 1111 FOR $1,500 EACH-AZ 313 FOR $1,000= AX 737 FOR $737- AND DG 747 FOR $700.
THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAMES OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.
TODAY’S SALE, THE 26TH IN A SERIES ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO OVER $4 MILLION.
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'TWO LOTS OF CROWN LAND IN KWAI CHUNG, NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE BY AUCTION ON SEPTEMBER 16.
THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE, TSUEN WAN AT 11 A.M.
THE FIRST LOT WITH AN AREA OF 39,350 SQ. FT. IS EARMARKED FOR THE BUILDING OF A MULTI-STOREY CARPARK. THE OTHER LOT WHICH MEASURES 18,700 SQ. FT. IS FOR NOH-INDUSTRI AL PURPOSES.
PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS IN TAI PO ROAD OR FROM ANY OF THE SEVEN DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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CRADLE FOR A GREENER COUNTRYSIDE ft ft ft ft
TUCKED AWAY IN A REMOTE CORNER IN SHEUNG SHUI IS A SMALL NURSERY WHICH IN EFFECT IS THE CRADLE FOR A GREENER HONG KONG COUNTRYSIDE.
FOR IT IS HERE IN THE FOREST NURSERY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AT LIN TONG MEI THAT SOME 500,000 TREE SEEDLINGS ARE RAISED EVERY YEAR FOR PLANTING IN CATCHMENT AREAS AND FOREST PLANTATIONS.
BESIDES ADDING TO THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF HONG KONG, THE YOUNG SEEDLINGS ALSO PROVIDE A PRACTICAL MEANS OF PREVENTING SOIL EROSION.
THE SEEDLINGS IN THE NURSERY MAY BE DIVIDED INTO FORESTRY STOCK AND ORNAMENTAL STOCK. THE SPECIES USED IN FORESTRY WORK ARE MAINLY ACACIA, A LOCAL SPECIES- AND SLASH PINE AND BRISBANE BOX -TOO ’EXOTICS’ ORIGINALLY IMPORTED FROM FLORIDA, U.S.A., AND FROM QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA.
THE ORNAMENTAL STOCK INCLUDES A NUMBER OF 'PECIES, SUCH AS FLAME OF THE FOREST, SPIDER TREE, TUNG OIL TREi AND BAUHINIA WHOSE FLOWER IS PART OF HONG KONG’S CITY EMBLEM^
ACCORDING TO MR. G.C. LAW, OFF ICER-IN-CHARGE )F THE NURSERY, THE TIME FROM THE INITIAL SOWING OF THE SEED OR THE MAKING OF A CUTTING TO THE TIME THE TREE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO BE TRANSPLANTED ELSEWHERE, MAY VARY FROM EIGHT MONTHS IN THE CASE OF A SMALL SEEDLING TO MORE THAN TWO YEARS IN THE CASE OF A BIG SHADE TREE OF 10-12 FEET IN HEIGHT.
AFTER GERMINATION, OFTEN UNDER STRAW, THE YOUNG SEEDLINGS ARE SHADED, WATERED Al’D NURSED UNTIL THEY ARE ABOUT A MONTH OLD WHEN THEY ARE TRANSPLANTED INTO SMALL POLYTHENE DAGS FILLED WITH A MIXTURE OF SOIL, COMPOST ^ND FERTILIZER.
DURING THE NEXT SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS THE YOUNG TREE DEVELOPS IN ITS POLYTHENE DAG REACHING A HEIGHT OF ONE FOOT OR MORE. IT IS THEN BIG ENOUGH TO BE PLANTED OUT ON THE HILLSIDES.
MR. LAW SAID THE WEATHER POSED THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE NURSERY SINCE EXCESSIVE RAIN OR PROLONGED DROUGHT COULD DO A LOT OF HARM TO THE SEEDLINGS. HOWEVER, THIS PROBLEM COULD BE MINIMISED BY PROPER TENDING PROCEDURES.
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OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDE INSECT PESTS, DISEASES AND WEEDS. PESTS
. ARE EFFECTIVELY CONTROLLED WITH APPROPRIATE INSECTICIDES AND
I FUNGICIDES, WHILE CULTURAL TECHNIQUES INVOLVING A LAYER OF WEED-FREE SUBSOIL ON TOP OF THE SOIL IN THE POLYTHENE BAG AT PLANTING TIME ASSISTS IN WEED CONTROL CONSIDERABLY.
ACCORDING TO MR. LAW, THE NURSERY IS NOW MOVING TOWARDS BIGGER PRODUCTION OF BROAD-LEAVED TREES FOR AMENITY PLANTING IN THE BARBECUE AND PICNIC PLACES BEING PROVIDED BY AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THE COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION PROGRAMME. MORE ORNAMENTAL TREES WILL ALSO BE PLANTED TO BEAUTIFY MAJOR FORESTRY PLANTATION AREAS WHICH ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR WITH PEOPLE SEEKING A COOL SHADY DAY IN THE COUNTRY.
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SALISBURY ROAD IN KOWLOON IS TO BE EXTENDED TO LINK UP WITH THE AUSTIN ROAD EXTENSION, NOV/ UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE FUTURE EAST TSIM SHA TSUI DEVELOPMENT AREA AND THE PROPOSED TSIM SHA TSUI PROMENADE.
THE ROAD EXTENSION PROJECT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY ABOUT 1,000 METRES LONG. IT WILL RUN ALONG THE WATERFRONT OF THE HUNG HOM RECLAMATION.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT IS THE PROVISION OF TWO PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS AT THE JUNCTION OF CHATHAM ROAD AND SALISBURY ROAD, WHICH WILL GIVE ACCESS TO THE CHATHAM ROAD PARK, THE MIDDLE ROAD PLAYGROUND AND THE EAST TSIM SHA TSUI DEVELOPMENT AREA.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT EXTENSIVE TURFING AND PLANTING WERE BEING CARRIED OUT ALONG SALISBURY ROAD AJ PART OF THE OVER-ALL AMENITY PLANNING FOR THE AREA.
THE EXTENSION WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1975
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MID-YEAR PROPERTY REPORT: 14,000 DOMESTIC UNITS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR........................... 1
REGISTRATION OF PRIVATE CANDIDATES FOR G.C.E. EXAMS BEGINS THIS WEEK ...................................... 3
CIVICS EXHIBITION AT KOWLOON CITY TO PROMOTE CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS ....................................... 4
FINDLAY PATH ON THE PEAK TO BE CLOSED FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS ............................................ 4
WATER SITUATION: RESERVOIRS 98 PER CENT FULL................. 5
NEW LEGAL YEAR OPENS ON FRIDAY WITH CHURCH SERVICE .......... 5
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SOME 14,000 DOMESTIC UN ITS-SHOULD BE COMPLETED DURING THIS YEAR. ACCORDING TO MR. RAYMOND FRY, COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION.
THE NUMBER OF COMPLETIONS DURING 1976 WOULD PROBABLY BE LOWER, HE SAID, BUT AH IMPROVEMENT WAS FORECAST FOR 1977 WHEN OVER 16,000 UNITS ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION. THIS SEEMS TO INDICATE INCREASING ACTIVITY BY PRIVATE DEVELOPERS IN THE DOMESTIC PROPERTY MARKET, HE ADDED.
MR. FRY WAS COMMENTING ON THE MID-YEAR PROPERTY SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY HIS DEPARTMENT IN JULY THIS YEAR.
ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY, THE DOMESTIC RENTAL INDEX MOVED UP 3.41 POINTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR — AH INCREASE OF TWO PER CENT.
AS THE MAJORITY OF DOMESTIC TENANCIES ARE SUBJECT TO REGULATED INCREASES UNDER THE RENT CONTROL LEGISLATION, RENTS CONTINUED GENERALLY UPWARDS BUT ARE STILL SOME WAY BELOW CURRENT OPEN MARKET LEVELS, MR. FRY EXPLAINED.
MR. FRY SAID THE AMOUNT OF SHOP SPACE LYING VACANT HAD INCREASED FROM 1.43 MILLION SQUARE FEET AT DECEMBER 1974 TO 1.62 MILLION SQUARE FEET AT JULY 1975 FOLLOWING FURTHER COMPLETIONS.
THE SHOP RENTAL INDEX SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 7.14 POINTS OR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF PER CENT OVER THE DECEMBER 1974 FIGURE, REFLECTING A GENERAL SLOWING-DOWN OF RENT INCREASES. HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL A FAIRLY GOOD DEMAND FOR RENTED SHOPPING SPACE, PARTICULARLY IN PRIME SHOPPING AREAS.
- ON THE INCREASE IN VACANT OFFICE SPACE, MR. FRY SAID ABOUT 1.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET WAS NOW VACANT, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 0.6 MILLION SQUARE FEET ON THE DECEMBER 1974 FIGURE. MOST OF THE NEW VACANCIES OCCURRED IN SHEUNG WAN DISTRICT BUT CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI DISTRICTS ALSO HAD SIGNIFICANT VACANCY SITUATIONS. THE INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF VACANT OFFICE SPACE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED PRIMARILY TO THE INCREASE IN SUPPLY DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
OFFICE RENTAL LEVELS HAVE FALLEN SINCE DECEMBER LAST YEAR WITH OFFICES OF POORER QUALITY COMING UNDER PRESSURE. RENTS OF GOOD CLASS ACCOMMODATION IN CENTRAL BUSINESS AREAS HELD UP FAIRLY WELL, HOWEVER, WITH AN AVERAGE REDUCTION OF ONLY SIX PER CENT.
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ON THE VACANCY POSITION'FOR MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL PREMISES, MR. FRY SAID THE DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION HAD BEEN RATHER WEAK AND THE VACANCY POSITION HAD NOW INCREASED TO 1.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET.
LITTLE CHANGE HAD BEEN OBSERVED
------------------------------------ IN the amount of flatted FACTORY SPACE LYING VACANT DESPITE A FURTHER 1.1 MILLION SQUARE FEET BEING COMPLETED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR. THE FIGURE OF VACANT FLATTED FACTORY ACCOMMODATION CURRENTLY STANDS AT 2.75 MILLION SQUARE FEET.
MR. FRY SAID IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN DEFERRED OR SHELVED AND FORECASTS FOR THREE YEARS HAVE THEREFORE BEEN AFFECTED, BUT A
THE NEXT TWO OR FAIR AMOUNT
REMAINS IN THE PIPELINE
THE RENTAL SITUATION FOR FLATTED FACTORIES WAS RATHER MIXED BUT IT APPEARS THAT RENTS ARE STABILIZING WITH A SLIGHT DOWNWARD TREND RESULTING FROM ADJUSTMENTS TO RENTS FIXED AT THE PEAK OF THE MARKET.
A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF VACANT STORAGE SPACE HAS BEEN RECORDED AND THE FIGURE NOW STANDS AT SOME 450,000 SQUARE FEET COMPARED WITH ABOUT 250,000 SQUARE FEET SIX MONTHS BEFORE.
COPIES OF THE COMMISSIONER’S MID-YEAR REPORT, IN THE FORM OF A SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROPERTY REVIEW 1975, ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT AT NO. 1 GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG.
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REGISTRATION OF PRIVATE CANDIDATES WISHING TO SIT EITHER THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION (G.'.E.) OR THE ASSOCIATED EXAMINING BOARD G.C.E. WILL BEGIN THIS
ENTRY FORMS FOR THE ASSOCIATED EXAMINING. BOARD G.C.E., WHICH WILL BE HELD IN NOVERMBER THIS YEAR, WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING THE REGISTRATION PERIOD SEPTEMBER 10 TO 12 AT ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES.
ENTRY FORMS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON G.C.E., WHICH WILL BE HELD IN JANUARY 1976, WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE C.D.O’S BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 15 AND 19.
THE TWO EXAMINATIONS ARE LIMITED TO CANDIDATES OF JUNE 1975 G.C.E. EXAMINATIONS AND THE SUBJECTS MUST HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN ENTERED IN THE JUNE 1975 EXAMINATIONS AT THE SAME LEVEL.
CANDIDATES MAY ENTER EITHER ONE OF THE G.C.E. EXAMINATIONS. ANY CANDIDATE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER FOR BOTH IS LIABLE TO BE DISQUALIFIED FROM BOTH EXAMINATIONS.
CANDIDATES WHO WISH TO REPEAT AN ’A’ LEVEL SUBJECT REQUIRING A PRACTICAL TEST MUST HAVE OBTAINED GRADE ’O’ OR ABOVE IN THE SAME SUBJECT IN ONE OF THE JUNE 1975 G.C.E. EXAMINATIONS. >
COMPLETED FORMS, TOGETHER WITH FEES AND RELEVANT DOCUMENTS, MUST DE SUBMITTED IN PERSON, BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 4 P.M. WITHIN THE SPECIFIED REGISTRATION PERIODS AT EITHER THE CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR, ELECTRIC ROAD, HONG KONG, OR AT THE KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, FOURTH FLOOR, 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL DE ACCEPTED.
THE INITIAL ENTRY FEE PER CANDIDATE IS ©40. IN ADDITION, THE
FEE FOR EACH SUBJECT OFFERED AT ORDINARY LEVEL IS ©40 AND AT ADVANCED LEVEL ©70. CANDIDATES OFFERING PRACTICAL TESTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF ©45 FOR EACH TEST.
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AN EXHIBITION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF KOWLOON CITY IS TO BE HELD BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 12 AND 15 TO ENABLE RESIDENTS TO HAVE A GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF CONDITIONS AND FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT YING WAH COLLEGE AT OXFORD ROAD AND WILL DE OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 5 P.M. IT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY KOWLOON CITY C.D.O., THE KOWLOON CITY COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE, AND THE KOWLOON CITY YOUTH SERVICES COUNCIL.
THE EXHIBITION WILL FEATURE THEMES ON HOUSING, SOCIAL SECURITY, TRANSPORT, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, HISTORY, EDUCATION, MEDICAL AND HEALTH, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE DISTRICT.
MORE THAN 30 SCHOOLS AND AGENCIES WILL TAKE PART, INCLUDING THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION, THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE, AND THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ADDICTS (SARDA).
VISITORS TO THE EXHIBITION WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OF TAKING PART IN A QUIZ IN WHICH THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS CAN BE FOUND IN THE EXHIBITION.
NOTE TO EDITORSs THE EXHIBITION'WILL BE OPENED AT 11.30 A.M. ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 12) BY DR. CHUNG SZE-YUEN, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, AND BY MR. MICHAEL SZE, CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR KOWLOON. YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE OPENING CEREMONY COVERED.
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MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TODAY THAT FINDLAY PATH IN THE PEAK AREA ON HONG KONG ISLAND HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR'ABOUT TWO MONTHS TO ENABLE SLOPE STABILISATION WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT.
THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE PATH IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MUCH INCONVENIENCE AS IT HAS BEEN LITTLE USED.
TRAFFIC SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSTED TO INFORM MOTORISTS.
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RESERVOIRS 98 PER CENT FULL »##«««
HONG KONG’S TOTAL WATER STORAGE STOOD AT 66,170 MILLION GALLONS THIS (MONDAY) MORNING, REPRESENTING 90.3 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY.
AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE RESERVOIRS HELD ONLY 38,284 MILLION GALLONS.
PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR, HONG KONG’S BIGGEST RESERVOIR WITH A CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS, HELD 50*233 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 99.5 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY.
AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, PLOVER COVE ONLY HELD 29,297 MILLION GALLONS.
NO RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR AMOUNTS TO 2,400.4 MM (94.50 IN.) WHILE THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL STANDS AT 1,782.5 MM (70.18 IN.). t '
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ATTENDING WILL BE JUDGES, MAG ISTRATES, ’MEMBERS OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION AND OF THE LAW SOCIETY AND THOSE WORKING IN THE COURTS.
THE COURTS WILL RESUME SITTING AT 11 A.M. ON FRIDAY.
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1975
CONTENTS PAGE NO.
I MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TO GO AHEAD............................ 1
NEW DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES TO MEET THE MEDIA ON THURSDAY ................................................... 3
NEV/ TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN TSIM SHA TSUI AND KWUN TONG 4 NEW POST OFFICE GUIDE TO GO ON SALE NEXT WEEK ............. 4
.TWO JAPANESE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HONG KONG STUDENTS .......... 5
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5*233191
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MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TO GO AHEAD if if if if if if
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY TO PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION GF THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM, SUBJECT TO SATISFAC'iORY COMPLETION OF DETAILED FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS AND DOCUMENTATION.
IN MAKING THEIR RECOMMENDATION, THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY HAD REGARD TO THREE FACTORS : FIRST, THE RESULTS OF TENDERS RECENTLY RECEIVED FOR FOUR REPRESENTATIVE CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTS. THESE TENDERS, TOGETHER WITH OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY RELATING TO COSTS GENERALLY, INDICATE THAT THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM CAN DE CONSTRUCTED FOR LESS THAN $5,000 MILLION. THE TOTAL COST OF THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING LAND AND ALL OTHER COSTS, WILL BE OF THE ORDER OF $5,000 MILLION.
SECONDLY, THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY OBTAINED PROPOSALS FOR EXPORT CREDIT FINANCE AND FINANCE FROM OTHER INTERNATIONAL ARD LOCAL SOURCES. THE DETAILED TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH THESE CREDITS WILL EE MADE AVAILABLE ARE NOW BEING FINALISED WITH THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED.
AND, THIRDLY, THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY UNDERTOOK FURTHER RESEARCH INTO HONG KONG’S FUTURE TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO CONFIRM THEIR EARLIER REVENUE FORECASTS.
A MOTION WILL SHORTLY BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO SEEK AUTHORITY TO GRANT GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES FOR THE NECESSARY LOANS.
IT IS ALSO EXPECTED THAT THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION ORDINANCE WILL SHORTLY BE BROUGHT INTO EFFECT BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR. THIS WILL ESTABLISH A MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION, WHICH WILL TAKE OVER FROM THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROJECT.
THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM WILL RUN SOME 15.6 KILOMETRES FROM KWUN TONG, AROUND NORTH KOWLOON, DOWN THE NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR AND ACROSS THE HARBOUR TO CENTRAL DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 4*-l/2 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND SHOULD BE IN FULL OPERATION IN EARLY 1930. THE SYSTEM HAS DEEN DESIGNED SO THAT IT CAN BE PROGRESSIVELY EXTENDED IN LATER YEARS.
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT, UNLESS THE PRESENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM WAS AUGMENTED, SEVERELY CONGESTED TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WOULD BE EXPERIENCED IN THE 19OO’S. THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH CONGESTION WOULD EE VERY DAMAGING FOR ‘IHE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
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+AN UNDERGROUND RAILWAY IS BY FAR THE MOST EFFICIENT MEANS OF MEETING A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE DEMAND FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE NEXT DECADE AND BEYOND,+ THE SPOKESMAN CONTINUED.
SINCE JANUARY 1975 THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY AND ITS ADVISERS HAVE RE-EXAMINED THE FACTORS DETERMINING THE WHOLE VIABILITY OF THE RAILWAY. THEY FORECAST THAT THE REVENUE FROM THE RAILWAY WILL DE SUFFICIENT TO COVER ALL EXPENDITURE, INCLUDING INTEREST ON LOANS, AND LEAVE A SUFFICIENT SURPLUS TO REPAY ALL DEBTS OVER A PERIOD OF ELEVEN TO TWELVE YEARS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATION.
THE SPOKEMAN EMPHASISED THAT THE GOVERNMENT’S FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION WAS LIMITED TO $800 MILLION, AS IT ALWAYS HAD BEEN. THIS SUM HAD ALREADY BEEN SET ASIDE IN THE MASS TRANSIT FUND. +EXPORT CREDITS AND LOANS OBTAINED FROM COMMERCIAL SOURCES HAVE BEEN OFFERED BECAUSE OF THE SELF-LI QU I DAT-1 NG NATURE OF THE RAILWAY,* HE SAID. +SUCH CREDITS AND LOANS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY OF THE GOVERNMENT’S SOCIAL PROGRAMMES. THE RATE AT WHICH THESE PROGRAMMES PROCEED WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE RAILWAY.*
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO COMPENSATE FOR THE COMPARATIVELY SMALL CLAIMS WHICH CLEARANCES FOR THE RAILWAY WILL HAKE ON ITS RESOURCES.
+MANY COUNTRIES,* THE SPOKESMAN WENT ON, +ARE PRESENTLY ENCOURAGING ATTRACTIVE EXPORT CREDIT TERMS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OVERSEAS IN ORDER TO STIMULATE THEIR OWN ECONOMIES. THIS FACT, COUPLED WITH THE PRESENT IMPROVED STATE OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, HAS CREATED FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE RAILWAY WHICH ARE UNLIKELY TO CONTINUE.*
* THE CORPORATION WILL DEVELOP PROPERTY OVER CERTAIN RAILWAY SITES. ALREADY FIRM PLANS ARE IN HAND FOR KOWLOON BAY DEPOT. DEVELOPMENT HERE WILL INCLUDE A HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL ESTATE OVER THE DEPOT AREA WHICH WILL PROVIDE MEDIUM COST HOMES FOR 22,000 PEOPLE, TOGETHER WITH SCHOOLS, SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, SWIMMING POOLS AND A SUPERMARKET.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL GRANT SITES TO THE CORPORATION FOR DEVELOPMENT ON A PRIVATE TREATY BASIS, BUT AT FULL MARKET VALUE.
OVER THE YEARS AND GOVERNMENT HAS, OF COURSE, CAREFULLY WEIGHED AND EXAMINED ALL OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. IN THE 1980’S THE TRAFFIC ALONG THE NATHAN ROAD/KWUN TONG ROAD CORRIDOR WILL INCREASE CONSIDERABLY. THE ROADS AND OTHER ENGINEERING WORKS WHICH WOULD BE NECESSARY TO CARRY THE EXTRA TRAFFIC ON THE SURFACE WOULD INVOLVE DEMOLITION OF PROPERTY AND DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE ON A SCALE WHICH COULD NOT EE CONTEMPLATED- AND, BEYOND THIS, VERY CONSIDERABLE EXPENDITURE WOULD HAVE TO BE INCURRED AS A CHARGE TO GENERAL REVENUE. •,
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EVEN WHERE DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED, FURTHER FLYOVERS AND DOUBLE—DECKED HIGHWAYS WOULD I NEVI TALLY Zt« AIR AUD noise POLLUTION AUD WOULD PERMANENTLY impair THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE.
BY CONTRAST THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE A QUICK AND EFFICIENT MEANS OF MOVEMENT FOR OVER A MILLION daqccmpcrq a DAY DY THE THIS HOVEF-iEmT WILL Lt
. uJSoKnD S? THE ROAD SYSTEM BILL BE BETTER ABLE TO COPE WITH THE INEVITABLE INCREASE IN OTHER FORMS Or TRANSPORT.
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE RAILWAY WILL ALSO CREATE MORE 5?bI AT A TIME THEY ARE BADLY NEEDED AND WILL DEMONSTRATE HONG KONG’S CONFIDENCE IN ITS FUTURE.
THE SPOKESMAN CONCLUDED: +THE OVERGROUND RA ILWAY WILL AilCMFNT EXISTING FORMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO MEET THE NEEDS nr^THF 1980*S IT PASSES BENEATH THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION §F POPULATION*IN THE WORLD, AND WILL CONSEQUENTLY BE THE MOST ucavii v UTILISED URBAN RAILWAY FOR ITS SIZE IN THE WORLD. THE GOVERNMENT ^S^CONHDENT THAT IT WILL BE COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.*
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
... at THE MEDIA+ SESSION WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 11) AT 4 P.M. IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE, ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
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ATTENDING THE MEETING WILL BE THE NEV/ DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES. F.M. WATSON.
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE MEETING COVERED. TELEVISION CREWS ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.
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MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED THAT A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC CHANGES WILL BE INTRODUCED ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 12) IN J^IM SHA TSUI AND KWUN TONG TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE TWO DISTRICTS.
IN TSIM SHA TSUI. THE CHANGES WILL INVOLVE REROUTING OF SEVERAL ROAD SECTIONS. THESE ARE THE SECTION OF BRISTOL AVENUE RCTWEEN CARNARVON ROAD AND MODY ROAD WHICH WILL EECOME ONE-WAY • FM SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC- THE SECTION OF HART AVENUE BETWEEN MODY ROAD AM SAVENUE WHICH WILL BE REROUTED TO ONE-WAY TRAFFC IN AN ANTI-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION, AND THE SECT ION HART AVENUE BETWEEN CARNARVON ROAD AND PRAT AVENUE WHICH WILL BE REROUTED FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.
IN KWUN TONG A PUBLIC LIGHT BUS CLEARWAY WILL BE INTRODUCED Al ONG THE SECTION*OF HIP WO STREET FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH MUT WAH STREET TO A POINT ABOUT 310 FEET TO THE SOUTH WHERE IT JOINS AN EXISTING PLB STAND.
NO PUBLIC LIGHT BUS WILL BE ALLOWED TO STOP ON THE CLEARWAY TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS DURING THE CLEARWAY HOURS 7 A.M. TO 12 MIDNIGHT DAILY.
AT THE SAME TIME THE EXISTING CLEARWAY IN HIP WO STREET, WHICH STRETCHES AB0UT*3OO FEET TO THE NORTH FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH XSJn TONG ROAD, WILL BE EXTENDED FOR ABOUT 80 FEET NORTHWARDS TO END AT THE SOUTHERN END OF AN EXISTING PLB STAND.
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. A NEW EDITION OF THE POST OFFICE GUIDE, GIVING UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT POSTAL SERVICES, WILL GO ON SALE NEXT WEEK AT $8.50 PER COPY.
THE NEW EDITION CONTAINS 376 PAGES AND Gl ABOUT POST OFFICE SERVICES, POSTAGE RATES AND ACCEPTANCE FOR ALL CATEGORIES OF MAIL.
VES UPDATED INFORMATION THE CONDITIONS OF
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM ALL POST OFFICES FROM MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 15).
ACCORDING TO A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN THE GUIDE IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO FIRMS AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH MAKE FREQUENT USE OF POST OFFICE SERVICES.
FOR AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF $2, HE SAID, SUBSCRIBERS COULD BE SENT REGULAR AMENDMENT LISTS UPDATING THE INFORMATION IN THE GUIDE.
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JAPANESE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HONG KONG STUDENTS « « # « «
TWO SCHOLARSHIPS ARE BEING OFFERED BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT •TO HONG KONG STUDENTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES UNDER THE MOMBUSHO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR THE 1976 ACADEMIC YEAR.
ONE OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL MAJOR IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE AT THE TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES AND THE OTHER IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES AT A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
APPLICANTS MUST BE OVER 18 AND UNDER 22 YEARS OF AGE ON APRIL 1 1976. THEY MUST BE WILLINQlTO RECEIVE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE.
STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED FORM LOWER SIX ON OR BEFORE JUNE 30 1975 OR POSSESS HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
APPLICATION FORMS AND FURTHER PARTICULARS REGARDING THESE SCHOLARSHIPS AND UNIVERSITY COURSES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BRANCH OFFICE, BONAVENTURE HOUSE, 2ND FLOOR, 91 LEIGHTON ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG.
ALL COMPLETED FORMS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE SECTION BY SEPTEMBER 22.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE JAPAN INFORMATION AND CULTURAL OFFICE, CONSULATE-GENERAL OF JAPAN WILL CONSIDER APPLICATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1975
CONTENTS PAGE NO.
GOVERNMENT SETS UP CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR PROMOTION OF OVERSEAS INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT ........................... 1
LAND SALES FORECAST FOR NEXT SIX MONTHS ..................... 2
JOINT UNIVERSITIES’ COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 4,701 STUDENTS TO RECEIVE GOVERNMENT GRANTS ................................ 3
’MANAGEMENT IN ACTION’ - NEW RADIO HONG KONG PANEL DISCUSSIONS PROGRAMME ....................................... 4
AN AMBULANCE TO STATION FULL TIME AT SAI KUNG................ 5
WATER CUTS .................................................. 5
EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED PICKED UP IN AUGUST .................. 6
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE THE PROMOTION OF OVERSEAS INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE -- TO BE NAMED THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION WILL BE THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES -- F1R. DEREK JONES. THE OTHER MEMBERS ARE THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AND THE CHAIRMEN OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMi...RCE. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF THE TDC AND THE HKGCC WILL ALSO NORMALLY ATTEND THE COMMITTEE’S MEETINGS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT, IN VIEW OF THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF THE PROMOTION OF OVERSEAS INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG, THE TIME HAD COME FOR A REDEFINITION OF THE ROLES OF THE MAIN BODIES AT PRESEN CONCERNED IN THIS FIELD — THE DEPARTMENT OF COM! RCE AND INDUSTRY, THE TDC AND THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THE NEW COMMITTEE WILL ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ON ALL ASPECTS OF POLICY ON INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE HONG KONG. IT WILL ALSO COORDINATE THE OVERSEAS INVESTMENT PROMOTION ACTIVITIES OF THE THREE ORGANISATIONS TO MAXIMISE THEIR JOINT EFFORTS AND AGREE, WHERE NECESSARY, ON THE USE OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL’S OVERSEAS FACILITIES BY EITHER OF THE OTHER ORGANISATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PROMOTIONAL PROJECTS.
■ THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT HAD BEEN AGREED THAT EACH ORGANISYTION SHOULD AT THE SAME TIME CONTINUE TO PROMOTE OVERSEAS INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG WITH ITS OWN RESOURCES AND USING SUCH TECHNIQUES AS IT THINKS FIT.
WHEN'EITHER THE TDC OR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS MADE A SUCCESSFUL CONTACT OVERSEAS THEY WILL REFER THEM TO THE COMM RCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT WILL THEN ADVISE AND ASSISI Tilt INVESTOR REGARDING LOCAL CONSIDERATIONS IN HONG KONG INVOLVING THE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE AVAILABILITY OF LAND.
THE FIRST MEETING OF THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE IS EXPECTED TO BE HELD SHORTlY.
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SEVENTEEN LOTS OF CROWN LAND - COMPRISING ONE SITE FOR A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK WITH RESIDENTIAL UNITS ABOVE, FIVE NOU-INDUSTRIAL SITES, SIX PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL SITES AND FIVE INDUSTRIAL SITES - WILL BE PUT UP FOR SALE DURING THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS AND SURVEY IN HIS LAND SALES FORECAST FOR THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD BETWEEN OCTOBER 1, 1975 AND MARCH 31, 1976.
THE TOTAL AREA OF LAND OFFERED FOR SALE AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 266,642 SQUARE FEET.
THE MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK SITE TO BE AUCTIONED IS SITUATED AT WELFARE ROAD, ABERDEEN. PROVISION HAS TO BE MADE FOR NOT LESS THAN 500 CAR PARKING SPACES ON THIS SITE AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT MAY BE PERMITTED ABOVE THE CAR PARK.
THE TOTAL AREA OF RESIDENTIAL LAND TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE AMOUNTS TO SOME 80,310 SQUARE FEET INCLUDING THREE SITES IN THE CHUNG HOM KOK AND TAI TAM ROAD AREAS, TWO AT CHAI WAN AND ONE AT BROADCAST DRIVE, KOWLOON.
FOUR OF THE FIVE NON-INDUSTRIAL SITES ARE SITUATED AT HOLLYWOOD ROAD AND HAVE A TOTAL AREA OF 10,950 SQUARE FEET. THE REMAINING ONE, OF 782 SQUARE FEET, IS SITUATED AT TEMPLE STREET.
OF THE FIVE INDUSTRIAL SITES, TWO ARE SITUATED AT AH KUNG NGAM WITH A TOTAL AREA OF 18,600 SQUARE FEET AND THE REMAINING THREE SITES WITH A TOTAL AREA OF 64,000 SQUARE FEET AT SZE SHAN STREET.
PARTICULARS OF THE LAND SALES FORECAST TOGETHER'WI TH PLANS SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE LOTS TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR. THEY MAY ALSO BE INSPECTED AT PUBLIC ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING= ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES= THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS AT TAI PO ROAD AND THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AT CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.
COPIES OF THE FORECAST MAY BE OBTAINED FREE OF CHARGE BY CALLING AT ANY OF THE ABOVE OFFICES OR BY WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE.
THE SALE DATES FOR EACH LOT WILL BE NOTIFIED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE AND ADVERTISED IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE NEWSPAPERS.
AT THE TIME OF ADVERTISING, DETAILED CONDITIONS OF SALE AND SALE PLANS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND THESE MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICES OR AT THL PUBLIC ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WES: WING.
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THE JOINT UNIVERSITIES’ COMMITTEE, WHICH ADMINISTERS THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME ON STUDENT FINANCE, HAS RECOMMENDED 4,701 STUDENTS TO RECEIVE GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1975/76.
THE COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 7,580 APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.OF THESE, 2,728 WERE MADE BY THOSE WHO EVENTUALLY FAILED TO GAIN ADMISSION TO EITHER UNIVERSITY AND WERE THEREFORE NOT CONSIDERED FURTHER. THE REMAINING 4,852 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM PROSPECTIVE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AS .'ELL AS FROM CURRENT UNDERGRADUATE, POSTGRADUATE AND OTHER STUDENTS.
THE JOINT UNIVERSITIES’ COMMITTEE HAS NOW EXAMINED AND PROCESSED THESE 4,852 APPLICATIONS ON THE GROUNDS OF FINANCIAL NEED AND HAS RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT 4,701 APPLICANTS SHOULD OBTAIN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST-FREE LOANS ON A SCALE RANGING FROM ABOUT $700 UP TO $4,000.
MANY OF THESE APPLICANTS HAVE ALSO BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR THE AWARD OF A GOVERNMENT GRANT ON A SCALE RANGING UP TO $2,620.
THE COMMITTEE IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING ALL APPLICANTS OF THE RESULTS OF THEIR APPLICATIONS.
THE GOVERNMENT GRANT IS AIMED AT MEETING TUITION FEES AND IN SOME CASES CERTAIN UNAVOIDABLE EXPENSES SUCH AS BOOKS, STATIONERY AND EQUIPMENT. THE PORTION OF GRANT WHICH COVERS TUITION FEES WILL DE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE UNIVERSITY BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE STUDENTS WHO GET A FURTHER GRANT FOR OTHER EXPENSES AND WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS NUMBERS TO THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THE FURTHER GRANT CREDITED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE ACCOUNTS. HOWEVER, THOSE WHO HAVE NOT DONE SO WILL HAVE TO CALL IN PERSON AND COLLECT IT AT THE GOVERNMENT TREASURY ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE WEST WING OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, ICE HOUSE STREET, HONG KONG. PAYMENT OF THIS PORTION OF GRANT WILL BE MADE IN THE THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1975.
PAYMENTS OF INTEREST-FREE LOANS WHICH ARE GENERALLY INTENDED TO ASSIST THE STUDENTS IN MEETING THEIR LIVING EXPENSES WILL ALSO BE MADE IN TWO INSTALMENTS (THE FIRST INSTALMENT IN OCTOBER 1975 AND THE SECOND IN JANUARY 1976). THESE STUDENTS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS NUMBERS WILL HAVE THE LOANS CREDITED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS WHILST THOSE WHO HAVE NOT WILL HAVE TO CALL PERSONALLY AT THE GOVERNMENT TREASURY TO COLLECT THEIR SHARES IN SPECIFIED PERIODS WHICH HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE KNOWN TO THEM.
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A NEW PROGRAMME CALLED 'MANAGEMENT IN ACTION’ WILL BE PUT ON THE AIR BY RADIO HONG KONG TOMORROW (THURSDAY) NIGHT AT 7 P.M.
THIS IS A 13-PART SERIES OF PANEL DISCUSSIONS FEATURING STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. THE FIRST PROGRAMME TOMORROW WILL DEAL WITH BUYING AND SELLING AND THE PANEL OF FOUR WILL BE CHAIRED BY MR. JOHN HUNG.
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THE SERIES WILL BE GOING OUT ON RHK3 ON THURSDAY NIGHTS AND REPEAT BROADCAST ON SATURDAYS AT 2 P.M.
THE DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR. JAMES HAWTHORNE, SAID THE NEW SERIES HAD BEEN DEVISED IN LINE WITH RHK’S POLICY OF CONTINUOUSLY UPGRADING AND EXPANDING ITS CURRENT AFFAIRS OUTPUT.
♦MANAGEMENT IS, INDEED, EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS,* HE SAID.
MR. HAWTHORNE SAID THE NEW SERIES REPRESENTED A CHALLENGE TO BOTH THE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND RADIO HONG'KONG BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME PROGRAMMES OF THIS SORT HAD BEEN PRODUCED USING ENTIRELY LOCAL TALENT.
HE SAID THAT BOTH THE PRODUCERS AND PARTICIPANTS HAD NEEDED TO EVOLVE TECHNIQUES WHICH WOULD ENSURE THE MOST EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED, THEY HAD PUT TOGETHER A SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL QUALITY WHICH WOULD APPEAL TO LAYMEN AS WELL AS TO PROFESSIONAL MEN AND WOMEN.
MR. HAWTHORNE EMPHASISED THAT THE WIDE-RANGING APPEAL OF THE NEW SERIES REPRESENTED A CONSIDERABLE STEP FORWARD FOR LOCAL BROADCASTING. HE SAID THAT WITH DIRECT COMPETITION FROM TELEVISION, RADIO HAD NEEDED TO RETHINK ITS ROLE IN RECENT YEARS AND EVALUATE THE AREAS IN WHICH IT COULD FUNCTION MOST USEFULLY AND EFFECTIVELY. THE RESULTS OF THIS COULD ALSO BE SEEN IN RHK’S OTHER CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES, ’NEWS FOCUS’ AND ’INSIGHT’.
♦A FEW YEARS AGO, NO ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT POSSIBLE FOR A RADIO STATION TO PRODUCE STIMULATING AND INFORMATIVE FEATURES GEARED TO THE LAYMAN ON SUCH THEORETICALLY UNAPPEALING SUBJECTS AS COMPUTER SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH, BUT WE ARE DOING IT, AND OUR RATINGS SHOW THE LAYMAN IS APPRECIATING OUR WORK,* MR. HAWTHORNE SAID.
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THE AMBULANCE COMMAND OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO STATION N AMBULANCE PERMANENTLY AT SAI KUNG FIRE STATION FOR THE USE OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE PENINSULA WITH EFFECT FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
PREVIOUSLY, AN AMBULANCE WAS POSTED FULL-TIME IN THE AREA ONLY AT WEEK-ENDS AND ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THE RECENT COMMISSIONING OF FIVE NEW AMBULANCES HAD MADE POSSIBLE THE STATIONING OF ONE IN SAI KUNG.
+IN THE PAST, BETWEEN 30 AND 60 CALLS HAD BEEN RECEIVED EACH MONTH, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF YEAR, AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE FIGURE WOULD RISE ONCE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE NEW SERVICE BECAME KNOWN,* HE ADDED.
THE AMBULANCE WILL BE CREWED BY A DRIVER, A SUPERVISOR AND AN ATTENDANT, AND IT HAS THE SAME FACILITIES AS OTHER AMBULANCES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID ANYONE IN THE SAI KUNG AREA REQUIRING AN AMBULANCE SHOULD CALL THE FIRE STATION DIRECT OR USE THE +999+ EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM.
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A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN KWUN TONG, TSIM SHA TSUI AND IN WESTERN DISTRICT WILL BE WITHOUT WATER FOR A FEW HOURS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WHEN TESTS FOR LEAKAGE WILL BE CARRIED OUT.
IN KWUN TONG, THE TEMPORARY STOPPAGE WILL BE FROM 1 A.M. TO 6 A.M. ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 12) AND WILL AFFECT PREMISES BOUNDED BY KWUN TONG ROAD, TSUI PING ROAD AND KAI LAM ROAD. ALSO AFFECTED WILL BE BLOCKS 20-24 OF KWUN TONG (TSUI PING ROAD) ESTATE, KWUN TONG SWIMMING POOL AND OVERSEAS TEXTILES LTD.
IN TSIM SHA TSUI, PREMISES BOUNDED BY KIMBERLEY ROAD, OBSERVATORY ROAD, CHATHAM ROAD, CAMERON ROAD AND NATHAN ROAD WILL BE WITHOUT WATER BETWEEN 1 A.M. AND 6 A.M. ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 13)4
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EMi-1 OYMENT OF DISABLED PEOPLE PICKED UP LAST MONTH AND THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOUND WORK FOR 15 OF THEM, NEARLY DOUBLE THAT FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
MOST OF THEM WERE EMPLOYED BY ATLAS ELECTRONICS LTD. INCLUDING TWO BLIND WHO WERE TAKEN ON AS PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS.
THE OTHERS, SOME OF- THEM DEAF, CRIPPLED AND MENTALLY ILL ARE NOW WORKING IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOBS SUCH AS MACHINE SEWING WORKERS, CLEANSING WORKERS AND PRESS MACHINE
OPERATORS.
OF THE 15, TWO WERE EMPLOYED ON A PIECE-RATE BASIS AND FOUR ON DAILY RATES RANGING FROM $16 TO $23. THE SALARY OF THE OTHER NINE VARIES BETWEEN $300 AND $474 A MONTH.
MR. CHAN SHUI-WING, OFF ICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT, SAID HE HOPED THIS ENCOURAGING TREND OF MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES BECOMING AVAILABLE FOR THE DISABLED WOULD CONTINUE.
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FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU CARRIED OUT 12,606 INSPECTIONS IN AUGUST ....................................... 1
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND TO ATTRACT MORE NEW INDUSTRIES
AND JOINT-VENTURES TO HONG KONG WELCOMED......... 2
INDUSTRY URGED TO ENGAGE MORE APPRENTICES AND EXPAND TRAINING FACILITIES ............................. 3
FIRST PASSING-OUT PARADE AT NEW PREVENTIVE SERVICE TRAINING SCHOOL THIS SATURDAY ................... 4
DISABLED TO STAGE TELEVISION SHOW ON SUNDAY ..... 5
LOTTERY SALES CLOSE TOMORROW................... 5
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1975
FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU CARRIED OUT 12,606 INSPECTIONS IN AUGUST * X KM M *
THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT CARRIED OUT 12,606 INSPECTIONS IN AUGUST, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO 105,698, AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 13,200 EACH MONTH.
THERE WAS A MARKED INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES INSPECTED RESULTING FROM THE INTRODUCTION THIS APRIL OF ANNUAL LICENSING OF LORRIES USED TO CONVEY FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND COMPRESSED GASES. A TOTAL OF 112 INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED AT THE TESTING CENTRE . AT HARBOUR ROAD FIRE STATION, COMPARED WITH 16 IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH, 11 IN JUNE, 16 IN MAY AND ONE IN APRIL.
MORE THAN HALF OF THE INSPECTIONS (6,649) MADE IN AUGUST WERE PROMPTED BY COMPLAINTS, OF WHICH 5,595 RELATED TO MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM BUILDINGS. THERE WERE 2,816 INSPECTIONS OF FACTORIES AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL PREMISES AND 729 INSPECTIONS OF PREMISES USED FOR STORING OR MANUFACTURING DANGEROUS GOODS.
BUREAU OFFICERS INVESTIGATED SEVEN FIRES IN DEPTH.
THERE WERE 817 INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT ON MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM BUILDINGS WHICH DID NOT ARISE FROM COMPLAINTS, AND 163 INSPECTIONS OF BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEMS.
OTHER INSPECTIONS INCLUDED : FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS (292), SCHOOLS (439). RESTAURANTS AND NIGHTCLUBS (244), PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY (132), NEON SIGNS (7), TIMBER YARDS AND STORAGE (141) AND MISCELLANEOUS (58).
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A TOTAL OF 525 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE SUBMITTED TO THE BUREAU FOR PROCESSING.
DURING THE MONTH, 172 FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES WERE ISSUED= 107 PROSECUTIONS WERE UNDERTAKEN FOR VARIOUS OFFENCES, . RESULTING IN THE IMPOSITION OF FINES AMOUNTING TO $38,410.00.
MORE THAN 800 ITEMS OF FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT IN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND QUARTERS WERE TESTED.
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THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT TODAY WELCOMED THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND BEING LAUNCHED BY THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO ATTRACT MORE NEW INDUSTRIES AND JOINT-VENTURES TO HONG KONG.
+WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET IN THIS FIELD,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE D C AND I SAID. +ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS OF DEVELOPING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG AT PRESENT IS TO BRING IN OVERSEAS INVESTMENT AND KNOW-HOW.+
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO PRAISED THE BANKS FOR THEIR FAR-SIGHTEDNESS IN APPRECIATING THE ADVANTAGES OF SUCH A FUND BY CONTRIBUTING TO IT.
HE ADDED: +WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE CHAMBER IN THIS MATTER AND TO GIVE THEM ANY ASSISTANCE THEY MIGHT REQUIRE. THIS APPLIES EQUALLY TO ANY OTHER ORGANISATION WHICH WISHES TO CONTRIBUTE TO HONG KONG’S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.+
THE SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED THAT THE D C AND I IS ORGANISING AND CO-ORDINATING TWO INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION MISSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES NEXT MONTH, ONE CONSISTING OF D C AND I OFFICERS AND THE OTHER GOING UNDER THE BANNER OF THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THE D C AND I TEAM WILL BE LED BY THE DEPARTMENT’S DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR. ROY PORTER, WHO WILL BE VISITING CHICAGO AND LOS ANGELES WHERE IT WILL JOIN UP WITH THE CHAMBER’S DELEGATION.
THE TWO MISSIONS WILL CONCENTRATE ON ATTRACTING LIGHT AND MEDIUM-HEAVY ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES - AN AREA WITH THE GREATEST GROWTH POTENTIAL AT PRESENT. THIS MEANS SEEING AND TALKING TO COMPANIES MAKING PRECISION INSTRUMENTS, DOMESTIC APPLIANCES, LIGHT MACHINE TOOLS, INDUSTRIAL ENGINES AND THE LIKE.
MR. PORTER SAID TODAY THAT HE HAD PERSONALLY WRITTEN TO THE PRESIDENTS AND VICE-PRESIDENTS OF MORE THAN 500 AMERICAN COMPANIES INFORMING THEM ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING MISSIONS AND ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF USING HONG KONG AS A MANUFACTURING BASE.
MR. PORTER SAID HE HAD RECEIVED A LOT OF HELP IN THE PREPARATION OF THE MISSIONS FROM LOCAL AND U.S. BANKS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE PROVIDED ADVICE AND CONTACTS. +THE FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK, THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO AND THE BANK OF AMERICA ARE CONTACTING THOSE COMPANIES IN THEIR HOME CITIES WHICH ARE WILLING TO MEET THE MISSIONS AND ARE ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF APPOINTMENTS FOR US.+
HE SAID THAT HE HAD ALSO RECEIVED VALUABLE ASSISTANCE FROM A NUMBER OF US GOVERNMENT AND STATE ORGANISATIONS, AS WELL AS FiiOM THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER, MR. HERBERT MINICH, HE ADDED, WILL BE ACCOMPANYING THE HONG KONG CHAMBER’S DELEGATION.
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THE ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. T.Y. CHUI, TODAY CALLED ON EMPLOYERS TO ENGAGE MORE APPRENTICES AND EXPAND THEIR TRAINING FACILITIES TO MEET THE DEVELOPING NEEDS OF HONG KONG INDUSTRY IN ORDER TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN THE WORLD MARKET.
, HE SAID EXPERIENCE HAD SHOWN THAT PROPER APPRENTICESHIP WAS THE QUICKEST AND THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAY OF TRAINING CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS.
SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG SOUTH, MR. CHUI SAID THAT SINCE 1969 SOME 200 EMPLOYERS IN MAJOR INDUSTRIES HAD VOLUNTARILY ADOPTED THE APPROVED APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE LATEST INDUSTRIAL MANPOWER SURVEYS CONDUCTED BETWEEN 1970 AND 1974 SHOWED THAT THE ANNUAL NEEDS FOR NEWLY TRAINED CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS IN THE MAJOR INDUSTRIES COULD BE AS HIGH AS 8,500 AND 3,000 RESPECTIVELY.
+HOWEVER,* HE SAID, +AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEYS, INDUSTRIES WERE FOUND TO BE TURNING OUT ONLY ABOUT 4,000 CRAFTSMEN EACH YEAR, AND ONLY ABOUT 750 TECHNICIANS EACH YEAR. OF THESE, ONLY A SMALL NUMBER WERE BEING TRAINED UNDER PROPER APPRENTICESHIP SCHEMES.+
+BUT THERE IS A LIMIT TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH APPRENTICESHIP CAN BE PROMOTED ON A VOTUNTARY BASIS.
+SOME INDUSTRIALISTS HAVE THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT APPRENTICESHIP LEGISLATION SHOULD BE INTRODUCED TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF PROPERLY TRAINED CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS,* HE SAID.
MR. CHUI WENT ON TO SAY THAT TWO INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ORDINANCES WERE ENACTED LAST MONTH.
THEY WERE THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY) ORDINANCE AND THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (CLOTHING INDUSTRY) ORDINANCE, WHICH PROVIDED FOR THE SETTING UP OF TRAINING AUTHORITIES TO BUILD AND ADMINISTER SEPARATE TRAINING CENTRES TO PRODUCE SKILLED PERSONNEL FOR THE TWO INDUSTRIES.
FINANCED BY TRAINING LEVIES, THE CENTRES WOULD PROVIDE BASIC AND PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR 600 CRAFT TRAINEES IN THE BUILDING TRADE AND 3,600 OPERATIVES IN THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY IN A YEAR.
THE LEVY SCHEMES, HE SAID, WERE ORIGINATED BY THE TWO '■ INDUSTRIES AND HAD BEEN INTRODUCED TO MEET THEIR SPECIFIC TRAINING REQUIREMENTS ON A COST-EFFECTIVE BASIS.
+THEIR SUCCESS WILL NO DOUBT DO MUCH TO ENCOURAGE OTHER INDUSTRIES TO FOLLOW,* HE ADDED.
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THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE NEW TRAINING SCHOOL AT TAI LAM CHUNG, IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WILL SEE ITS FIRST PASSING-OUT PARADE ON SATURDAY WHEN 67 OFFICERS, WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED TRAINING COURSES, WILL TAKE PART.
THE SCHOOL, WHICH HAS RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR MORE THAN 100 AND FACILITIES SUCH AS CLASSROOMS, SHOOTING RANGE, GYMNASIUM AND A FOOTBALL PITCH, WAS OPENED IN JUNE LAST YEAR BY SIR DENYS ROBERTS, THE THEN ACTING GOVERNOR.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR. E.l. LEE, WILL TAKE THE SALUTE AT THE PARADE.
THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE, ESTABLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1909, HAS TWO MAIN FUNCTIONS - THE COLLECTION OF GOVERNMENT REVENUE FROM DUTIABLE COMMODITIES AND COMBATTING THE ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING IN NARCOTICS.
DURING THE PAST YEAR, THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SEIZURES OF ABOUT 200 KILOS OF DANGEROUS DRUG VALUED OVER $3 MILLION.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 11 A.M. ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 13).
' A 40-SEATER BUS, AM 5606, WILL LEAVE THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER, TSIM SHA TSUI, AT 9.30 A.M. FOR THE SCHOOL. THE SAME BUS WILL TAKE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE BACK TO KOWLOON AFTER A COCKTAIL PARTY AT THE SCHOOL TO WHICH YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IS ALSO INVITED.
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DISABLED TO STAGE TELEVISION SHOW M * * X H M
A GROUP OF 70 DISABLED TRAINEES AND CHILDREN FROM SIX SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT REHABILITATION CENTRES WILL STAGE A VARIETY SHOW ON RTV’S CHINESE CHANNEL +CHILDREN’S CORNER+ PROGRAMME ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 14) AFTERNOON AT 4.30 P.M.
IN THIS SPECIAL HOUR-LONG PROGRAMME FOR THE DISABLED, THEY WILL PERFORM A LION DANCE, A PIANO SOLO AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. TOO TRAINEES WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT STAMP COLLECTING AND BREEDING GOLD FISH.
IN ADDITION VIEWERS WILL SEE SHORT FILMS ON WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL AND TAELE TENNIS GAMES, ARCHERY AND SCOUTING ACTIVITIES.
LOTTERY SALES CLOSE TOMORROW H X If * * M
TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IS THE LAST DAY TO BUY TICKETS FOR THE YEAR’S EIGHTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY.
SALE OF TICKETS WILL CLOSE AT 9 P.M. AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB BOOTHS. DURING THE DAY, TICKETS MAY BE BOUGHT AT THE HEAD AND BRANCH OFFICES OF 30 BANKS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS.
UP TO 5 P.M. TODAY (THURSDAY), A TOTAL OF 440,000 TICKETS WAS
SOLD
WINNING NUMBERS WILL BE DRAWN ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 13) BY FOUR RTV ARTISTES — MISS MEG LAM KIN-MING, MISS DEBORAH TANG KIT-LING, MISS CHUM YAN-MI, AND MISS AU YEUNG PUI-SAN.
THE DRAW WILL BE TELEVISED LIVE TO ENABLE MORE PEOPLE TO SHARE IN THE EXCITEMENT OF THE OCCASION.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1975
CONTENTS PAGE NO.
GOVERNMENT REPLIES TO CLERKS’ PROPOSALS .................... 1
TWO MP’S ARRIVE TOMORROW ON FAMILIARISATION VISIT ........... 2
WORK ON SHEK KIP MEI MTR STATION TO START SOON ............. 3
LAND AT NGAU CHI WAN TO BE RESUMED FOR MTR ................. 3
PUBLIC URGED TO TAKE PRECAUTION AGAINST +RED EYE+ DISEASE . 4
MAGISTRATE COURT PROCEEDINGS MAY BE TAPED 5
andGtechnology attend escap meeting on industry, HOUSING ...................................•......................... 5
FIRST PRIZE OF LOTTERY WORTH $395,200 ....................... 6
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GOVT REPLIES TO CLERKS’ PROPOSALS KOK#
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY SAID THAT THE LATEST PROPOSALS OF THE CLERICAL STAFF ASSOCIATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WAGE INCREASE 'JERE NOT A COMPROMISE BUT A REPETITION OF ITS EARLIER REQUEST.
HOWEVER, IN A LETTER TO THE ASSOCIATION, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR. RON ERIDGE, REITERATED THAT THE PAY PACKAGE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED FROM APRIL 1 NEXT YEAR.
THE ASSOCIATION HAD WRITTEN TO THE GOVERNMENT MAKING TWO PROPOSALS BOTH OF WHICH INVOLVED BACK PAYMENT TO APRIL 1, 1975.
IN THE REPLY, MR. BRIDGE EXPLAINED THAT THE PROPOSALS WERE MERELY A REPETITION, IN A DIFFERENT FORM, OF AN EARLIER REQUEST THAT ALL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO THE GOVERNMENT BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE CLERICAL CLASS SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE FROM APRIL 1, 1975.
HE REMINDED THE ASSOCIATION THAT IN ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION ON APRIL 1, 1976, +THE GOVERNMENT HAS GONE AS FAR AS IT COULD REASONABLY GO+.
+THE GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO SUBSTANTIAL SALARY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CLERICAL CLASS IN SIX MONTHS’ TIME,+ HE SAID.
THE ASSOCIATION SHOULD APPRECIATE THAT AN IMMEDIATE OR BACKDATED WAGE INCREASE FOR A SEGMENT OF THE CIVIL 'SERVICE WOULD BE RESENTED DY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WHEN SO MANY OTHER EMPLOYEES HAVE SUFFERED A REDUCTION IN INCOME OR SHORT TIME WORKING AND THERE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDER-EMPLOYMENT.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE SAID HE HOPED THE COUNCIL OF THE ASSOCIATION WOULD DO ITS BEST TO PERSUADE THE MEMBERS FROM CONTINUED OR FURTHER INDUSTRIAL ACTION.
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
TOO CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MR. CHARLES MORRISON AND IT!. CHRISTOPHER TUGENDHAT, WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) FOR A Nii.'-DAY VISIT. MR. TUGENDHAT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE.
THE MP’S, WHO ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT 6.20 P.M. ON FLIGHT BA 9’,:T, WILL BE MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE PROTOCOL OFFICER, MR. L.E. POTTINGER.
THERE WILL BE NO PRESS INTERVIEWS AT THE AIRPORT BUT IT IS EXPECTED THAT THEY WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE ON SEPTEMBER 21.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE TOO MP’S. DURING THEIR STAY HERE THEY WILL MEET THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.
THEY WILL ALSO MEET MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY, AND TAKE A GENERAL LOOK AT HONG KONG’S DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC HOUSING, SOCIAL WELFARE, MEDICAL AND HEALTH, LABOUR, AND LAW AND ORDER.
MR. MORRISON, REPRESENTING DEVIZES DIVISION OF WILTSHIRE, WAS ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT IN 1964 AND HAS HELD HIS SEAT EVER SINCE. HE WAS BORN IN 1932, SON OF THE FIRST BARON MARGADALE, AND WAS EDUCATED AT ETON AND THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CIRENCESTER.
HE IS MARRIED WITH ONE SON AND ONE DAUGHTER.
MR. TUGENDHAT HAS REPRESENTED THE CITIES OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER SINCE 1970. HE IS ALSO ADDITIONAL SPOKESMAN GN FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
MR. TUGENDHAT’S PRINCIPAL INTERESTS ARE ECONOMICS AND FINANCE. HE WRITES LEADING ARTICLES AND FEATURES FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND IS THE AUTHOR OF ’THE MULTINATIONALS’ WHICH WON THE MCKINSEY FOUNDATION BOOK AWARD IN 1971.
MR. TUGENDHAT IS A DIRECTOR OF PHILIPS PETROLEUM INTERNATIONAL (UK) AND OF SUNNINGDALE OILS LTD.
HE IS MARRIED WITH TOO SONS.
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WORK IS EXPECTED TO START SHORTLY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF PART OF THE UNDERGROUND SECTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY KNOWN AS SHEK KIP MEI STATION.
THIS STATION WILL BE SITED CLOSE TO THE SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WOH CHAI STREET AND WAI CHI STREET.
THE STATION WILL BE LOCATED ALMOST ENTIRELY WITHIN THE ROAD RESERVES OR IN UNDEVELOPED LAND SO AS TO KEEP INTERFERENCE TO EXISTING BUILDINGS TO A MINIMUM.
TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND SOME REDUCTION IN CARRIAGEWAY WIDTHS IN WOH CHAI STREET AND WAI CHI STREET WILL BE NECESSARY THROUGH THE WORKS AREA.
WHEN COMPLETED THE STATION WILL BE ABOUT 200 METRES LONG AND SERVED BY FOUR ENTRANCES PROVIDING THE RESIDENTS OF THE DENSELY POPULATED NEARBY HOUSING ESTATES WITH CONVENIENT ACCESS FOR A FAST AND REGULAR TRAIN SERVICE TO OTHER PARTS OF KOWLOON AND TO HONG KONG.
CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BEGIN IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR FOR COMPLETION IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS’ TIME.
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY BEGAN THE PROCESS OF RESUMING ABOUT 20 LOTS BELONGING TO NGAU CHI WAN VILLAGERS WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHOI HUNG STATION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DESPITE THE COMMENCEMENT OF STATUTORY PROCEEDINGS, A PREVIOUS OFFER TO THE OWNERS OF THESE LOTS TO GRANT THEM LAND IN EXCHANGE IN THE SAME AREA AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILWAY IS COMPLETE, STILL REMAINED OPEN.
RESUMPTION PROCEEDINGS HAVE NOT BEEN INITIATED IN RESPECT OF OTHER NGAU CHI WAN LOTS THE OWNERS OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO ACCEPT THE GOVERNMENT’S LAND EXCHANGE OFFER.
DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE VILLAGERS AND THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, WONG TAI SIN, BEGAN MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO AND HAVE CONTINUED SINCE.
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ADVICE ON PREVENTION OF +RED EYE+ DISEASE »
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY AGAIN URGED THE PUBLIC TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION IN PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF +RED EYE+ DISEASE, WHICH HAS BEEN ON AN INCREASING TREND RECENTLY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO RECORD OF THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF CASES IN HONG KONG BECAUSE IT IS NOT A NOTIFIABLE DISEASE, REPORTS FROM TWO GOVERNMENT EYE CLINICS SHOWED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE INCIDENCE.
THE YAU MA TEI EYE CLINIC REPORTED MORE THAN 9OO CASES IN THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, COMPARED WITH 250 IN THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST, WHILE THE VIOLET PEEL EYE CLINIC ON HONG KONG ISLAND SAW ABOUT 200 CASES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DISEASE, CLINICALLY KNOWN AS KERATO CONJUCTIVITlES, IS USUALLY PREVALENT DURING THE SWIMMING SEASON.
HE WARNED THAT THE SWIMMING SEASON IS STILL NOT YET OVER AND THE PUBLIC MUST BE ON THE ALERT AT ALL TIMES IN THE PREVENTION OF THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE, THE PUBLIC MUST OBSERVE THE RULES OF PERSONAL HYGIENE, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE COMMONEST MEANS OF SPREADING THE DISEASE IS THROUGH CONTACT, FOR EXAMPLE IN PUBLIC PLACES SUCH AS SWIMMING POOLS, IN SCHOOLS AND AMONG FAMILIES.
+IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASE SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS,+ HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN FURTHER ADVISED THAT IF A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY HAS CONTRACTED THE DISEASE, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY SHOULD TAKE CARE NOT TO SHARE THE SAME TOWEL OR HANDKERCHIEF AND SHOULD PAY GREATER ATTENTION TO PERSONAL HYGIENE.
THE DISEASE IS OF ACUTE ONSET, CAUSING REDNESS AND SORENESS ON THE EYES, VARYING FROM SLIGHT IRRITATION TO SEVERE PAIN.
TREATMENT CONSISTS OF APPLICATION OF EYE DROPS ObNTMENT ON THE EYES AS ADVISED BY DOCTORS. '*
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TAPE RECORDING EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED IN ALL MAGISTRACIES AS A MEASURE TO EXPEDITE PROCEEDINGS, IF PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS APPROVED.
THE PROPOSAL IS CONTAINED IN THE MAGISTRAYES (AMENDMENT) DILL PUBLISHED IN TODAY’S GAZETTE FOR GENERAL INFORMATION.
THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL IS TO ALLOW THE USE OF TAPE RECORDERS FOR THE RECORDING OF EVIDENCE IN SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS BEFORE A MAGISTRATE COURT.
IF THE BILL IS ENACTED, MAGISTRATES WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO TAKE DOWN DETAILED RECORDS OF PROCEEDINGS IN WRITING, AND INSTEAD, IT CAN BE RECORDED ON TAPE. HOWEVER, -THE'MAGISTRATE WILL TAKE A SUPPLEMENTARY WRITTEN NOTE OF THE SALIENT PART OF THE EVIDENCE GIVEN BEFORE HIM.
THE BILL ALSO PROVIDES THAT IF A FULL MINUTE OF THE EVIDENCE IS REQUIRED AT A LATER STAGE, THE TAPE MAY BE TRANSCRIBED AND CERTIFIED AS BEING AN ACCURATE AND COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT. ♦
TAPE RECORDED EVIDENCE WILL BE RETAINED IN THE SAFE CUSTODY OF THE COURT FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 12 MONTHS FROM THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING.
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HONG KONG TO ATTEND ESCAP MEETING ON INDUSTRY, HOUSING AND TECHNOLOGY
. AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR. K.H. YEUNG,, WILL EE REPRESENTING HONG KONG AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY, HOUSING AND TECHNOLOGY (CIHT) IN BANGKOK.
THE MEETING, HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP), WILL START ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 15) AND WILL LAST ABOUT A WEEK.
MR. YEUNG IS THE HEAD OF THE INDUSTRY DIVISION IN THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT. HE LEAVES FOR BANGKOK TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
THE AIM OF THE CIHT IS TO EXAMINE PROBLEMS CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, HOUSING AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE REGION AND TO DRAW UP PROGRAMMES OF WORK IN THESE FIELDS.
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A TOTAL OF 494,000 TICKETS FOR THE EIGHTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY WAS SOLD UP TO 9 P.M. TODAY (FRIDAY) WHEN SALES CLOSED. THE TOTAL PROCEEDS REACHED $988,000.
THE FIRST PRIZE IS WORTH $395,200, THE SECOND PRIZE $39,520 AND THE THIRD PRIZE $3,952.
EACH OF THE 50 SPECIAL PRIZES FETCHES $988 AND EACH OF THE 212 CONSOLATION PRIZES $494.
THE FIRST THREE WINNING NUMBERS WILL BE DRAWN AT 9 P.M. TOMORROW AY FOUR RTV ARTISTES -- MISS MEG LAM KIN-MING, MISS DEBORAH TANG ;JT-LING, MISS CHUM YAN-MI AND MISS AU YEUNG PUI-SAN AT THE STATION’S STUDIO. THE DRAW WILL BE TELEVISED LIVE.
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IMPORTANCE OF COLLECTIVE ACTION IN FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING STRESSED .......................................... 1
RECLAMATION PLANNED OFF EAST COAST OF TSING Yl ISLAND ......... 2
NEW ROAD TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN WEST KOWLOON............... 2
MID-AUTUMN CELEBRATIONS IN TAI HANG TUNG....................... 3
NEW ROAD TO SERVE TSING Yl PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE .............. 3
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR. E.l. LEE, TODAY EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLECTIVE ACTION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING AND SAID THAT CO-OPERATION +MUST FORM THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.+
HE WELCOMED THE INCREASING LIAISON BETWEEN THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE AND THE NARCOTICS BUREAU OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND NOTED THAT THE RECENT JOINT OPERATIONS AND THE EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE BETWEEN THE TOO ANTI-DRUG BODIES AMPLY TESTIFIED THE IMPORTANCE OF SUCH CO-OPERATION.
MR. LEE WAS ADDRESSING 67 GRADUATES OF THE NEW PREVENTIVE SERVICE TRAINING SCHOOL AT TAI LAM CHUNG. THE RECRUITS WERE THE FIRST BATCH TO GRADUATE FROM THE NEW SCHOOL WHICH OPENED IN JUNE LAST YEAR.
MR. LEE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE FOR THEIR PERSISTENT AND EFFECTIVE EFFORTS AGAINST THE ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE --NOTABLY FOR THE PART THEY PLAYED IN VIRTUALLY ELIMINATING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND DIVANS IN MA SHAN AND OTHER 'BLACK SPOTS’.
+DESPITE YOUR SUCCESSES OF RECENT YEARS, HOWEVER, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT OR TO ABATE OUR EFFORTS AGAINST THIS EVIL AND INHUMAN BUSINESS,+ HE STRESSED.
HE TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO EXERCISE ALL THEIR TRAINING AND INTELLIGENCE IF THEY WERE TO COMBAT DRUG SMUGGLING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING SUCCESSFULLY.
MR. LEE WAS CONFIDENT, HOWEVER, THAT THEY HAD BEEN WELL TRAINED FOR THE TASK.
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THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO RECLAIM ABOUT 82 ACRES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED OFF THE EAST COAST OF TSI NG Yl ISLAND AS PART OF A MAJOR PROJECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORTHEAST TSI NG Yl AS AN EXTENSION OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.
THE PROPOSED RECLAMATION INCLUDES PART OF TSI NG Yl BAY AND THE ,\.JNEL SEPARATING THE SMALL ISLAND OF NGA YING CHAU FROM TSING Yl ISLAND.
THE RECLAIMED LAND WILL BE USED FOR TOWN CENTRE DEVELOPMENT, Sl it'S FOR POLICE, FIRE AND AMBULANCE STATIONS, OPEN SPACE AND SOME OF THE AREA FOR LIGHT INDUSTRY. THE SEAFRONT WILL HAVE FACILITIES FCR A FERRY BERTH AND A BERTH FOR FIRE BOATS.
THE EXTENT OF THE AREA INVOLVED IS DESCRIBED IN A NOTICE PUBLISHED IN YESTERDAY’S GAZETTE. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN THAI THOSE WHO HAVE OBJECTIONS OR CLAIMS OF PRIVATE RIGHT SHOULD SUBMII THEM IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN TWO MONTHS FROM SEPTEMBER 12.
COPIES OF THE PLAN MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE PORT WORKS DIVISION OFFICE, 5TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG, OR AT THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING, TSUEN WAN.
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WORK'WILL BEGIN SOON ON THE WESTERN SECTION OF A NEW ELEVATED ROAD WHICH FORMS PART OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR - A MAJOR TRAFFIC ROUTE JOINING THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND THE WEST KOWLOON WATERFRONT.
THIS SECTION OF THE NEW ROAD WITH A LENGTH OF 600 METRES WILL BE BUILT BETWEEN GASCOIGNE ROAD AND TONG Ml ROAD. FOUNDATION WORK IS NOW IN PROGRESS.
THE WORK IS THE FINAL PART IN THE STAGE I OF THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 16 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE EASTERN SECTION OF THIS NEW ELEVATED ROAD IS NOW NEARING COMPLETION.
THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BY THE HIGHWAYS (STRUCTURAL DESIGN) DIVISION AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE I KOWLOON DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
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A COLOURFUL PARADE INVOLVING SOME 1.000 CHILDREN AND YOUNGSTERS WILL BE HELD IN TAI HANG TUNG ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 19) TO CELEBRATE THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL.
THE TAI HANG TUNG COMMUNITY CENTRE, WHICH IS ORGANISING THE • FUNCTION, IS ALSO SPONSORING A LANTERN-MAKING COMPETITION. LATERNS OF ANY DESIGN MAY DE SUBMITTED BUT THEY MUST BE ABLE TO BE LIT UP AS THEY WILL BE USED IN THE PARADE.
THE COMPETITION IS OPEN TO ALL AND REGISTRATION OF ENTRIES IS NOW BEING ACCEPTED AT THE CENTRE’S OFFICE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17.
ENTRIES SHOULD BE HANDED IN TO THE LIBRARY ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CENTRE. THEY WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE HALL WHEN PRIZES ARE PRESENTED AT A BRIEF CEREMONY AT 8 P.M. ON THE NIGHT OF THE PARADE BEFORE IT STARTS.
THE PARADE WILL WIND ROUND THE BLOCKS OF THE TAI HANG TUNG HOUSING ESTATE AND END UP IN THE PLAYGROUND WHERE GROUP GAMES, SINGING AND OTHER PERFORMANCES WILL ROUND OFF THE EVENING’S ENTERTAINMENT.
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A NEW ROAD WILL BE BUILT ON THE EASTERN PART OF TSI NG Yl ISLAND TO SERVE THE TSI NG Yl PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE PHASE I WHICH IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THIS ROAD WILL EXTEND 600 METRES AND WILL BE COMPLEMENTED WITH A PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS.
THE WORKS ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MAJOR DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE SYSTEM.
THE WORKS WILL TAKE ABOUT 16 MONTHS TO COMPLETE TO COINCIDE WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE TSI NG Yl ESTATE PHASE I WHICH WILL PROVIDE 3,100 FLATS OF VARYING SIZES FOR ACCOMMODATION IN FEBRUARY 1977.
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OVERWHELMING RESPONSE TO NEW JUVENILE REGISTRATION SCHEME ................'...................................
EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS ON INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL •ESTABLISHMENTS ...........................................
FAMILY LIFE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR PARENTS .............
TWO-DAY SEMINAR TO REVIEW TRENDS IN YOUTH WORK ............. 5
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THE NEW JUVENILE REGISTRATION SCHEME INTRODUCED IN LATE 1973 HAS RECEIVED OVERWHELMING RESPONSE WITH MORE THAN 290,000 YOUNGSTERS HAVING REGISTERED.
THE FIGURE IS TWICE AS MANY AS THE NUMBER THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS DEPARTMENT WOULD EXPECT TO HANDLE IN THE FIRST Yi-AR OF THE SCHEME.
+THE SMASHING SUCCESS,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID, ♦MIGHT BE ATTRIBUTED TO A PUBLICITY DRIVE TO PROCESS SCHOOL CHILDREN OVER THE AGE OF 11 AND ADDITIONAL STAFF TO ASSIST IN HANDLING JUVENILE REGISTRATION.*
THE DRIVE GOT UNDERWAY IN SEPTEMBER 1973 WITH STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT VIS I TUG VARIOUS SCHOOLS TO EXPLAIN THE NEW SCHEME TO CHILDREN, o
THE EDUCATION PHASE WAS FOLLOWED DY THE FORMATION OF A SPECIAL TASK FORCE TO DEAL WITH ACTUAL REGISTRATION WHEN THE SCHEME WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER 1973.
THE TASK FORCE WAS MADE UP OF TWO MODILE REGISTRATION TEAMS PREVIOUSLY RESPONSIBLE FOR REGISTERING PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS AND LARGE URBAN HOUSING ESTATES.
IN ADDITION, SOME STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT WERE ALSO AVAILABLE TO COPE WITH THE JUVENILE REGISTRATION WORK IN VARIOUS BRANCH AND SUB-OFF ICES.
THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY RAISING THE REGISTRABLE AGE FOR ADULT IDENTITY CARD FROM 17 TO 18, THUS CREATING A TEMPORARY +RE-REGI STRATI OH GAP* AND LESS WORKLOAD FOR STAFF HANDLING ADULT REGISTRATION.
DURING THE 13-MONTH DRIVE WHICH ENDED IN DECEMBER 1974, THE TWO TEAMS CALLED AT 189 SCHOOLS TO PROCESS CHILDREN MAILLY OF AGES BETWEEN 11 AND 13 YEARS.
TO REGULATE THE WORKLOAD OF THE DEPARTMENT’S SUD-OFFICES, STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT ALSO LIAISED WITH SOME 250 SECONDARY AND NUMEROUS PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO PROGRAMME SCHOOL CHILDREN FOR REGISTRATION.
SCHOOL CHILDREN DISTRIBUTED WITH THE AT A SPECIFIED TIME SO THAT QUEUING UP IN SUB-OFFICES WAS MINIMIZED.
FORMS WERE PROCESSED THE DEPARTMENT’S
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THE SCHOOL CHILDREN PROCESSING DRIVE CONCLUDED WITH ONE MOBILE TEAM RETURNING TO THEIR NORMAL REGISTRATION WORK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE END OF THE DRIVE COINCIDED WITH THE DISLODGING OF THE +RE-REGISTRATION GAP+ WHICH RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING UP TO THE AGE FOR ADULT CARD RE-REGISTRATION.
EXTRA STAFF ASSIGNED TO THE SCHEME HAD TO RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSTS TO COPE WITH THIS INCREASED WORKLOAD. BUT THE WORK OF REGISTERING YOUNGSTERS FOR JUVENILE IDENTITY CARDS IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.
SCHOOL CHILDREN AND NON-SCHOOL CHILDREN ALIKE ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY IN PERSON AT THE BRANCH OFFICES OR SUB-OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY ATTAIN THE AGE OF 11 AND TO RE-REGISTER FOR ADULT IDENTITY CARDS WHEN THEY REACH THE AGE OF 18.
COMMENTING ON THE DRIVE, THE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
+JUDGING BY THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE SUCCEEDED IN PUTTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS.+
+BESIDES.+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED, +CHILDREN COMING UP TO THE AGE FOR REGISTRATION ARE SO AWARE OF THE NEED TO REGISTER THAT DURING THIS SUMMER VACATION, THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN CALLED AT OUR OFFICES FOR REGISTRATION.*
TO FACILITATE REGISTRATION, THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED CHILDREN OF THE NEED TO BRING THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATES, TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, PREVIOUS IDENTITY CARDS, PARENTS’ OR GUARDIANS’ IDENTITY CARDS AND THEIR OWN RESIDENTIAL PROOF.
FOR AN ADULT CARD IS RAISED FROM 17 TO
UNDER THE NEW SCHEME, THE AGE OF REGISTERING FOR A JUVENILE IDENTITY CARD IS RAISED FROM 6 TO 11, WHILE THE AGE OF RE-REGISTERING i 18.
THE NEW JUVENILE IDENTITY CARD IS DESIGNED FOR CLEAR IDENTIFICATION OF THE HOLDER WHO MIGHT NEED 'IT IN APPLYING FOR A JOB OR AN ENROLMENT IN A SCHOOL.
LIKE THE ADULT CARD, IT CARRIES THE HOLDER’S PHOTOGRAPH.
FULL PERSONAL NAMES, DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH, NATIONALITY, TRAVEL DOCUMENT NUMBER AND ALSO THE DATE OF RENEWAL.
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL CARRY OUT A SERIES OF EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS ON INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO UPDATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION IN PRINCIPAL SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY.
THE SURVEYS WILL COVER ABOUT 42,000 ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING, BANKING, IMPORT/EXPORT, WHOLESALE, RETAIL, RESTAURANT AND HOTEL BUSINESS AS WELL AS OTHER SELECTED NONINDUSTRIAL TRADES AND SERVICES.
SURVEY FORMS WHICH SEEK INFORMATION ABOUT EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES HAVE BEEN SENT BY POST TO THESE ESTABLISHMENTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY URGED THE MANAGEMENTS OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS TO CO-OPERATE BY COMPLETING THE FORM AND RETURNING IT PROMPTLY TO THE DEPARTMENT IN THE ATTACHED POSTAGE PRE-PAID ENVELOPE BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED AT THE BACK OF THE SURVEY FORM.
HE STRESSED THAT ALL INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WILL BE USED SOLELY FOR COMPILING STATISTICAL TABLES.
THESE SURVEYS ARE REGULAR IN THE SERIES OF QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT ENQUIRIES.
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THE COMMUNITY WORK UNIT OF THE V/ONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE WILL LAUNCH A FAMILY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN NEXT WEEK.
THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO HELP FAMILIES COPE EFFECTIVELY WITH THEIR PROBLEMS THUS ENHANCING THEIR WAY OF LIVING AND TO ESTABLISH CO-OPERATIVE AND TEAM WORK SPIRIT BETWEEN WELFARE AGENCIES.
THE PROGRAMME WILL BE RUN ALONG THE LINES OF A SEMINAR AND OPEN FORUM. IT WILL BE IN FOUR SESSIONS HELD OVER TWO WEEKS STARTING ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. THE OTHERS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 18, 23 AND 25.
IT WILL COMPRISE LECTURES TOGETHER WITH FILM AND SLIDE SHOWS. THE TALKS WILL BE PROBLEM-ORIENTED AND WILL BE GIVEN BY EXPERIENCED SOCIAL WORKERS.
TOP ICES TO BE DISCUSSED WILL INCLUDE +YOUTH DELINQUENCY — ITS CAUSES AND PREVENTION*, +BASIC NEEDS OF YOUNG ADOLESCENTS*, +THE GENERATION GAP* AND +EVALUATION+.
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WILL ALSO BE HELD TO PROMOTE HEALTHY AND POSITIVE SOCIALISATION.
ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT IS THE NGAU TAU KOK CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG FAMILY WELFARE SOCIETY.
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SIXTY YOUTH WORKERS WILL DE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 28 AT A TWO-DAY SEMINAR TO REVIEW TRENDS IN YOUTH WORK IN THE TSUEN WAN AREA.
DURING THE SEMINAR, PARTICIPANTS WILL LOOK AT EXISTING YOUTH SERVICES, DISCUSS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SHARE EXPERIENCES SO THAT A CLEARER AND MORE EXPLICIT YOUTH WORK TREND CAN BE DERIVED IN TSUEN WAN.
THE SEMINAR. TO BE HELD AT MORRISON HOUSE, 5 HATTON ROAD, IS ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LAST YEAR BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE
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DEPARTMENT’S COMMUNITY AND
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A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN PING SHAN WILL BE WITHOUT WATER FOR FIVE HOURS STARTING FROM 1 A.M. ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 16) TO ENABLE LEAKAGE TEST TO BE CARRIED OUT.
THE AREA AFFECTED IS BOUNDED BY CASTLE PEAK ROAD, PING HA ROAD INCLUDING PING SHAN SAN TSUEN, KIU TAU WAI, PING SHAN HANG TAU TSUEN, PING SHAN HANG MEI TSUEN, PING SHAN POLICE STATION, TONG TAU TSUEN, FUK LO TSUEN, LAU FAU SHAN, FUNG KWONG TSUEN, NGAU HOM TSUEN, SAN HING TSUEN, SHA KWONG WA'I TSAI AND SHA KWONG WAI.
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’ENGLISH-CHINESE GLOSSARY OF APPLIED LEGAL TERMS’ PUBLISHED................................................. 1
APPLICATION INVITED FOR 1976 COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS ... P
KCR LOCOMOTIVE COMPLETES ONE MILLION MILES ............... 3
ALIENS AND U.K. AND COMMONWEALTH SECTIONS OF IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT COMBINED ........................................ 3
SECOND LAST CHANCE THIS YEAR TO WIN A LOTTERY............... 4
SEVENTH P.W.D. SWIMMING GALA THIS SATURDAY ................ 5
RESERVOIRS 98.1 PER CENT FULL............................. C
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+ENGLISH - CHINESE GLOSSARY OF APPLIED LEGAL TERMS+ PUBLISHED if if if if if if
AM +ENGLISH - CHINESE GLOSSARY OF APPLIED LEGAL TERMS+ COMMONLY USED IN HONG KONG HAS DEEN COMPILED AND PUBLISHED AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF PREPARATION.
COPIES O’. THE GLOSSARY, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DE A MOST USEFUL AND INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR THE L.EGAL PROFESSION, THE JUDICATURE AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, WILL BE ON SALE AT $50 FOR A SOFT- COVER AND $70 FOR A HARD-COVER COPY AS FROM WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 1) AT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRES AND VARIOUS LEADING BOOK STORES.
THE PUBLICATION OF THE GLOSSARY REPRESENTS THE FIRST MAJOR REFERENCE WORK COMMISSIONED DY THE GOVERNMENT IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE POLICY.
WITH A MOST COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF LEGAL AND RELEVANT TERMS, THE GLOSSARY INCORPORATES SOME 30,000 ENTRIES LISTED UNDER 36 APPLIED CATEGORIES.
SPANNING TVER 900 PAGES IN A SINGLE VOLUME, THE GLOSSARY ALSO CONTAINS A FULL. LISTING OF TITLES OF HONG KONG ORDINANCES WITH CHINESE TRANSLATIONS AND BRIEF EXPLANATORY HOlES, AND A COMPLETE CIVIL AND MISCELLANEOUS LIST OF THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
THE GLOSSARY WAS COMPILED BY THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
IT IS RECALLED THAT AS EARLY AS JUNE 1971, THE LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE l.ANGUAGE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO »HE GOVERNMENT THE COMPILATION OF A GLOSSARY OF LEGAL TERMS FOUND IN HONG KOHS ORDINANCES AND SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION. CONSEQUENT UPON AN EXCHANGE OF LElTERS BETWEEN THE THEN ATTORNEY GENERAL AND I HE VICE-CHANCELLOR OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IN MAY-JUNE 1972, A SPECIAL TRANSLATION PROJECT WAS SET UP DY IHE CHINESE UNIVERSITY TO UNDERTAKE THE WORK.
THE GLOSSARY THEN WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF EDITING AND REVIEWING PROCESSES AND FINALLY CAME OFF THE PRESS THIS MONTH.
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COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS 1976
HONG KONG STUDENTS OF HIGH INTELLECTUAL PROMISE ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF 1976 SCHOLARSHIPS BEING OFFERED BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SRI LANKA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,AND NIGERIA.
THESE AWARDS ARE MADE UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP PLAN.
+THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE INTENDED FOR PERSONS WHO MAY BE EXPECTED TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO LIFE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES ON THEIR RETURN FROM STUDY ABROAD,* A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
+THEY ARE PRIMARILY AVAILABLE FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDY OR RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITIES NORMALLY EXTENDING OVER A PERIOD OF TOO ACADEMIC YEARS,* HE ADDED.
THE EMOLUMENTS WILL COVER APPROVED EXPENSES FOR TRAVEL, LIVING AND STUDY DURING THE TENURE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP.
CANDIDATES SHOULD BE COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS NORMALLY RESIDENT IN HONG KONG. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE GRADUATES OF RECOGNISED UNIVERSITIES OR HOLDERS OF EQUIVALENT QUALIFICATIONS. . -
APPLICANTS SHOULD BE PREFERABLY LESS THAN 28 YEARS OF AGE AND NOT MORE THAN 35 AT THE TIME THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMENCES.
APPLICATION FORMS AND OTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BRANCH OFFICE, BONAVENTURE HOUSE, 2ND FLOOR, 91 LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG.
COMPLETED FORMS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SAME OFFICE NOT LATER THAN OCTODER 21, 1975.
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LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 54 — ’R EAKER’ — OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY MADE HISTORY TODAY (MONDAY) BY DE I NG THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE ON THE RAILWAY TO COMPLETE 1,000,000 MILES.
THE RECORD WAS REACHED WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS PULLING UP TO THE TSIM SHA TSUI TERMINUS AROUND 2 P.M.
THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS DELIVERED FROM AUSTRALIA ON JUNE 10, 1957 AT A COST OF ABOUT SI,073,000. SINCE THEN, IT HAS DEEN GIVING KCR COMMUTERS UNFAILING SERVICE IN ITS 18 YEARS OF OPERATION.
MR. REGINALD GREGORY, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, SAID THAT THIS DIESEL ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE WAS ONE OF THE THREE LOCOMOTIVES RECENTLY MODIFIED TO OPERATE TOGETHER TO INCREASE THE HORSEPOWER NECESSARY TO HAUL THE HEAVIER OIL TRAINS FROM CHINA.
THE NAME ’R BAKER’ IS THAT OF A FORMER GENERAL MANAGER OF KCR.
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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY RE-ORGANISED THE ALIENS AND THE U.K. AND COMMONWEALTH SECTIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY AND PROVIDING BETTER SERVICE.
WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY (MONDAY), THE TWO SECTIONS HAVE BEEN COMBINED ON THE 15TH FLOOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING. ALL ALIEN U.K. AND COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS APPLYING FOR VISAS, EXTENSION OF STAY, CHANGE OF STATUS, ENDORSEMENT AND OTHER IMMIGRATION FAC LITIES WHL DE DEALT WITH AT THE APPROPRIATE COUNlERS ON THIS FLOOR IRRESPECTIVE OF THE PASSPORT HELD. SOME CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROCEDURES TO HELP REDUCE WAITI MG" TIME.
A PLAN SHOWING THE LAYOUT OF THE OFFICE COUNTERS IS BEING DISPLAYED ON THE NOTICE BOARD AT THE ENTRANCE TO (HE OFFICE. FURTHER ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE ENQUIRIES SECTION ON THE
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE URGED NOT TO MISS THE SECOND LAST CHANCE THIS YEAR TO WIN A GOVERNMENT LOTTERY.
MR. DAVID WU CHUNG-SHING, A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE CITY HALL RESTAURANT TODAY THAT THIS YEAR’S LOTTERIES WILL PROCEED TO THE TENTH AS SCHEDULED WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN MID-OCTOBER.
HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE LOTTERY BY BUYING MORE TICKETS AND GIVE THEMSELVES MORE CHANCES OF WINNING THE PRIZES OF THE NINTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY.
THE DRAW FOR THIS LOTTERY WILL BE PERFORMED BY FOUR RADIO HONG KONG ARTISTES — MISS KIMMY GOT, MISS YEUNG LAI-SIN, MR. WONG SIU-KEUNG AND MR. HUNG LEUNG-SHEK, ON SEPTEMBER 27 AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE.
THE FOUR ARTISTES WILL ALSO HELP PROMOTE TICKET SALES BY PERSONALLY SELL ING’TICKETS AT STATUE SQUARE FROM 1 P.M. TO 2 P.M. NEXT TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 23).
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE AT $2 EACH AT ALL ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB SELLING BOOTHS AND THE HEAD AND BRANCH OFFICES OF MAJOR DANKS.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LOTTERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PRESENT AT TODAY’S CONFERENCE WEREs MR. KAI-YIN CHAU, THE CHAIRMAN" MR. GEORGE RAHMIN, THE SECRETARY" MR. S.A.S. DUNLOP" MISS ANNE CHAN SUET-MAN" AND MR. T.H. BARMA.
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SEVENTH P.W.D. SWIMMING GALA « « « » «
THE SEVENTH P.W.D. SWIMMING GALA WILL BE HELD AT THE MORRISON
HILL SWIMMING POOL BETWEEN 2 P.M. AND 7 P.M. ON SATURDAY
OVER 100 FINALISTS WILL TAKE PART IN THE SWIMMING GALA WHICH WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. MR. WILLIAM BELL. '
MISS MARY CHEUNG, MISS HONG KONG 1975 AND HISS CONNIE KWAN. SECOND RUNNER-UP IN THE MISS HONG KONG 1975 CONTEST, WILL DRAW THE WINNING NUMBERS OF A RAFFLE.
THERE WILL ALSO BE MUSIC BY THE PIPES AND DRUMS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.
DURING INTERMISSIONS, THE HONG KONG CANOE UNION WILL GIVE DEMONSTRATIONS ON CANOEING WHILE FOUR OUTSTANDING SWIMMERS FROM THE SOUTH CHINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION WILL GIVE A DEMONSTRATION OF THEIR SWIMMING SKILLS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A FREE-STYLE INVITATION RELAY RACE AMONG VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE SWIMMING GALA AT THE MORRISON HILL SWIMMING POOL FROM 2 P.M. TO 7 P.M. ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.
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RESERVOIRS 98.1 PER CENT FULL
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A TOTAL OF 66,025 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER WERE IN STORE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. THIS (MONDAY) MORNING, REPRESENTING 98.1 PER CENT OF THE FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS.
ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR THE TOTAL STORAGE WAS ONLY 37,088 MILLION GALLONS.
PLOVER COVE, HONG KONG’S BIGGEST RESERVOIR, HELD 50,135 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 99.3 PER CENT OF ITS FULL STORAGE CAPACITY. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, IT HELD 28,339 MILLION GALLONS.
TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR STANDS AT 2451.1 MM (96.50 IN). THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL THIS YEAR IS 1851.9 MM (72.91 IN).
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WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN KWUN TONG WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM 9 P.M. ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 16) TO 6 A.M. ON THE NEXT DAY TO ALLOW WATERWORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA.
THE PREMISES AFFECTED ARE ON KO FAI ROAD, SZE SHAN STREET. CHO YUEN STREET, TUNG YUEN STREET, SHUNG TAK WAI, YAN YUE WAI. SHUNG SHUN WAI, LEI YUE MUN TSUEN, KO FAI ROAD FIRE STATION AND SZE SHAN STREET RESITE AREA.
ON HONG KONG ISLAND, A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN WANCHAI WILL BE WITHOUT WATER FROM 1 A.M. TO 6 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 17) TO FACILITATE NIGHT LEAKAGE TEST. '
THE AREA AFFECTED IS BOUNDED BY MARSH ROAD, GLOUCESTER ROAD FLEMING ROAD AND NORTH SIDE OF HENNESSY ROAD.
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COMMERCIAL DYNAMITE to be stored on stonecutters island ..................................................... 1
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TUEN MUN DEVELOPMENT making HEADWAY, SAYS SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES................................... T
BRITISH ADVISER VISITS TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ................ 4
N.T. SCHOOLS WIN TOP PRIZES IN FLOWER GROWING AND VEGETABLE PLANTING COMPETITIONS ..........................
APPOINTMENT OF NEW CDO FOR WAN CHAI ........................ 6
SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICES FOR MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL ............. 6
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED AN OFFER BY HEADQUARTERS BRITISH FORCES lO SiORE COMMERCIAL DYNAMTIE IN BULK ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND.
UNDER AH AGREEMENT SIGNED TODAY BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONER OF MINES, MR. I All PRICE, AND COL. D.G. MENDHAM REPRESENTING HEADQUARTERS, BRITISH FORCES, THE BULK OF EXPLOSIVES NOW KEPT GN GREEN ISLAND, WILL BE STORED ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE ARRANGEMENT WOULD RELIFVE THE STORAGE DURDEN OH THE GREEN ISLAND DEPOT, BY PROVIDING DACK-UP STORAGE FACILITIES.
HE SAID lHE PROBLEM IN SUPPLIERS OBTAINING SUITABLE SHIPS TO CARRY EXPLOSIVES HAD MADE IT NECESSARY TO STORE LARGER QUANTITIES.
AFTER THE REDUCTION ON GREEN ISLAND, HE SAID THE STORAGE THERE WOULD STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN THE DEPOT’S FUNCTION IN DAILY DELIVERIES FROM IT OF EXPLOSIVES.
THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO DANGER TO RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE SHAMSHUIPO DISTRICT BECAUSE THE EXPLOSIVES ARE TO BE STORED IN AN UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND.
IN THE MEANTIME, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD EXAMINE THE SUITABILITY OF +WATER-GEL+ EXPLOSIVE, AND THE FEASIBILITY OF A SALE OF LAND, PREFERABLY OTHER THAN ON GREEN ISLAND, FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE IN HONG KONG.
THE +WATER-GEL+ OR <SLURRY+ EXPLOSIVE IS A NEW CONCEPT WHICH HAS MUCH IMPROVED SAFETY CHARACTERISTICS IN STORAGE AND USE.
ITS USE, HOWEVER, IS HOT YET WIDESPREAD AND TRIALS ARE BEING ARRANGED IN ORDER TO MAKE A MORE EXTENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF ITS SUITABILITY, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
IF A PLANT COULD DE ESTABLISHED TO MANUFACTURE WATER-GEL EXPLOSIVES IN HONG KONG, THE HEED TO SHIP It! AND STORE LARGE QUANTITIES OF CONVENTIONAL BLASTING MATERIAL WOULD DISAPPEAR, HE SAID.
FOR THIS REASON, THE GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED TO SUSPEND ACTION ON PROPOSALS FOR AN EXPLOSIVES DEPOT ON HEI LING CHAU, BUT THE SITE EARMARKED FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD CONTI HUE TO BE RESERVED UNTIL A DECISION CAN BE MADE ON THE SUITABILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF THE MANUFACTURE OF +WATER-GEL* EXPLOSIVES IN HONG KONG.
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. IAN PRICE, TODAY REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT SEPTEMBER 21, THE DAY FOLLOWING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL, IS ONE OF THE SIX STATUTORY HOLIDAYS APPOINTED UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.
THIS YEAR THE HOLIDAY FALLS ON A SUNDAY WHICH IS LIKELY ALSO TO DE A REST DAY FOR MANY EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THE ORDINANCE.
+ IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES,* SAID MR. PRICE, +AN EMPLOYER MUST GRANT HIS EMPLOYEES ANOTHER REST DAY BECAUSE THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE STIPULATES THAT A REST DAY SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY STATUTORY HOLIDAY.*
MR. PRICE EMPHASISED THAT THE PROVISIONS OF. THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE APPLIED NOT ONLY TO INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO TO EMPLOYEES IN THE ENTIRE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, INCLUDING THE SERVICES AND CATERING TRADES.
UNDER THE ORDINANCE, ALL NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES EARNING NOT MORE THAN $2,000 A MONTH AND ALL MANUAL EMPLOYEES IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR EARNINGS ARE ENTITLED TO THE HOLIDAY. AND THEY MUST ALSO BE PAID FOR THE DAY OFF IF THEY HAVE WORKED CONTINUOUSLY ' FOR THEIR EMPLOYERS FOR THREE MONTHS'IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE STATUTORY HOLIDAY.
+AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS NOT EMPLOYED ON A CONTINUOUS CONTRACT --FOR EXAMPLE, ONE WHO WORKS FOR LESS THAN SIX HOURS A DAY OR HAS BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE SAME EMPLOYER FOR LESS THAN THREE MONTHS --IS STILL ENTITLED TO THE HOLIDAY, BUT HAS NO LEGAL ENTITLEMENT TO BE PAID,* MR. PRICE SAID.
IF THE EMPLOYER REQUIRES AN EMPLOYEE TO WORK ON THE STATUTORY HOLIDAY, HE MUST GIVE HIM AT LEAST 48 HOURS’ NOTICE, AND HE MUST GIVE HIS EMPLOYEE AN ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE STATUTORY HOLIDAY.
IF THE EMPLOYER INTENDS TO GIVE HIS EMPLOYEE AN ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY BEFORE THE STATUTORY HOLIDAY, HE MUST NOTIFY HIS EMPLOYEE AB HOURS IN ADVANCE DEFORE GIVING HIM AN ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY. AND IF AN ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY IS TO BE GIVEN AFTER THE STATUTORY HOLIDAY, THE EMPLOYER MUST INFORM HIS EMPLOYEE OF THE ARRANGEMENT AT LEAST 48 HOURS BEFORE THE STATUTORY HOLIDAY.
IF THE EMPLOYE^ AND EMPLOYEE AGREE, ANY DAY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF A STATUTORY HOLIDAY OR ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY MAY DE TAKEN BY THE EMPLOYEE AS A SUBSTITUTED HOLIDAY.
COMPLAINTS OR ENQUIRIES ABOUT STATUTORY HOLIDAYS MAY BE MADE TO THE NEAREST BRANCH OFFICE OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE. THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE s FOR KOWLOON EAST 3-205638-KOWLOON WEST 3-201652= KWUN TONG 3-898520= TSUEN WAN 12-422096= AND HONG KONG ISLAND 5-202523 EXT. 60.
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TUEN MUN’S DEVELOPMENT INTO A MODERN SELF-CONTAINED TOWNSHIP IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY WITH MANY NEW FACTORIES, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR IN THE PIPELINE, ACCORDING TO THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEU TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE KOWLOON DAIRY COMPANY LIMITED’S NEW PLANT IN TUEN MUN, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID AN ESTIMATED $178 MILLION WOULD BE SPENT ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TOWN THIS YEAR, AND THIS WAS EXPECTED TO RISE TO $301 MILLION IN 1970/79.
ALTHOUGH MUCH PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE, TUEN MUN’S DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, HE SAID, HAD GONE RELATIVELY UNNOTICED COMPARED WITH OTHER PLACES SUCH AS SHA TIN.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN STARTED MANY YEARS AGO WITH THE TRAINING OF THE RIVER AND THE FIRST RECLAMATION, HE SAID.
+NOW, ALTOGETHER-77 ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND AND 44 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL LAND HAD BEEN FORMED.
+FIVE NEW FACTORIES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED WHILE SIX MORE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. PLANS FOR MANY OTHER BUILDINGS HAVE DEEN APPROVED. TWENTY-SEVEN SEPARATE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND OTHERS ARE ON THE WAY.
+THE TAI HING ESTATE FOR 29,000 PEOPLE IN 30-ST0REY BLOCKS IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND THE NEW FAST HIGHWAY TO CASTLE PEAK WILL BE READY IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW,+ HE ADDED. .
MR. AKERS-JONES EXPECTED FERRY TRAVEL TO OPEN UP NEW PROSPECTS FOR TUEN MUN JUST AS IT HAD FOR TSUEN WAN.
CITING A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, HE SAID: '+1 HAVE TRAVELLED ON A HOVERFERRY WHICH TOOK ME LESS TIME TO GET FROM CENTRAL TO TAI LAM THAN IT TAKES TO DRIVE TO REPULSE BAY.+
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MR. GORDON HUNTING, TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADVISER OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ORGANISATION FOR OVERSEAS COUNTRIES (TETOC) IN LONDON, HAS SPENT THE LAST TEN DAYS VISITING THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AT MORRISON HILL, KWON TONG AND KWAI CHUNG AS WELL AS THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
MR. HUNTING IS LOOKING INTO THE QUESTION OF A BRITISH GOVERNMENT DONATION OF 100,000 POUNDS-STERLING TO EACH OF THE THREE EXISTING TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND THE ONE BEING BUILT AT CHEUNG SHA WAN.
THE DONATION WILL TAKE THE FORM OF EQUIPMENT TO BE INSTALLED IN THE FOUR INSTITUTES.
DURING HIS STAY HERE, MR. HUNTING HAS HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), MR. ANDREW KINGWELL, AND SENIOR STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT’S TECHNICAL BRANCH AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE POLYTECHNIC, MR. KEITH LEGG.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MAINTAINING CLOSE LIAISON WITH TETOC WHICH ASSISTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO PLAN, CREATE, EXPAND AND STAFF THEIR TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS.
NOTE TO EDITORS!
MR. HUNTING WILL BE RETURNING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM ON THURSDAY. ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR MEMBERS OF THE MASS MEDIA TO INTERVIEW MR. HUNTING IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT’S CONFERENCE ROOM LEE GARDENS, 3RD FLOOR, HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY, AT 2.30 P.M. TOMORROW (SEPTEMBER 17)= YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE PRESS CONFERENCE COVERED.
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ABOUT 500 PEOPLE WILL BE IN THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL THIS THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 18) AFTERNOON TO WATCH THE WINNERS OF TWO SCHOOL COMPETITIONS RECEIVE THEIR PRIZES.
AFTER A SPEECH BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PRIMARY), MR. LAM TAT-LAU, 38 PRIZE-WINNERS OF THE SCHOOL CHILDREN FLOWER GROWING COMPETITION 1975 WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THEIR AWARDS BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK, MR. CHAN YAT-SUN.
THE LEUNG TIN VILLAGE PUBLIC SCHOOL WILL RECEIVE THE SILVER CHALLENGE CUP AND $150 WHILE THE SECOND PRIZE OF $30 WILL GO TO THE FUNG KAI PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THE THIRD PRIZE OF $20 WILL BE AWARDED TO TSUNG HIM SCHOOL. ALL THREE SCHOOLS ARE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. IN ADDITION, ELEVEN URBAN AND 24 RURAL SCHOOLS AHE HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
THE COMPETITION WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE URBAN COUNCIL FLOWER SHOW WHICH TOOK PLACE IN MARCH 1975.
THE SECOND PART OF THE AFTERNOON’S PROGRAMME WILL BE THE PRESENTATION OF PRIZES TO WINNERS OF THE EIGHTH SCHOOL VEGETABLE PLANTING COMPETITION DY MR. CHAUNCEY NG, DISTRICT GOVERNOR, LIONS INTERNATIONAL, DISTRICT 303.
THE FIRST PRIZE OF $700 AND A PENNANT WILL BE AWARDED TO LO WAI PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THE SECOND PRIZE OF $250 AND A PENNANT TO MA ON SHAN ST. JOSEPH PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE THIRD PRIZE OF $200 AND A PENNANT TO NAM CHUNG PUBLIC SCHOOL.
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FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION OF A NUMBER OF OTHER AWARD, MR. DANIEL ROTH, DIRECTOR OF CO-OPERATIVE FOR AMERICAN RELIEF EVERYWHERE, INC. (HONG KONG) WILL DISTRIBUTE GARDENING MATERIAL TO SCHOOLS TAKING PART IN THE NINTH SCHOOL VEGETABLE PLANTING COMPETITION.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF PRIZES COVERED. THE CEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT 3 P.M. ON THURSDAY IN THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL, TAI YUK ROAD, YUEN LONG, NEW TERRITORIES.
COPIES OF THE PROGRAMME AND THE LISTS OF THE PRIZE-WINNERS ARE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN THE G.I.S. PRESS BOXES THIS EVENING.
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THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR. E.P. HO, TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. BOWEN JOSEPH LEUNG PO-WING AS CITY DISTRICT OFFICER FOR WANCHAI WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 8. 1975.
MR. LEUNG UNIVERSITY OF GOVE '1MENT.
, AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, GRADUATED FROM THE HONG KONG AND HAS HAD TWO YEARS’ SERVICE IN
HE SERVED IN THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT ON FIRST APPOINTMENT FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT A MONTH AND WAS THEN POSTED TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
MR. LEUNG REPLACES MR. FUNG KWOK-KEUNG WHO PRIOR TO ATTENDING A ONE-YEAR COURSE IN U.K.
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SPECIAL PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICES WILL BE OPERATED DURING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL HOLIDAY ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 21) AND MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 22) TO COPE WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN
SIX UP-TRAINS WILL BE LEAVING DESTINATIONS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES P.M., WHILE EIGHT DOWN-TRAINS WILL BETWEEN 9.58 A.M. AND 8.12 P.M.
FROM KOWLOON TO VARIOUS BETWEEN 8.59 A.M. AND 3.44 BE DEPARTING FOR KOWLOON
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY SAID THE TIMINGS OF THE SPECIAL SERVICES MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL SPECIAL TRAINS WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE LATE EVENINGS IF DEMAND WARRANTS.
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THE COST OF PROVIDING MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG ..................-............................... 1
SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR MID-AUTUMN FEST I VAI..... 3
COLONIAL SECRETARY TO VISIT YUEN LONG TOMORROW ............. A
LIST OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION TO COLLEGES
OF EDUCATION AVAILABLE ....................................
WATER CUTS ............................................... 5
DANGEROUS-BUILDING ........................................ 5
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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THE COST OF PROVIDING MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN LONG KONG # N N « ?? «
THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. GERALD CIIOA, SAID TODAY THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF A NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE OR RATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME THE EXISTING SERVICES IS THE BEST IIOUG KONG CAN OFFER UNDER THE PRESENT TAXATION SYSTEM.
❖TO THOSE WHO ARGUE THAT WE SHOULD OPERATE A FREE SERVICE. OURS IS ALREADY AS HEAR A FREE SERVICE AS CAN BE WITH THE CHARGES KEPT A ’ A MINIMUM AND WITH GENEROUS FEE REMISSIONS,:- HE SAID.
HE WAS SPEAKING OH THE GOST OF PROVIDING THE EXISTING MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES DURING THE ROTARY CLUD GF ISLAND EAST LUNCHEON MEETING THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
DR. CIIOA POINTED OUT THAT ALL NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OR NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES ARE CONTRIBUTORY.
❖IF WE EVER THINK OF INTRODUCING EITHER OF THESE IN HONG KONG THE FIRST CONSIDERATION WOULD DE TO MAKE EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTE,* HE SAID.
❖I CANNOT BELIEVE THERE WOULD DE HO OPPOSITION,* HE ADDED.
DR. CIIOA CITED AS AH EXAMPLE THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICF IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN WHICH INCOME FROM CENTRAL INLAND REVENUE TAXATION IS APPLIED TO THE UP-KEEP (F HOSPITAL AND FAMILY DUCTOR SERVICES EITHER BY DIRECT OR INDIRECT GOVERNMENT GRANTS UNDER -VARIOUS STATUES AND REGULATIONS.
THIS MEANT THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE AND FURTHERMORE IN SPITE OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE TO PAY CHARGES FOR SPECTACLES, DENTURES AND OTHER APPLIANCES, AND ALSO FOR FILLING A PRESCRIPTION, HE SAID.
THE NIIS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER SOCIAL BENEFITS BESIDES MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES NOW ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN ONE-TENTH OF TOTAL EXPENDITURE AND HAVE CERTAINLY PROVED TO DE VERY EXPENSIVE TO ITS GOVERNMENT, HE ADDED.
IN HONG KONG, SAID DR. CIIOA, THE GOVERNMENT HAD BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH BASICALLY CONSISTED OF THREE PARTS — HEALTH SERVICE, AMBULATORY MEDICAL SERVICE, AL’) HOSPITAL AND SPECIALISTS SERVICE.
❖WE CAN CLAIM THAT THE FULL RANGE OF PREVENTIVE AS WELL AS CURATIVE MEDICINE IS AVAILABLE TO THE OVER FOUR MILLION POPULATION IN HONG KONG,* HE SAID.
TO PROIVDE SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO SPEND DURING THIS FINANCIAL YEAR A TOTAL OF NEARLY 3590 MILLION.
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THIS IS ABOUT 8.9 PER CENT OF THIS YEAR’S TOTAL BUDGET ESTIMATE WHICH IS SOME $6,600 Mil I.ION. Hl RECENT YEARS THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS’ SHARE OF' THE BUDGET ESTIMATE IS BETWEEN NINE TO 10 PER CENT AHO EVEN THIS YEAR WHICH IS GENERALLY REGARDED AS ONE OF RECESSION, THE PROVISION HAS REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME.
WITH $590 MILLION, THE DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS 18 GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND 19 GOVERNMENT-ASSISTED HOSP I TA! S WHICH PROVIDE A TOTAL Or 14,903 BEDS, AND 59 GOVERNMENT CLINICS.
' THE DIRECTOR WENT OH TO EXPLAIN WHY- IT WAS NECESSARY TO INCREASE CHARGES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AS ANNOUNCED RECENTLY.
FROM NOVEMBER 1, PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO PAY $3 INSTEAD OF $2 A DAY FOR A THIRD-CLASS BED, AMD AT SOME FUTURE DATE THIS CHARGE WILL BE FURTHER INCREASED TO $5.
DR. CI10A SAID HE CONSIDERED IT MORE APPROPRIATE NOT TO INCREASE THE HOSPITAL CHARGE RIGHTAWAY FROM $2 TO $5 FOR FEAR THAT IN SPITE OF THE FEE REMIT;ING SYSTEM, PEOPLE WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND AND KEEP AWAY BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE IS TOO MUCH FOR THEM.
<WE HAVE ACHIEVED MUCH BY KEEPING THE CHARGES LOW AND IT WOULD EE A GREAT PITY IF INCREASED CHARGES IN THE CLINICS AND HOSPITALS WOULD DETER PATIENTS FROM COMING TO US AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE STAGE OF THEIR ILLNESSES.*
THIS IS ALSO THE MAIN REASON WHY HE DID NOT ADVISE INCREASING THE OUT-PATIENT CHARGE OF $1.
DR. CHOA SAID IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT AT PRESENT PRICES THE COST OF MAINTAINING A BED IN A GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL TAKING ALL THREE CLASSES TOGETHER, IS $161 A DAY AND AH OUT-PATIENT ATTENDANCE COSTS THE GOVERNMENT $9 EACH TIME.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE COST OF THE DIET FOR A THIRD CLASS BED ALONE AMOUNTED TO 84.63 A DAY.
IT WAS THEREFORE NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TRY TO RECOVER EVEN A REASONABLE, LET ALONE A SUBSTANTIAL, PERCENTAGE CF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE, HE SAID.
IN FACT, THE TOTAL REVENUE FROM THE COLLECTION CF CHARGES AND FEES IN AIL GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IS ONLY ABOUT 6 PER CENT OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HE ADDED.
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SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL DE IMPLEMENTED AND EXTRA PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES PROVIDED THIS WEEKEND IN CONNECTION WITH THIS YEAR’S MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL..
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY PARKING FACILITIES IM THE PEAK AREA Oil HONG KONG ISLAND Will. DE VERY LIMITED AND MOTORISTS ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE ADDITIONAL PUD!.IC TRANSPORT SERVICES,
HE SAID THE METERED PARKING SPACES NEXT TO THE UPPER PEAK DUS TERMINUS WILL DE SUSPENDED FROM 2 P.M. OH SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 20) UNTIL 8 A.M. THE FOLLOWING DAY,
OHLY FRANCHISED DUSES, PEAK +MAXI-CADS+ AND TAXIS WILL DE ALLOWED TO USE THE UPPER PEAK TRAM TERMINUS CAR PARK FROM 6 P.M. ON SATURDAY TO 2 A.M. OH SUNDAY. DURING THIS PERIOD, NO VEHICLES, EXCEPT RESIDENTS’ CARS, WILL BE PERMITTED TO ENTER MOUNT AUSTIN ROAD.
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, SUBJECT TO TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, SHING MUN ROAD IN T8UEN WAN FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH WO YIP HOP ROAD MAY DE CLOSED TO ALL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES.
TO CATER FOR PEOPLE GOING UP TO THE PEAK, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL BUS, PEAK TRAM AND MAXI-CAB SERVICES.
THE CHINA MOTOR DUS COMPANY WILL RUH A SPECIAL ROUTE, NO. 15B, AT A FLA I FAR!- GF 81 BETWEEN CAUSEWAY DAY AH ) THE PEAK FROM ABOUT 7 P.M. ON SATURDAY UNTIL ABOUT 2 A.M. THE HEXT DAY.
THIS SPECIAL ROUTE WILL OPERATE FROM PATERSON STREET VIA GLOUCESTER ROAD, PERCIVAL STREET, LEIGHTON RuAD, MORRISON HILL ROAD, QUEEN’S ROAD EAST, STUDDS ROAD AND PEAK ROAD. RETURN JOURNEYS WILL TRAVEL VIA PEAK ROAD, STUDDS ROAD, QUEEN’S ROAD EASi, MORRISON Nil L ROAD, TIN LOK LANE, IJENNESY ROAD, GREAT GEORGE STREET AND PATERSON STREET, AND WILL CONNECT AT TIN LOK LANE WITH CROSS-HARBOUR BUS ROUTES NOS. ill AND 112 WHICH WILL DE CORRESPONDINGLY EXTENDED UNTIL ABOUT 2 A.M. Ufl SUNDAY.
ROUTE NO. 15 FROM CENTRAL TO THE PEAK WILL OPERATE AT AN INCREASED FREQUENCY TO MEET DEMAND.
THE PEAK MAX I CADS WILL RUN A SPECIAL SERVICE FROM 8 P.M. ON SATURDAY TO 6 A.M. THE FOLLOWING DAY. DURING THIS PERIOD, A 82 FLAT FARE WILL BE CHARGED OH JOURNEYS TO THE PEAK AND A 81 FLAT FARE ON JOURNEYS ‘iO CENTRAL,. Willi E THE PEAK MAXICADS WILL NOT TRAVEL VIA MANSFIELD ROAD AND MOUNT KELLETT LOAD.
IN ADDITION, THE PEAK TRAM COMPANY WILL RUN A SPECIAL FAST SERVICE OH THE EVENINGS GF FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 19) AND SATURDAY, AND THE SERVICE WILL DE EXTENDED TO 2.30 A.M. ON SUNDAY.
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NOTE TO EDITORS?
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL VISIT YUEN LONG TOMORROW (THURSDAY) TO SEE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.
HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, SECRETARY FOR THE t) U TERRITORIES, AND BY MR. ADOLF HSU, DISTRICT OFFICER FOR VUEi’l I ONG.
SIR DENYS WILL BEGIN HIS VISIT AT 2.3.0 P.M. FROM THE YUEN I OH'S DISTRICT OFFICE.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER IT.
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ADMISSION TO COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT SELECTION BOARD OF THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION ISSUED A REMINDER TODAY THAT LISTS OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION TO THE 2-YEA.R COURSE OF THE COLLEGES WOULD DE AVAILABLE TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
CANDIDATES WHO WISH TO EXAMINE THE LISTS CAN DO SO AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AT I Eli GARDENS, AT THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, AND AT ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AND DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1975
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A NUMBER OF PREMISES IM VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG WILL BE WITHOUT WATER BETWEEN 1 A.M. AMD 6 A.M. ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WHEN TESTS FOR LEAKAGE WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY THE WATERWORKS OFFICE.
ON FRIDAM (SEPTEMBER 19), THE TEMPORARY STOPPAGE WILL AFFECT PREMISES BOUNDED BY CHERRY STREET, WONG TAI STREET, CHUNG WUI STREET, AMD TAI KOK TSUI ROAD TO BOUNDARY STREET IN MONG KOK, AND PREMISES IB WONG TAI SIN ALONG LUNG CHEUNG ROAD AND CHING TAK STREET, INCLUDING BLOCKS 11-13 AMD BLOCKS 20-33 OF LOWER WONG TA I SIN ESTAT..
ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 20), THE AREA IN WESTERN DISTRICT ON TH; ISLAND BOUNDED DY SMITHFIELD ROAD, CADOGAN STREET AN.) FORBES STREET TO NEW PRAYA WILL DE AFFECTED.
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DECLARED WO SANG MATTING FACTORY, VICTORIA ROAD, HONG KONG LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
IN A STATEMENT ISSUED THIS MORNING, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THAT THE MASONRY RETAINING WALLS SUPPORTING THIS SINGLE STOREY BUILDING WERE FRACTURED. ALO SUNKEN, AND INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT FAILURE COULD OCCUR, WITH CONSEQUENTIAL RISK OF PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE BUILDING.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. OH OCTOBER 29, 1975 WAS POSTED TODAY.
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Wednesday, September 17, 1975
PUBLIC HOUSING: TEMPORARY PRIORITY ALLOCATION SCHEME FOR N.T. RESIDENTS
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The Housing Authority will introduce a temporary priority allocation scheme for public housing applicants who have been living in the New Territories for over four years.
This scheme, which will be reviewed at a later date, will apply to all New Territories residents other than those living in the layout areas in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi.
Eligible applicants who have been living in the New Territories for over four years can apply to his particular district office for a ’’certificate of priority” beginning October 1, 1975.
’’This certificate will entitle him for priority of allocation for public housing in the New Territories outside those layout areas,” the spokesman said.
’’However,'’ he added, ’’the original application reference numbers will continue to be the guiding priority for investigation and all eligibilit. rules for waiting list applicants will apply.”
The intention of the scheme is to ensure that N.T. applicants will get 10 per cent of the overall waiting list quota as decided each year by the Authority. For example, 100 flats will go to the N.T. residents if the year’s quota for waiting list applicants is 1,000 flats.
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Commenting on the scheme, a spokesman for the Housing Authority said the idea was to give a fair chance to the many people living in the New Territories, particularly in Tuen Mun and Sha Tin.
’’These people had not previously applied as they were unaware until relatively recently of plans to build public housing in these areas,” he said.
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1975 "
CONTENTS - PAGE NO.
INTEREST ON TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATES LOWERED ................. 1
CROSS TOLO HARBOUR SWIMMING RACE .............................. 2
SIX LOTS OF CROWN LAND PUT UP FOR SALE......................... 3
45 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN AUGUST ..................... 4
HOLIDAY POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS ................................... 4
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel; 5-233191
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INTEREST ON TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATES LOWERED if if if if if if
THE RATE OF INTEREST PAYABLE ON TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATES IS TO BE REDUCED FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) BY 1-1/2 PER CENT TO 4.2 PER CENT PER ANNUM, TAX FREE.
THE REDUCTION HAS BEEN AUTHORISED BY THE GOVERNOR AND NOTIFICATION WILL BE MADE IN TOMORROW’S GAZETTE. IT REFLECTS THE LOWER COMMERCIAL INTEREST RATES PREVAILING AT THE PRESENT TIME.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT INTEREST ON TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATES IS CALCULATED IN MONTHLY STEPS AND THE NEW RATE WILL BE 35 CENTS PER MONTH PER 3100. INTEREST WILL BE CREDITEJ AS BEFORE IN RESPECT OF COMPLETED MONTHS BETWEEN THE PURCHASE OF THE CERTIFICATES AND THEIR SURRENDER IN PAYMENT OF TAX.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT INTEREST IS ONLY PAID WHEN CERTIFICATES ARE USED TO PAY TAX AND NO INTEREST IS DUE WHERE THE PRINCIPAL VALUE OF A CERTIFICATE IS REPAID IN CASH.
THE NEW RATE OF 4.2 PER CENT WILL APPLY TO ALL CERTIFICATES ISSUED ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 19. CERTIFICATES WHICH WERE ISSUED WHEN THE RATE WAS 5.7 PER CENT WILL CONTINUE TO EARN INTEREST AT THAT RATE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT CERTIFICATES EARNING 5.7 PER CENT INTEREST WERE FIRST ISSUED FROM NOVEMBER 1, 1973. THOSE ISSUED PRIOR TO THAT DATE EARNED 4.2 PER CENT.
+FROM SEPTEMBER 19 (TOMORROW) ONWARDS, THEY WILL AGAIN EARN INTEREST AT 4.2 PER CENT, SUBJECT ALWAYS TO THE GENERAL RULE THAT INTEREST CEASES TO ACCRUE AFTlR 36 COMPLETED MONTHS WITHOUT SURRENDER FOR PAYMENT OF TAX,+ HE POINTED OUT.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEW INTEREST RATES:
31,000 CERTIFICATES PURCHASED SEPTEMBER. 29, 1975, OCTOBER 29, 1975 AND NOVEMBER 29, 1975 RESPECTIVELY, SURRENDERED IN PAYMENT OF TAX DUE ON JANUARY 3, 1976, WILL HAVE INTEREST CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS
ON 31,000, SEPTEMBER 29, 1975 TO DECEMBER 28, 1975
- 3 COMPLETE MONTHS AT {>3.50 PER MONTH........ 310.50
ON 31,000, OCTOBER '29, 1975 TO DECEMBER 28, 1975
- 2 COMPLETE MONTHS AT 33.50 PER MONTH ............... 7.00
ON 31,000, NOVEMBER 29, 1975 TO DECEMBER 28, 1975
- 1 COMPLETE MONTH AT 33,50 3.50
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CROSS TOLO HARBOUR SWIMMING RACE
SOME 300 SWIMMERS WILL TAKE PART IN A MILE-LONG CROSS HARBOUR SWIMMING RACE TO BE HELD IN TOLO HARBOUR NEXT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22.
THEY WILL START FROM A BEACH NEAR SHUEN WAN AT 10.30 A.M. AND FINISH AT ISLAND HOUSE IN YUEN CHAU CHAI, TA IPO.
THE ANNUAL RACE, THE EIGHTH ONE IN THE SERIES, IS ORGANISED BY THE TA IPO SEVEN SUB-DISTRICTS SPORTS FEDERATION. «
MR. CLIVE OXLEY, DISTRICT OFFICER FOR TAIPO, WILL FIRE THE STARTING GUN WHILE MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES AND HIS WIFE WILL PRESENT PRIZES AND BANNERS TO THE WINNERS.
IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE
RACE, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED A NOTICE TO OWNERS, COXSWAINS AND PERSONS IN CHARGE OF LOCAL CRAFT URGING THEM TO NAVIGATE WITH EXTREME CAUTION WHILE PASSING THROUGH THE VICINITY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE EVENT. PRESS TRANSPORT (VAN -- AM 3274) WILL LEAVE THE TSlM SHA TSUI SUB-POOL BEHIND THE POST OFFICE AT 9.15 A.M. SHARP. A CRAFT WILL ALSO DE AVAILABLE AT SHUEN WAN FOR PRESS REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO FOLLOW THE RACE.
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CROWN LAND SALE « « K * H
SIX LOTS OF CROWN LAND WITH A TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 112,000 SQUARE FEET WILL BE PUT UP FOR AUCTION NEXT MONTH.
THE FIRST LOT MEASURES 28,000 SQ. FT. AND IS SITUATED OFF WELFARE ROAD IN ABERDEEN. IT IS FOR MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK AND RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
ANOTHER ISLAND LOT WITH AN AREA OF 16,500 SQ. FT. IS LOCATED OFF CHAI WAN ROAD, AND IS RESERVED FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE THIRD LOT, ALSO FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, IS LOCATED AT BROADCAST DRIVE IN KOWLOON AND HAS AN AREA OF 17,210 SQ. FT.
THE REMAINING THREE PIECES OF LAND, ALL AT FO TAN IN SHA TIN, ARE FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE FIRST SITE COVERS AN AREA OF 20,000 SQ. FT. AND IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLATTED FACTORIES WHILST THE OTHER TWO SITES OF 15,000 SQ. FT. EACH ARE FOR INDUSTRIAL/GODOWN PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION FOR THE ISLAND AND KOWLOON LOTS WILL BE HELD AT 2.30 P.M. ON OCTOBER 17 IN THE CITY HALL LECTURE ROOM, WHILE THE SALE FOR THE THREE SHATIN LOTS WILL TAKE PLACE AT SHATIN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 7 STARTING AT 11 A.M.
FULL PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE, (WEST WING), GROUND FLOOR AND AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, NATHAN ROAD= AND AT THE HEADQUARTERS OR ANY DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
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NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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A TOTAL OF 45 NEW BUILDING PLANS WAS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN AUGUST.
THESE INCLUDED PLANS FOR A NUMBER OF NEW FACILITIES AT THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL AND ONE LOW-COST HOUSING BLOCK WITH CARPARK AND SCHOOL IN SHAUKIWAN.
SEVENTEEN OF THE PLANS WERE FOR- DUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, EIGHT IN KOWLOON AND 20 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN THE SAME MONTH, 47 NEW BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION, INCLUDING THpEE SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND ONE TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATION. THE COMBINED DECLARED COST FOR THESE 47 MEW BUILDINGS WAS MORE THAN $190 MILLION.
APPROVAL WAS ALSO GIVEN FOR WORK TO START ON 57 BUILDING PROJECTS AND DEMOLITION CONSENT WAS GIVEN FOR 20 BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THREE WHICH HAD BEEN DECLARED DANGEROUS.
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LIMITED POSTAL SERVICE NEXT HOLIDAY.
MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 22)
THERE WILL BE CONVENIENCE OF THE BUSINESS FROM 9 A.M
ONLY ONE MAIL DELIVERY ON THAT DAY, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, MOST POST OFFICES WILL BE OPEN FOR . TO 12 NOON.
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1975
CONTENTS . PAGE NO.
UNIQUE SPORT PROJECT FOR ESTATE DWELLERS ................... 1
TOO BLIND TELEPHONE OPERATORS TO GET GUIDE DOGS IN AUSTRALIA .............................................. 2
ROAD AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR HING WAH ESTATE................ 3
EX-NAVAL DOCKYARD CAR PARK REOPENS NEXT WEEK ............... 3
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS DECLARED IN CENTRAL .................... 4
EDUCATION SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES ......................... 4
SCIENTIFIC OFFICER TO ATTEND METEOROLOGICAL CONFERENCE IN GENEVA.............................................. 5
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Ylong Kong. Tel: 5'233191
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1<>75
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THZ RECREATION AUD SPORT SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL LAUNCH A MASSIVE AND LONG-TERM PROJECT TO BRING SPORTS AND RECREATION WITHIN CLOSER REACH OF RESIDENTS IN DENSELY-POPULATED HOUSING ESTATES.
UNDER A PILOT SCHEME TO EE LAUNCHED IN KWUN LUNG LAU OF KENNEDY TOWN ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 22), OVER 12,000 PEOPLE FROM 2,000 FAMILIES WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR THEM ON- ROOFTOPS, OPEN SPACES IN BETWEEN FLOORS AND EVEN STAIRCASES.
MR. DICKEN YUNG, ACTING CHIEF RECREATION AND SPORTS OFFICER, EXPLAINED THAT THIS PROJECT AIMS AT PROVIDING SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR ESTATE-DWELLERS BY MAKING MAXIMUM USE OF EXISTING FACILITIES WITHIN THE ESTATES.
+IT IS ALSO HOPED THAT THROUGH THESE SPORTIVE EVENTS IT MAY BE ABLE TO FOSTER FRIENDSHIP AMONGST RESIDENTS AND A SPIRIT OF MUTUAL AID,+ HE ADDED.
KWUN LUNG LAU HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS PILOT SCHEME AS IT IS WELL-EQUIPPED IN TERMS OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES SUCH AS AN OPEN-AIR HALL AND PLAYING AREA FOR BASKETBALL AND BADMINTON.
THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE FOR KWUN LUNG LAU CATER FOR ALL AGES. THEY INCLUDE LONG-TERM PROGRAMMES LIKE TAI CHI CLASSES, MORNING FITNESS PROGRAMME AND SPORTS COACHING COURSES’ AND A NUMBER OF ONE-DAY EVENTS SUCH AS EXPEDITIONS TO THE JUBILEE RESERVOIR, CHILDREN POTTED SPORTS DAY AND STAIRCASE RACES FOR THE YOUNG.
+IF THE RESPONSE IS GOOD,+ MR. YUNG SAID, +WE WILL INTRODUCE THE SCHEME TO KWUN TONG GARDEN ESTATE WHICH HAS ABOUT 20,000 RES I DENTS.+
THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, WITH ’MASS PARTICIPATION* AS ITS MOTTO, WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR TO PROMOTE RECREATIONAL AND SPORT ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.
SIX RECREATION AND SPORTS OFFICERS ARE AT PRESENT POSTED IN SIX DIFFERENT DISTRICTS’ EASTERN DISTRICT AND WESTERN DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND’ SHAM SHU I PO, KWUN TONG AND WONG TAI SIN IN KOWLOON AND YUEN LONG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MR. YUNG SAID THAT HOPEFULLY THEY COULD HAVE OFFICERS APPOINTED TO TSUEN WAN AND KOWLOON CITY IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOINED IN THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE SERVICE WILL REACH 100,000.
+IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS HUMBER WILL INCREASE TO 140,000 LY THE END OF MARCH NEXT YEAR, A NUMBER MUCH MORE THAN EXPECTED,+ MR. YUNG SAID.
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TWO BLIND TELEPHONE OPERATORS GET GUIDE DOGS # K « « «
TWO BLIND GOVERNMENT TELEPHONE OPERATORS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND TWON WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SPECIALLY TRAINED GUIDE DOGS.
MR. FRANK LOO OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND MR. JIMMY YAN OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE FIRST BLIND PERSONS IN HONG KONG TO HAVE THEIR OWN GUIDE DOGS WHICH ARE BEING PROVIDED BY THE ROYAL GUIDE DOG FOR THE BLIND SOCIETY -- AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION.
THE TWO MEN ARE FLYING TO AUSTRALIA THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING TO MEET THEIR FUTURE GUIDES AND TO SPEND THREE WEEKS IN TRAINING WITH THEM AT THE NATIONAL GUIDE DOG AND MOBILE TRAINING CENTRE IN MELBOURNE.
THE TRIP IS BEING FINANCED BY THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION IN HONG KONG AND SPONSORED BY THE ROYAL GUIDE DOG FOR THE BLIND SOCIETY
MR. LOO, 36, LOST HIS EYESIGHT ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO AFTER SUFFERING A HIGH TEMPERATURE. HE JOINED THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AS A TELEPHONE OPERATOR IN 1964 AND NOW OPERATES THE DEPARTMENT’S 15-LINE EXCHANGE BOARD SINGLEHANDED. ON AVERAGE, HE HANDLES 300 INCOMING CALLS EVERY HOUR — TWICE THE USUAL NUMBER AN OPERATOR IS EXPECTED TO COPE WITH.
THE DEPARTMENT IS APPLYING FOR FUNDS FOR A NEW EXCHANGE NEXT YEAR WITH MORE OPERATORS, BUT IN THE MEANTIME THE PUBLIC IS URGED TO RESTRICT THEIR CALLS TO ESSENTIAL MATTERS.
MR. LOO IS IN FOR ANOTHER SURPRISE AFTER HIS RETURN FROM AUSTRALIA WHEN THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION WILL PRESENT HIM WITH AN OFFICIAL COMMENDATION FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE.
MR. JIMMY YAN, 30, BECAME BLIND AT THE AGE OF THREE FOLLOWING A HIGH FEVER.
HE JOINED THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT IN 1967 AND NOW LIVES WITH HIS WIFE IN THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT STAFF QUARTERS IN WESTERN DISTRICT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING MR. FRANK LOO AT A FAREWELL CEREMONY IN THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT OFFICES ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
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ROAD AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR' HING UAH ESTATE
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TENDERS ARE INVITED IN TODAY’S GAZETTE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD AND A DRAINAGE SYSTEM AT HING WAH HOUSING ESTATE (PHASE II) UH I CH IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE SEVEN-BLOCK ESTATE IN CHA IWAN, TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1976, WILL PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR 21,400 PEOPLE.
THE ROAD WILL EXTEND 1,230 METRES AND WILL PROVIDE EASY ACCESS FOR ESTATE RESIDENTS.
THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF SURFACE ■ MINAGE CHANNELS AND TWO CULVERTS.
THE ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT’S HIGHWAYS OFFICE WHICH WILL SUPERVISE THE CONSTRUCTION. •
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE WORKS WILL TAKE 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
EX-NAVAL DOCKYARD CAR PARK REOPENS NEXT WEEK
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MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED THAT THE EX-NAVAL DOCKYARD CAR PARK AT THE JUNCTION OF HARCOURT ROAD AND COTTON TREE DRIVE WILL REOPEN FROM 8 A.M. ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 23).
THE CAR PARK WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED AT THE END OF LAST MONTH FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF THE HARCOURT ROAD SLIP ROAD FRONTING THE CAR PARK TO FACILITATE ADVANCE ROADWORKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADMIRALTY MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION.
MEANWHILE IN KOWLOON, A TEMPORARY PLB TERMINUS OPENED TODAY NEAR THE EXISTING BUS TERMINUS AT HUNG HOM FERRY CONCOURSE. THE NEW FACILITY IS EXPECTED TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE AREA.
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DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY HAS ORDERED THE DEMOLITION OF FOUR BUILDINGS IN CENTRAL DISTRICT ON THE ISLAND BECAUSE OF THEIR DANGEROUS CONDITION.
THE BUILDINGS ARE NOS. 292 AND 296 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, WHICH HAVE BEEN DECLARED DANGEROUS, AND NOS. 294 AND 298 WHICH ARE LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
IN A STATEMENT, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THE BUILDINGS HAD BEEN UNDER OBSERVATION FOR SOME YEARS. RECENT INSPECTION OF NO. 296, A VACANT BUILDING, SHOWED THAT THE C EDITION OF THE TIMBERWORK AND BRICKWORK OF THE REAR AND PARTY WALLS HAD DETERIORATED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT A COLLAPSE COULD OCCUR, HE SAID.
THE BRICKWORK AT VARIOUS POINTS THROUGHOUT NOS. 292, 294 AND 298 WAS ALSO FRACTURED AND BULGED AND THE TIMBERWORK TO THE ROOF AND TOP FLOOR OF NO. 292 WAS DECAYED.
+THESE BUILDINGS WOULD BE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THE DEMOLITION OF NO. 296 AND COULD GIVE RISE TO A COLLAPSE,+ HE SAID.
IN VIEW OF THIS, NOTICES TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS HAVE BEEN POSTED IN RESPECT OF NOS. 292, 294 AND 298.
THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE HEARD IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON OCTOBER 30.
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SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT ST. JOHN’S CATHEDRAL, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, ST. TERESA’S CHURCH AND ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH AT 11 A.M. ON SEPTEMBER 21 - EDUCATION SUNDAY - TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
ALL TEACHERS AND PUPILS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THESE SERVICES WHICH ARE HELD TO ENCOURAGE THEM IN THE TASK THAT LIES AHEAD IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. .
THE SERVICES AT ST. JOHN’S CATHEDRAL AND ST. TERESA’S CHURCH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH WHILE THE SERVICE AT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL WILL BE CONDUCTED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CANTONESE. THE SERVICE AT THE ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CANTONESE ONLY.
SENIOR OFFICERS FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL ATTEND THESE SERVICES.
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METEOROLOGICAL CONFERENCE
MR. CHU WING-KI, SCIENTIFIC OFFICER OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, WILL LEAVE FOR GENEVA TOMORROW (SATURDAY) TO ATTEND A FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE OF THE ADVISORY WORKING GROUP OF THE COMMISSION FOR MARINE METEOROLOGY.
THE CONFERENCE IS ORGANISED BY THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
THE MAIN TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION WILL BE THE PLANNING OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSION DURING 1976-1980. THESE INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF MARINE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES IN COASTAL AREAS, STANDARDIZATION OF METEOROLOGICAL PROCEDURES AT MAIN PORTS, DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL METHODS FOR FORECASTING STORM SURGES AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH MARINE METEOROLOGY.
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SATURDAY, SFPTCM-?cp pH, 1°75
CONTENTS PA GF MO.
TREATMENT FOR ’RED EYE’ AVAILABLE FROM ALL GOVT. CLINICS .............................................. 1
PREPARATORY MTR WORKS IN CENTRAL AND WEST KOWLOON .......... 9
HEW SURFACE MAIL SERVICE TO SOUTH VIETNAM ................ 9
AUGUST 1075 WEATHER ROUND-UP.............................. ?
THREE HONG KONG STUDENTS ACHIEVE OUTSTANDING RESULTS IN COMMERCIAL STUDIES ..................................... 4
255,000 TICKETS IN NINTH GOVT. LOTTERY SOLD SO FAR ......... 4
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1975
TREATMENT FOR 'RED EYE’
AVAILABLE FROM ALL GOVERNMENT CLINICS «»««««
PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM +RED EYE+ CAN GO TO ANY OF THE 59 GOVERNMENT CLINICS FOR TREATMENT DURING THE CURRENT OUTBREAK OF THE DISEASE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED AT ALL CLINICS FOR TREATING +RED EYE+ PATIENTS. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO ATTEND AN EYE CLINIC UNLESS IT IS NEAREST TO THEIR HOMES OR THEY SEEK TREATMENT FOR OTHER EYE DISEASES.
HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO PAY GREAT ATTENTION TO PERSONAL HYGIENE, WHICH IS THE ONLY EFFECTIVE METHOD OF CHECKING THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.
THE DISEASE, USUALLY PREVALENT DURING THE SWIMMING SEASON, IS SPREAD THROUGH CONTACT, FOR EXAMPLE IN PUBLIC PLACES SUCH AS SWIMMING POOLS, IN SCHOOLS AND AMONG FAMILIES.
THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED PEOPLE NOT TO RUB THEIR EYES WITH HANDS , OR TO SHARE OTHER’S TOWELS OR HANDKERCHIEFS.
MEANWHILE, HEALTH RETURNS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SHOW THAT THE INCIDENCE OF VIRAL HEPATITIS HAS RETURNED TO ITS NORMAL LEVEL. DURING THE MONTH, THERE WERE 97 CASES COMPARED WITH 150 IN JULY AND 345 DURING THE PEAK PERIOD IN MAY.
THE INCIDENCE OF MOST OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONTINUED TO BE LOW, WITH ENTERIC FEVER DROPPING FROM 65 CASES TO 38 CASES. THREE CASES OF IMPORTED MALARIA WERE RECORDED WHILE THE RECORDS OF POL IOMYELITlES AND DIPHTHERIA REMAINED CLEAN.
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FIFTY-SIX DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH UNDER REVIEW, WITH TUBERCULOSIS ACCOUNTING FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DEATHS.
HONG KONG REMAINED FREE FROM CHOLERA AND OTHER QUARANTINABLE DISEASES DURING THE MONTH.
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PREPARATORY MTR WORKS
A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED LATER THIS YEAR IN WESTERN KOWLOON AND IN CENTRAL DISTRICT ON THE ISLAND IN PREPARATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.
THE DIVERSIONS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT’S HIGHWAYS OFFICE TO ENABLE TRAFFIC TO KEEP MOVING WHILE THE RAILWAY IS BEING BUILT.
THE SCHEME WILL INVOLVE RESITING OF TRAFFIC AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS AND ROAD MARKINGS. A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ISLANDS, KERBS AND PAVEMENTS WILL ALSO BE ALTERED AND TEMPORARY BARRIERS WILL BE SET UP TO CHANNEL TRAFFIC AROUND THE MTR WORKS.
WORK ON THE TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN INNOVEMBER THIS YEAR AND SHOULD TAKE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE. TENDERS FOR THE CONTRACT ARE INVITED IN TODAY’S GAZETTE.
MEANWHILE, PRELIMINARY ROADWORKS TO FACILITATE TRAFFIC FLOW WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT AT THE JUNCTION OF KWUN TONG ROAD AND LAI YIP STREET IN KOWLOON IN CONNECTION WITH THE MTR SYSTEM.
THE WORKS WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY ROADWORKS, THE BUILDING OF PART OF A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY UNDER KWUN TONG ROAD, AS W^LL AS DIVERSION OF CERTAIN STORM WATER DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND WATER MA INS.-
WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN NOVEMBER AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED AFTER NINE MONTHS.
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SURFACE MAIL SERVICE TO SOUTH VIETNAM **»»*«»
A SURFACE MAIL SERVICE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH VIETNAM, THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY.
ONLY LIGHT-WEIGHT LETTERS NOT EXCEEDING HALF AN OUNCE WILL BE ACCEPTED, A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FOR THE TIME BEING, HE ADDED, THERE IS NO REGISTRATION, > INSURANCE OR PARCELS SERVICE.
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AUGUST WEATHER ROUND-UP H «
THE WEATHER OF AUGUST WAS WETTER THAN USUAL WITH FREQUENT HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AS A RESULT, THE MONTH’S TOTAL RAINFALL EXCEEDED THE AVERAGE FIGURE FOR AUGUST BY 24 PER CENT.
THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL FOR THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THE YEAR STOOD AT 2,400 MM - 39 PER CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL AMOUNT FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
A TOTAL OF SIX TROPICAL CYCLONES WAS REPORTED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN AUGUST. TYPHOONS ’NINA’ AND ’ORA’ DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF TAIWAN AND CROSSED THE EAST COAST OF CHINA NEAR AMOY AND WENCHOW RESPECTIVELY CAUSING SERIOUS FLOODS IN CENTRAL CHINA.
TYPHOON ’PHYLLIS’ FORMED NEAR THE RYUKYU ISLANDS AND TYPHOON ’RITA’ OVER CAROLINE ISLANDS, BOTH MOVED NORTH AND DEVASTATED JAPAN, LEAVING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND HEAVY DEATH TOLLS. •
TROPICAL STORM ’SUSAN’ FORMED EAST OF IWO JIMA BUT DISSIPATED WITHOUT ENTERING LAND. ONLY ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE, A TROPICAL DEPRESSION, NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF WARNING SIGNALS IN HONG KONG.
IN HONG KONG, THE STANDBY SIGNAL NO. 1 WAS HOISTED ON AUGUST 10 WHEN THE DEPRESSION WAS CENTRED ABOUT 220 MILES SOUTH OF HONG KONG. IT WAS LOWERED ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. HOWEVER, IN THAT EVENING, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION SLOWED DOWN NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN TIP OF HAINAN ISLAND AND THEN REVERSED ITS COURSE MOVING TOWARDS THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY.
ON AUGUST 13, THE STANDBY SIGNAL NO. 1 WAS AGAIN HOISTED WHICH WAS LATER REPLACED BY THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. 3. ALL SIGNALS WERE LOWERED ON AUGUST 14 WHEN THE DEPRESSION DEGENERATED INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR CANTON.
ON THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 23 THE AIR TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 32.8 DEGREES CELSIUS WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THE MONTH’S LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS RECORDED ON AUGUST 30 WHEN THE AIR TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 23.0 DEGREES CELS I US.
DURING THE MONTH, THERE WAS ONLY ONE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED FROM THE KAI TAK AIRPORT DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND NO FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WERE ISSUED.
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THREE HONG KONG STUDENTS HAVE ACHIEVED OUTSTANDING RESULTS IN THE OFFICE STUDIES CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS RUN BY THE UK ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS.
THE STUDENTS ARE CHAN LAI-NGOR, BELINDA CHIANG MENG-SAM AND LAM KOON-YING. THEY GAINED CREDITS IN ALL SEVEN SUBJECTS — COMMUNICATION, CLERICAL DUTIES, COMMERCE, BUSINESS CALCULATIONS, BOOK-KEEPING, TYPEWRITING AND OFFICE MACHINERY, AND APPRECIATION OF DATA PRESENTATION.
THE THREE WERE AMONG 46 STUDENTS OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WHO SAT FOR THE EXAMINATION. OF THESE, 39 WILL RECEIVE CERTIFICATES, WHICH ARE AWARDED TO THOSE WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL IN ALL SEVEN SUBJECTS.
THE INSTITUTE’S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL STUDIES HAS BEEN CONGRATULATED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS ON THE HIGH LEVEL OF SUCCESS IN THE EXAMINATIONS.
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255,000 LOTTERY TICKETS SOLD SO FAR «*««««
A TOTAL OF 255,000 TICKETS FOR THE NINTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY WAS SOLD UP TO 12 NOON TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE WINNING NUMBERS FOR THIS LOTTERY WILL BE DRAWN BY FOUR RADIO HONG KONG ARTISTES — MISS KIMMY GOT, MISS YEUNG LAI-SIN, MR. WONG SIU-KEUNG AND MR. HUNG LEUNG-SEK ON SEPTEMBER 27 AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE.
THESE FOUR ARTISTES WILL HELP PROMOTE TICKET SALES BY PERSONALLY SELLING TICKETS AT THE STATUE SQUARE FROM 1 P.M. TO 2 P.M. NEXT TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 23).
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1975.
CAD GETS MORE RESPONSIBILITIES « » « « «
THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT HAS ASSUMED GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES IN MAINTAINING RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH AIRCRAFT FLYING SOUTH OF HONG KONG.
THIS FOLLOWS THE EXTENSION OF HONG KONG’S FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION (F.I.R.) TO SOME 600 MILES SOUTH OF THE TERRITORY UNDER A CONTINGENCY PLAN WORKED OUT BY THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION TO FILL THE GAP CREATED BY THE DISCONTINUATION OF THE FORMER SAIGON CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY.
UNDER THE PLAN, HONG KONG TOGETHER WITH SINGAPORE AND BANGKOK SHOULDER THE EXTRA BURDEN OF PROVIDING COMMUNICATION LINKS WITH AIRCRAFT FLYING IN THE REGION FORMERLY CONTROLLED BY TH-SAIGON CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY.
IN HONG KONG, THE EXTRA DUTIES ARE TAKEN UP BY A GROUP OF BACK-ROOM WORKERS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTRE AT HONG KONG AIRPORT.
KNOWN SIMPLY AS ’THE COMMUNICATORS’, THEY PROVIDE ROUND-THE-CLOCK SERVICES ON BOTH AIR-TO-GROUND AND GROUND-TO-GROUND RADIO NETWORKS. USING MODERN EQUIPMENT, THEY CAN MAKE CONTACT WITH AIRCRAFT FLYING ANYWHERE IN THE F.I.R. AND WITH SUCH CITIES AS SYDNEY IN THE SOUTH, HONOLULU IN THE EAST AND BANGKOK IN THE WEST.
THE THREE MAJOR AERONAUTICAL SERVICES PROVIDED ARE THE MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE, THE FIXED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE AND THE BROADCAST SERVICE.
THE FIRST OF THESE SERVICES PROVIDES AIR-TO-GROUND LINKS ON VERY HIGH FREQUENCY OR HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO WITH AIRCRAFT OPERATION ANYWHERE WITHIN THE APPROXIMATE 167,000 SQUARE MILES CURRENTLY COMPRISING HONG KONG’S F.I.R. MESSAGES RELAiE PRIMARILY TO OPERATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MATTERS SUCH’ AS POSITION REFORTS, FLIGHT LEVELS AND ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVALS. WEATHER INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED TO PILOTS ON REQUEST.
THE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK PROVIDES FOR GROUND-TO-GI OUND LINKS ON LANDLINE TELETYPEWRITER CIRCUITS (L.T.T.) AND ON R/DIO TELETYPEWRITER CIRCUITS (R.T.T.), AND IS USED PRIMARILY FOR DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION SUCH AS FLIGHT PLANS, NOTICES '0 AIRMEN (NOTAMS) AND METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION. I
THIS IS THE BUSIEST OF THE THREE CIRCUITS AND LINKS SUCH ADJACENT AIRPORTS AS MANILA, TAIPEI, TOKYO, BANGKOK ,. SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG.
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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SUNDAY, SEPTEM&iR 21, 1975
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ON AVERAGE, THIS NETWORK HANDLES ABOUT 10,000 MESSAGES A DAY OR SEVEN MESSAGES A MINUTE. THIS HANDLING RATE IS ACHIEVED BY A SOPHISTICATED MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WHICH CAN DECODE AND PROCESS INCOMING MESSAGES AT SPEED, BEFORE RELAYING THEM TO THE DESIRED DESTINATION ACCORDING TO THE DEGREE OF URGENCY AND PRIORITY.
THE FIXED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO AIRLINES IN OBTAINING UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR RESPECTIVE FLIGHTS, AND IN TRANSMITTING RESERVATION AND OTHER FLIGHT INFORMATION TO THEIR OFFICES AT NEIGHBOURING AIRPORTS. FOR SOME OF THESE SERVICES, THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT CHARGES THE AIRLINES FEES WHICH ARE ON A PAR WITH COMMERCIAL RATES. THE NETWORK IS ALSO USED IN CO-ORDINATING SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.
THE BROADCAST SERVICE, TRANSMITTING AT 30.-M INUTE INTERVALS, DISSEMINATES ACTUAL AND FORECAST WEATHER CONDITIONS NOT ONLY FOR HONG KONG BUT FOR SPECIFIC AIRPORTS IN ADJACENT AREAS. IT IS ALSO USED TO ADVISE OF THE UNSERVICEABILITY OF NAVIGATIONAL FACILITIES. THE WEATHER BROADCASTS CAN BE RECEIVED BY AIRCRAFT-FLYING WITHIN A 1,000 MILE RADIUS OF HONG KONG.
A COMMUNICATOR’S JOB IS NOT EASY, A CAD SPOKESMAN SAID. +IT DEMANDS GREAT CONCENTRATION AND ONE HAS GOT TO REMAIN ALERT AT ALL TIMES.+
THE POST WAS FORMERLY RESTRICTED TO MEN, AND IT WAS ONLY RECENTLY THAT GIRLS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR TRAINING AS COMMUNICATORS. THE FIRST BATCH OF FOUR GIRL-TRAINEES TOGETHER WITH THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS ARE NOW UNDERGOING A YEAR’S TRAINING TO PREPARE THEM FOR THIS CHALLENGING JOB.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING A SECTION OF THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT’S TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTRE ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, 6TH FLOOR.
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1975
MAJOR TRAFFIC CHANGES IN HUNG HOM
A MAJOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE BUSY HUNG HOM AREA IN KOWLOON ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 24) TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE DISTRICT.
THE SCHEME, INVOLVING CERTAIN ROAD SECTIONS, WILL FEATURE A PEAK-HOUR BAN ON KERBSIDE STOPPING ACTIVITIES, TRAFFIC REROUTING AND PROHIBITION OF PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES FROM ENTRY, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
WITH THESE ARRANGEMENTS, HE SAID, CONGESTION ON THE ROADS IS EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED AND TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN THE AREA IMPROVED.
TO FACILITIATE PLB OPERATIONS, HE ADDED, A TEMPORARY PLB TERMINUS WAS PROVIDED LAST WEEK AT THE HUNG HOM FERRY CONCOURSE WHERE CONNECTING FERRY AND BUS SERVICES ARE READILY AVAILABLE.
UNDER THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME, ALL-MOTOR VEHICLES, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL DE PROHIBITED FROM STOPPING ALONG FIVE ROAD SECTIONS TO PICK UP AND SET DOWN PASSENGERS OR TO LOAD AND UNLOAD GOODS.
THESE ROAD SECTIONS ARE WUHU STREET BETWEEN CHATHAM ROAD AND MA TAU WEI ROAD- MA TAU WEI ROAD BETWEEN FAT KWONG STREET AND WUHU STREET- GILLIES AVENUE BETWEEN WUHU STREET AND WINSLOW STREET- WALKER ROAD BETWEEN WUHU STREET AND STATION LANE- AND MARSH STREET BETWEEN WUHU STREET AND BULKELEY STREET.
EIGHT ROAD SECTIONS WILL BE RE-ROUTED TO FACILITATE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION. MARSH STREET BETWEEN WUHU STREET AND BULKELEY STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY FROM WUHU STREET- BULKELEY STREET BETWEEN MARSH STREET AND MING ON STREET ONE-WAY FROM MARSH STREET-MING ON STREET ONE-WAY FROM BULKELEY STREET TO BAKER STREETBAKER STREET BETWEEN MING ON STREET AND GILLIES AVENUE ONE-WAY FROM MING ON STREET- BULKELEY STREET BETWEEN TAKU STREET AND DOCK STREET TWO-WAY- DOCK STREET BETWEEN WUHU STREET AND BULKELEY STREET TWO-WAY- COOK STREET BETWEEN GILLIES AVENUE AND LO LUNG HANG STREET ONE-WAY FROM LO LUNG HANG STREET- AND BAKER STREET BETWEEN GILLIES AVENUE AND CHATHAM ROAD ONE-WAY FROM GILLIES AVENUE.
PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER STATION LANE BETWEEN MA TAU WEI ROAD AND DOCK STREET, WUHU STREET BETWEEN MA TAU WEI ROAD AND DOCK STREET, AND BULKELEY STREET BETWEEN MING ON STREET AND TAKU STREET THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1975
INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK TRAINING M W # K * K
NOTE EDITORS:
/ THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK TRAINING WILL BE HOLDING AN ZdENTATION DAY ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 23) TO MARK THE START OF ITS NEW ACADEMIC TERM.
OFFICIATING WILL BE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MRS. KWAN KO SIU-WAH, WHILE MR. L.B. MACQUARRIE, THE PRINCIPAL, WILL MAKE THE OPENING REMARKS.
GUESTS WILL INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE’S ACADEMIC BOARD SOCIAL WELFARE WORKERS, AND PAST AND PRESENT STUDENTS OF THE INSTITUTE.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE GYMNASIUM OF THE LADY TRENCH TRAINING CENTRE, 44 01 KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT 10 A.M. ON TUESDAY.
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Sunday, September 21, 1975
BRIGHTER LIGHTS FOR ESTATES
The Housing Authority has ordered more than 400 tungsten halogen luminaires for installation at its housing estates.
They are to be fitted to the roofs of high-rising blocks to provide an adequate level of lighting to the pathways and pedestrian areas below.
Installation work will begin in Shek Lei and Sau Mau Ping Estates next month. The whole programme, covering 16 Group "B" and six factory-estates, is expected to be completed by April 1976 at a cost of about $500,000.
The estates are: Yuen Long, San Fat, Shek Lei, Kwai Chung, Tai Wo Hau, Tsz Wan Shan, Tung Tau, Pak Tin, Ngau Tau Kok, Hing Wah, Chai Wan, Tin Wan, Shek Pai Wan, Yau Tong, Lam Tin, Sau Mau Ping estates;and the factory estates at Cheung Sha Wan, Tai Wo Hau, Yuen Long, Kwai Chung, Kowloon Bay and Jordan Valley.
The implementation of the scheme follows a thorough study of the need of public lighting improvement at various estates and the reaction of the tenants.
A spokesman for the Housing Authority said the halogen lights were adopted as they were easy to instal and could provide an even spread of illumination to a wide area.
The 400-odd luminaires will be fitted to about 210 blocks as part of the Authority’s continuing environmental improvement programme.
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DAILY INFORMATION
TSIM SHA TSUI CLOCK TOWER TO LIVE ON
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THE TSIM SHA TSUI RAILWAY STATION CLOCK TOWER - A PROMINENT LANDMARK OF HONG KONG - WILL STAY WHEN THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY MOVES TO THE NEW HUNG HOM TERMINUS LATER THIS YEAR.
THE GRANDIOSE BRICK-STRUCTURE WILL BE THE SOLE REMNANT OF THE 59-YEAR-OLD RAILWAY STATION WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BE PULLED DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL’S PROPOSED CULTURAL COMPLEX.
ALTHOUGH THE VIEW WON’T BE THE SAME AGAIN, THE 146-F00T TOWER WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE SHORELINE AT THE TIP OF KOWLOON PENINSULA AND THE BIG CLOCK WILL GO ON GIVING THE TIME AS IT HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS.
THE TOWER AND THE STATION WERE COMPLETED IN 1916, BUT THE BIG CLOCK DID NOT START CLICKING UNTIL FIVE YEARS LATER.
THE DELAY WAS DUE MAINLY TO THE LATE DELIVERY OF THE CLOCK AND ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT FROM BRITAIN DURING WORLD WAR I.
THE CLOCK, TOGETHER WITH A ONE-TON BELL, WERE MANUFACTURED BY GENT OF LEICESTER - ONE OF THE WORLD’S RENOWNED CLOCK MAKERS.
THE TOTAL COST OF THE CLOCK, INCLUDING INSTALLATION FEES AMOUNTED TO $8,502 - QUITE A STAGGERING SUM IN THE 1920’S.
THE BIG CLOCK WITH FOUR MOSAIC FACES: EACH EIGHT FEET IN DIAMETER - WAS INITIALLY OPERATED BY BATTERY THROUGH A SINGLE MOTOR AND THE BELL STRUCK ON THE HOUR TO GIVE THE TIME.
DUE TO MAINTENANCE DIFFICULTIES, THE BATTERY-OPERATED MECHANISM WAS REPLACED IN 1945 BY FOUR SEPARATE ELECTRIC MOTORS -EACH RESPONSIBLE FOR DRIVING THE HANDS ON EACH CLOCK FACE.
SINCE THEN, THE BELL STOPPED TOLLING BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SYNCHRONISE THE TIME OF THE FOUR MOTOR-DRIVEN CLOCK FACES.
THE HISTORICAL CLOCK TOWER SURVIVED THE JAPANESE INVASION IN 1941, AND AMID THE POUNDING OF GUNS, THE CLOCK CONTINUED TO CLICK UNTIL ITS MECHANISM WAS DAMAGED SHORTLY AFTER THE FALL OF HONG KONG.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO TRACE WHEN THE CLOCK-ACTUALLY STOPPED, BUT IT WAS RE-STARTED ON OCTOBER 2, 1945 - THANKS TO MAGNIFICIENT REPAIR WORK BY THE CREW OF A CANADIAN BATTLESHIP, THE +ONTARIO+.
SINCE THEN, THIS HISTORICAL TIME PIECE HAS BEEN KEEPING GOOD TIME - EXCEPT ON ONE OCCASSION RECENTLY WHEN THE CLOCK WAS ADVANCED BY ONE HOUR TO FACILITATE THE LOCATION SHOOTING OF A JAMES-DOND FILM IN AN ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE SCENE AT THE RAILWAY STATION.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1975
WATER CUTS # « H W
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN HONG KONG WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM 1 A.M. TO 6 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 24) TO FACILITATE TESTS FOR LEAKAGE IN THE AREA.
THE PREMISES AFFECTED ARE BOUNDED BY MOUNT BUTLER QUARRY ROAD MORSOOM ROAD, PERKINS ROAD, CREASY ROAD, COOPER ROAD, WILSON ROAD AND NEV/ ROAD AT THE BACK OF MOUNT BUTLER QUARRY ROAD- AND PREMISES BOUNDED BY HEALTHY STREET WEST, SOUTH SIDE OF KING’S ROAD, SHU KUK STREET, TANNER ROAD, LOWER AND UPPER KAI YUEN LANE INCLUDING THE HONG KONG POLICE RANK AND FILE QUARTERS.
IN KOWLOON, A NUMBER OF PREMISES WILL BE WITHOUT WATER FROM 9 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 24) TO 6 A.M. ON THE NEXT DAY TO ALLOW WATERWORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA.
THE PREMISES AFFECTED ARE ON KO FAI ROAD, S'ZE SHAN STREET, CHO YUEN STREET, TUNG YUEN STREET, SHUNG TAK WAI, YAN YUE WAI, SHUNG SHUN WAI, LEI YUE MUN TSUEN, KO FAI ROAD FIRE STATION AND SZE SHAN STREET RESITE AREA.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1975
CONTENTS PAGE NO.
MACAU FERRY TERMINAL PASSENGER CHARGE CUT BY TWO DOLLARS 1
AUGUST CONSUMER PRINCE INDICES REMAIN STABLE ............... 2
AIRMAIL SERVICES TO PORTUGUESE TIMOR TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED .................................................. 2
OVER $3.5 MILLION ALLOCATED FROM LOTTERIES FUND TO SOCIAL WELFARE PROJECTS ................................. 3
ANTI-DRUGS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FINALS TOMORROW .......... 4
WATER SITUATION t RESERVOIRS 96 PER CENT FULL .............. 5
WINNERS OF WONG TAI SIN COMPETITIONS TO RECEIVE PRIZES TOMORROW................................................' 5
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT, WITH EFFECT FROM FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 26) THE PRESENT EMBARKATION AND DISEMBARKATION FEES WHICH WERE INCREASED AS PART OF THE 1975 BUDGET WOULD BE REDUCED BY 20 PER CENT AND CONSOLIDATED INTO A SINGLE EMBARKATION FEE.
EXPLAINING THE REDUCTION IN THE FEES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT FEWER PASSENGERS HAD BEEN TRAVELLING TO MACAU SINCE SEPTEMBER 1974, AND THIS DECLINE COINCIDED WITH THE ECONOMIC RECESSION IN HONG KONG.
MACAU IS ALSO GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT PHASE ECONOMICALLY, AND AS A GESTURE OF GOODWILL THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED TO REDUCE THE FEES CHARGED.
AT THE SAME TIME THE OPPORTUNITY WAS BEING TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT A SUGGESTION FROM THE FERRY COMPANIES THAT, FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CONVENIENCE, ONE EMBARKATION FEE SHOULD BE PAYABLE IN HONG KONG ■ RATHER THAN SEPARATE FEES ON EMBARKATION AND DISEMBARKATION.
THE SPOKESMAN CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT THE EFFECT OF BOTH THE REDUCTION IN FEES AND THE NEW SYSTEM OF PAYMENT WOULD BE THAT ON TICKETS COSTING MORE THAN $12 SINGLE (OR $24 RETURN) THERE WOULD BE AN EMBARKATION FEE OF $8= AND ON TICKETS COSTING $12 OR LESS SINGLE ($24 OR LESS RETURN) THE FEE WOULD BE $3.20.
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AUGUST CONSUMER PRICE INDICES REMAIN STABLE K W # H H
THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDICES (A AND B) FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST REMAINED STABLE AT 107 AS INCREASES IN VARIOUS SECTORS WERE OFFSET BY DECREASES IN OTHERS.
IN THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A), RELATING TO HOUSEHOLDS WITH A MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF §400-§l,499, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS DROPPED BY ONE POINT. THIS REFLECTED A 10 PER CENT DROP IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF RICE AND A 12 PER CENT AND SIX PER CENT INCREASE RESPECTIVELY IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SALT WATER FISH AND FRESH FRUITS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, AN INCREASE OF ONE POINT WAS RECORDED IN THE INDEX FOR HOUSING, MAINLY AS A RESULT OF HIGHER WATER CHARGES.
THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES ALSO ROSE BY ONE POINT, DUE TO HIGHER PRICES AND REPAIRING CHARGES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.
IN THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B), REFLECTING MONTHLY EXPENDITURE WITHIN THE $1,5OO-§2,999 GROUP, A FRACTIONAL INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS RECORDED.
THE INDEX FOR HOUSING ALSO ADVANCED BY ONE POINT AND THAT FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS BY ONE POINT, MAINLY AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR MEDICINE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
THE EFFECT OF THESE INCREASES AID NOT LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN THE ’ALL-ITEMS’ INDEX, HOWEVER, AS A RESULT OF ROUNDING OFF.
MOVEMENTS IN OTHER SECTIONS OF COMMODITY AND SERVICE IN THE TWO MAIN INDICES WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
IN COMPARISON, THE OLD GENERAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR AUGUST STOOD AT 188, TWO POINTS OR 1.1 PER CENT LOWER THAN THAT FOR JULY.
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THf POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT AIRMAIL TO PORTUGUESE TIMOR HAVE DEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1975 ’ - J - ’
OVER $3.5 M. ALLOCATED TO SOCIAL WELFARE PROJECTS
FROM LOTTERIES FUND
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MORE THAN $3.5 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND IN THE FORM OF GRANTS OR LOANS FOR VARIOUS SOCIAL WELFARE PROJECTS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.
THE BIGGEST OF THE 41 GRANTS AMOUNTED TO $1.7 .MILLION AND WAS MADE TO THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE TO SUBSIDISE THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF ITS HEADQUARTERS IN WANCHAI.
ANOTHER GRANT OF $275,000 WAS SET ASIDE FOR SALVATION ARMY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES AT ITS TAI HANG TUNG CENTRE.
■ ST JAMES SETTLEMENT’S SHELTERED WORKSHOP FOR THE MENTALLY-HANDICAPPED AT KENNEDY ROAD, NOW IN ITS THIRD YEAR OF OPERATION, RECEIVED A RECURRENT GRANT OF $227,500.
ANOTHER WORKSHOP, OPERATED BY THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND, WAS GIVEN AN INTEREST-FREE LOAN OF $500,000. THIS IS THE ONLY LOAN FROM THE FUND SO FAR IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.
THE LOTTERIES FUND, WHICH OBTAINS ITS PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES AND ’LUCKY’ CAR NUMBERS, WAS SET UP TO HELP THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
THE EIGHT GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES HELD SO FAR THIS YEAR HAVE BROUGHT MORE THAN $2.7 MILLION TO THE FUND AND THE AUCTION OF ’LUCKY’ CAR NUMBERS, ABOUT $370,000.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LOTTERIES FUND NOTED THAT THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT LOTTERY SERIES WOULD END IN OCTOBER, BUT THE FUND WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED AS THE NEW MARK SIX LOTTERY WOULD CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO IT.
THE FIRST MARK SIX LOTTERY WAS HELD IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
THOUGH IN A DIFFERENT FORM, THE APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS FROM THE MARK SIX LOTTERIES FOLLOWS THE SAME PRINCIPLE AS THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES - THAT IS, THE PAYMENT OF SURPLUSES INTO THE FUND AFTER PAYMENT OF PRIZES, BETTING DUTY AND OPERATING EXPENSES.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1975
ANTI-DRUGS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FINALS TOMORROW # M M * * M
THE ANT I-NARCOTICS CUP BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT REACHES ITS CLIMAX TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) WHEN THE FOUR SURVIVING TEAMS WILL BATTLE IT OUT FOR THE TOP HONOURS AT QUEEN ELIZABETH II YOUTH CENTRE STADIUM IN MONG KOK.
THE FINALS WILL BE BETWEEN TEAMS FROM WESTERN DISTRICT AND KOWLOON CITY, AND EASTERN AND MONG KOK DISTRICTS AT 7 P.M. AND 8.15 P.M. RESPECTIVELY.
THE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE THE ERIC HO CUP AND THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CUP AFTER THE FINAL GAMES.
OFFICIATING WILL BE MR. ERIC HO, DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, REV. K.L. STUMPF, CHAIRMAN OF THE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, MR. AUGUSTINE KAM CHUI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR. CHAM SUI-LAM, PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, AND • MR. CHING MAN-KI, CHAIRMAN OF THE BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION.
THE TOURNAMENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AND THE HONG KONG AMATEUR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE SPORTS AS WELL AS TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE DANGERS OF DRUG ADDICTION.
TEN TEAMS TOOK PART IN THE TOURNAMENT, REPRESENTING WESTERN, EASTERN, CENTRAL, AND WANCHAI DISTRICTS ON THE ISLAND, AND WONG TAI SIN, YAU MA TEI, MONG KOK, KWUN TONG, KOWLOON CITY AND SHAM SHU I PO DISTRICTS OF KOWLOON.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE FINALS TOMORROW EVENING.
PUBLICITY PAMPHLETS ON THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO SPECTATORS ATTENDING THE FUNCTION.
NOTE TO EDITORS: MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE OCCASION COVERED. THE FIRST GAME BETWEEN WESTERN AND KOWLOON CITY BEGINS AT 7 P.M. TOMORROW. THE PRIZE PRESENTATIONS WILL START AT ABOUT 9 P.M.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1975
RESERVOIRS 96 PER CENT FULL * * * * *
HONG KONG’S RESERVOIRS HELD A TOTAL OF 65,200 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER AS AT 9 A.M. THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING, REPRESENTING 96.9 PER CENT OF THE FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS.
... । AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS HELD ONLY 35,782 MILLION GALLONS.
PLOVER COVE, THE BIGGEST RESERVOIR, WAS 98.0 PER CENT FULL WITH 49,470 MILLION GALLONS — COMPARED WITH 27,521 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR.
NO RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 2,492.6 MM HAS BEEN RECORDED. THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL OF THE YEAR STANDS AT 1,941.0 MM (76.42 IN).
(98.13 IN) OF RAINFALL SINCE THE BEGINNING
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
WINNERS OF THE
-------------------- CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY, PAINTING, SINGING AND MODEL BUILDING COMPETITIONS ORGANISED BY THE CULTURAL AND RECREATION COMMITTEE OF THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE WILL RECEIVE THEIR PRIZES TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
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^M-rnJHE.P?ESENTATI0NS W1LL TAKE PLACE AT THE HALL OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE, 104 CHING TAK STREET, WONG TAI SIN, AT 3 P.M. PRESENTING THE PRIZES WILL BE MR. SIEH SIN-CHEUNG, PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE.'
AB0UT 300 GUESTS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND, INCLUDING HEADMASTERS AND STUDENTS FROM PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS. WINNING ENTRIES WILL BE ON DISPLAY.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE FUNCTION.
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN « r • *
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1975
CONTENTS PAGE NO.
ACCENT IN SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES TO BE ON QUALITY, SAYS DIRECTOR OF ............................................ 1
REGISTRATION FOR 1976 H.K.C.E. EXAMS IN PROGRESS ............. 3
FUN FAIR FOR DISABLED CHILDREN IN ABERDEEN .................. 4
TEMPORARY WATER CUTS IN NEW TERRITORIES ...................... 5
C.A.S. TO HOLD SWIMMING GALA ON FRIDAY........................ 6
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5'233191
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,
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SOCIAL WELFARE: MORE EMPHASIS ON QUALITY if if if if if if if
THE EMPHASIS IN SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES IN HONG KONG WILL IN FUTURE BE MORE ON QUALITY RATHER THAN QUANTITY, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, SAID TODAY.
+WE CONSIDER THAT SINCE WE HAVE NOW A FAIRLY WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES OF VARIOUS TYPES TO CATER FOR THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY GENERALLY, THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME THAT INSTEAD OF EXPANDING FURTHER QUANTITATIVELY, WE SHOULD MOVE IN ANOTHER DIRECTION TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR SERVICES,* HE TOLD A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUD OF THE PEAK.
MR. LEE SAID THE NEW APPROACH WOULD DE CARRIED OUT BY AN EVALUATION OF EXISTING WELFARE SERVICES PROVIDED BY VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES AS WELL AS BY THE GOVERNMENT.
+THE CONCEPT ON WHICH WE ARE WORKING,* HE SAID, +IS THAT EVALUATION OF SERVICE AGENCIES IS PART AND PARCEL OF THE SOCIAL PLANNING PROCESS AND THEREFORE MUST BE ACTIVELY PURSUED SO THAT AGENCIES CAN BE MORE EFFICIENTLY AND MORE ECONOMICALLY RUN, AND CAN PROVIDE A MORE EFFECTIVE SERVICE.*
AS A RESULT, ECONOMIES IN SOME CASES MAY EE PRODUCED TO EFFECT IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF SERVICES, HE EXPLAINED.
MR. LEE STRESSED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS NOT A WAY OF SEEING IF THE AGENCIES COULD BE OPERATED MORE CHEAPLY.
+WE ARE NOT TRYING TO FORCE ECONOMIES ON AGENCIES, BUT RATHER WANT TO ENSURE THAT AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN TERMS OF MONEY AND MANPOWER ARE USED TO THE BEST POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CLIENTS.*
HE NOTED THAT A PILOT STUDY BY A SPECIAL STEERING GROUP ON EVALUATION, SET UP LAST OCTOBER, HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT ON SIX WELFARE AGENCIES INCLUDING ONE GOVERNMENT-RUN INSTITUTION.
THE STUDY, WHICH CONCENTRATED LARGELY ON MANAGEMENT, ORGANISATION, STAFFING, SALARIES AND THE QUALITY OF ACTUAL SERVICES PROVIDED, AIMED AT ESTABLISHING CLEARCUT GUIDELINES IN GENERAL WELFARE UNDERTAKINGS.
REPORTS ON THREE AGENCIES HAVE BEEN FINALISED AND THE OTHERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED SOON.
MR. LEE SAID THE EXPERIENCE GAINED IN THE TEST-RUN WAS PROVING INVALUABLE AND THE STEERING GROUP WILL TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE RESULTS IN AN EFFORT TO ESTABLISH FIRM GUIDELINES FOR THE TEAMS TO FOLLOW FOR THE SUBSEQUENT EVALUATION OF OTHER AGENCIES.
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AFTER THE PILOT STUDY, THE STEERING GROUP WILL BE AMALGAMATED WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS ONE OF ITS MAJOR SUB-COMMITTEES.
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THE STEERING GROUP COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE AND OTHER EXPERTS.
ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE AREs-
* TO BE RESPONSIBLE UNDER THE AGE IS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ADVISING THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE ON THE EVALUATION OF SERVICES.
* TO DEVELOP AND REVIEW STANDARDS FOR SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES.
* TO GUIDE AND ADVISE THE EVALUATION TERMS TO CARRY OUT EVALUATION STUDIES, AND,
* TO PROMOTE THE MAXIMUM USE OF EVALUATION RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE SOCIAL PROGRAMMES WITHIN THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
NOTE TO EDITORS! COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR. LEE’S SPEECH ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
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REGISTRATION FOR 1976 H.K.C.E. EXAMS BEGINS « * H ft ft
SCHOOL CANDIDATES FOR THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION 1976 ARE BEING REGISTERED FOR THE EXAMINATION.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO OBTAIN ENTRY FORMS FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT’S EXAMINATIONS DIVISION, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 1OTH FLOOR, 393 CANTON ROAD. KOWLOON. 0
IF ANY PARTICIPATING SCHOOL HAS NOT YET RECEIVED THIS NOTIFICATION, THE PRINCIPAL SHOULD CONTACT THE SECRETARY’S OFFICE (TELEPHONE NO: 3-688694 OR 3-688796).
ALL ENTRY FORMS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED TO THE SECRETARY’S OFFICE BEFORE OCTOBER 17, 1975.
REGISTRATION OF PRIVATE CANDIDATES WILL BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 10 TO 21, INCLUSIVE, AT THE CAUSEWAY BAY SUB-TREASURY, CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY BUILDING, 2ND FLOOR, ELECTRIC ROAD, HONG KONG, AND THE YAU MA TEI SUB-TREASURY, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 4TH FLOOR, 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.
PERSONS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE AS PRIVATE CANDIDATES IN THE' EXAMINATION MAY OBTAIN ENTRY FORMS, FROM NOVEMBER 3, 1975 AT ANY OF THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICES OR SUB-OFFICES IN THE URBAN AREA OR DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1975
FUN FAIR FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
SEVERAL HUNDRED DISABLED CHILDREN WILL BE TREATED TO A DAY OF FUN AND GAMES THIS SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 27) AT A SPECIAL FUN FAIR BEING ORGANISED BY THE ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE.
TAKING PART WILL BE TRAINEES FROM THE REHABILITATION CENTRE TOGETHER WITH THEIR PARENTS AND DISABLED CHILDREN FROM KAI CHI CHILDREN’S CENTRE.
SOME 400 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE FAIR WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE GROUNDS OF THE ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE IN WELFARE ROAD, WONG CHUK HANG.
ELEVEN VOLUNTEER GROUPS WILL JOIN STAFF FROM THE CENTRE IN HELPING TO RUN THE VARIOUS STALLS.
THE FAIR WILL BE OPENED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, WHO WILL ALSO DISTRIBUTE PRIZES TO THE BEST THREE STALLS.
NOTE TO EDITORS: YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE FAIR COVERED. IT WILL OPEN AT 10.40 A.M. ON SATURDAY.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1975
TEMPORARY WATER CUTS
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A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN YUEN LONG WILL BE 1 ArM- To 6 A-M- ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 26) WHEN iLL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA.
WITHOUT WATER FROM TESTS FOR LEAKAGE
KAM HING WAI, SHU I TAU KAM TIN MARKET, KAM SHEUNG AND KAM TIN ROAD
... .AFFECTED WILL BE PREMISES BOUNDED BY CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN AU TAU CROSS ROAD AND SAN TIN, KAM TIN SHI KUAU
TSUEN, SHU I MEI TSUEN, PAK WAI TSUEN, I""
BETWEEN KAM TIN ROAD AND TAI PO ROAD,
t-tWEEN AU TAU CROSS ROAD AND TSUEN KAM. »>i_l
Et SEK KONG CAMP AND SEK KONG FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL.
ALSO AFFECTED WILL
MEANWHILE IN TSUEN WAN, WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF FACTORIES mSUtN WAN W,LL BE INTERRUPTED FROM 10 P.M. ON MA NSYroNNPCTi™M' ™E NEXT DAY T° FACILITATE A FRESH WATER PiA I No CONNECTION.
Ulo '‘''LL BE S0UTH SEA TEXTILE CO. LTD., NAM LEI CO. LTD
HIP SHING CO. LTD., LOK SHUN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, WING SHING GODOWN, KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN, HONG KONG TEXTILE CO LTD SOTEX TEXTILE CO. LTD., HANWAY TEXTILE CO. LTD., HOI BUN GODOWN CHAI WAN KOK STATION OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO. LTD., NGA I '
KAMNTAUAvIlLAGESAM FUNG text,le C0, ltd,» and kin yip and yau
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C.A.S. SWIMMING GALA * H « H K M
NOTE TO EDITORS :
THE CIVIL AID SERVICES WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL SWIMMING GALA AT THE MORRISON HILL SWIMMING POOL IN WAN CHAI FROM 6 P.M. TO 9 P.M. ui; FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 26).
THERE WILL BE 16 EVENTS IN WHICH THE C.A.S. CADETS WILL COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER FOR TROPHIES.
ONE HIGHLIGHT WILL BE AN INVITATION RELAY RACE IN WHICH C.A.S. CADETS WILL BE JOINED BY COMPETITORS FROM 18 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND FIVE YOUTH ORGANISATIONS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE LIFE-SAVING DEMONSTRATIONS BY TEAMS FROM THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB.
MRS. J.A. FORTUNE, WIFE OF THE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER OF THE C.A.S., WILL PRESENT TROPHIES TO THE WINNERS.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO HAVE THE EVENT COVERED.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1975
CONTENTS PAGE NO.
CERTAIN ROOF TOP SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE EXTRA SUBSIDY TO COVER PAYM.iNT OF RENT AND RATES ................... 1
SQUATTER AREA IN TUEN MUN TO MAKE WAY FOR MODERN HOUSING COMPLEX .................................... 2
NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION TO OPEN ON OCTOBER 1 .... 3
395,000 TICKETS SOLD SO FAR IN 9TH GOVT. LOTTERY .... 3
DC AND I HOPEFUL HONG KONG WILL BE INCLUDED IN
BENEFICIARIES LIST OF US GENERALISED PREFERENCE SCHEME .. 4
TEMPORARY WATER INTERRUPTIONS IN MONG KOK AND WANCHAI ... 4
DC AND I TO ISSUE RESERVED EEC QUOTAS TO ALL COMERS . 5
FRESH VEGETABLES COST 10 PER CENT LESS LAST MONTH ... 5
Issuedby Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House,Hong Kong.Tel: 5-233191
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, J. >75
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STATEMENT OH ROOF TOP SCHOOLS K K >,i it it
ALL ROOF TOP SCHOOLS ARE PAYING A NOMINAL RENT OF ONE DOLLAR A MONTH, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS RECENTLY NOTIFIED ALL ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING SCHOOLS, IN GROUP E ESTATES THAT WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1, 1'76 RATES RANGING FROM 45127.50 TO 45459 A MONTH WILL EE CHARGED IN ADDITION TO THE NOMINAL RENT OF ONE DOLLAR.
REFERRING TO INACCURACIES IN SOME NEWSPAPER REPORTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IN FACT THE ONE DOLLAR NOMINAL RENT HAD BEEN REIMBURSED IN THE PAST TO AIDED PRIMARY ROOF TOP SCHOOLS BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT UNDER THE CODE OF AID. PRIVATE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH REIMBURSEMENT.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THOSE ROOF TOP SCHOOLS WHICH PROVIDE FREE EDUCATION WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SUBSIDY TO COVER THE PAYMENT OF BOTH RENT AND RATES.
NORMALLY, PRIVATE NON-PROFIT MAKING SCHOOLS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM PROFITS TAX UNDER THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF RATES UNDER THE RATES SUBVENTION.
APPLICATIONS FOR REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.ON THEIR OWi! MERITS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
AT PRESENT THERE ARE 105 ROOF TOP SCHOOLS, INCLUDING 17 SUBSIDIZED. MORE THAN 6,000 PUPILS ARE IN THE 17 SUBSIDIZED SCHOOLS AND ARE RECEIVING FREE EDUCATION. ABOUT 10,000 PUPILS ARE ENROLLED IN THE OTHER 88 PRIVATE PRIMARY ROOF TOP SCHOOLS WHICH CHARGE LOW FEES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT SUFFICIENT FREE GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PLACES IN STANDARD PRIMARY SCHOOLS WERE AVAILABLE TO CATER FOR ANY PUPIL WHO WANTED TO RECEIVE FREE EDUCATION.
HE RECALLED THAT THE FIRST BATCH OF FOUR ROCF TOP SCHOOLS IN SHEK KIP MEI - ALL SPONSORED BY VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS - WERE REGISTERED IN 1957.
ROOF TOP SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE AND REGULATIONS AND LIKE OTHER SCHOOLS TH 7 / 7 GIVEN PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE DY THE EDUCATION DEI7 .TMENT THROUGH ITS INSPECTORATE AND AREA STAFF.
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NEW HOUSING COMPLEX AT TUEN MUN FOR 6,000 H M #
A MODERN SELF-CONTAINED ESTATE COMPLEX WHICH WILL PR WIDE HOMES FOR SOME 6,000 PEOPLE IS TO BE BUILT AT SAM SHING HUI IN TUEN MUN, NEW TERRITORIES.
THE ESTATE WILL BE BUILT ON A SITE NOW OCCUPIED BY A SQUATTER SETTLEMENT OF ABOUT 2,700 PEOPLE.
THE SQUATTERS HAVE BEEN ASSURED BY MR. TONY BENNETT, DISTRICT OFFICER FOR TUEN MEN, THAT NONE OF THEM WILL BE MADE HOMELESS AS A RESULT OF THE NECESSARY CLEARANCE OF THE AREA TO ENABLE WORK ON THE ESTATE TO START. 1
SQUATTERS IN THE AREA WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING WILL BE OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING IN MULTI-STOREY ESTATES IN TUEN MUN OR IN YUEN LONG, WHILE ELIGIBLE SHOPKEEPERS WILL RECEIVE CASH COMPENSATION WHICH MAY AMOUNT TO AS MUCH AS $20,000, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THEIR SHOPS.
THE SHOPKEEPERS MAY EITHER CLAIM CASH COMPENSATION OR OPT FOR A TEMPORARY RESITE AREA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO TAKE PART IN A RESTRICTED TENDER FOR SHOP SPACES IN NEW ESTATES, MR. BENNETT SAID.
THOSE SQUATTERS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING WILL BE OFFERED TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AT RESITE AREAS, HE ADDED.
AT A MEETING WITH SQUATTER REPRESENTATIVES TODAY, MR. BENNETT ASSURED THEM THAT THEIR RIGHTS WOULD BE PROTECTED AND THAT ANY INCONVENIENCE WOULD BE KEPT TO THE MINIMUM.
HE SAID THAT WHILE MOST OF THE SQUATTERS SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA, HE APPRECIATED THAT SOME OF THEM WERE UNDERSTANDABLY CONCERNED AS TO HOW CLEARANCE AND REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS WOULD AFFECT THEM.
FURTHER MEETINGS WILL BE HELD WITH THE SQUATTER REPRESENTATIVES TO KEEP THEM INFORMED ON THE ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE.
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OPENING OF 1975/76 LEGCO SESSION
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL REVIEW THE AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG ON OCTOBER 1 WHEN HE OPENS THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION FOR 1975/76.
THE PROCEEDINGS WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 P.M. IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON RADIO HONG KONG IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE.
COMMERCIAL RADIO WILL BROADCAST THE ADDRESS IN CHINESE WHILE THE THREE TELEVISION STATIONS WILL GIVE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GOVERNOR’S REVIEW IN THEIR REGULAR NEWS PROGRAMMES.
AFTER THE GOVERNOR’S SPEECH, THE COLONIAL SECRETARY WILL MOVE A MOTION TO THANK THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS ADDRESS. UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL SPEAK ON THE MOTION ON OCTOBER 22 AND THE FOLLOWING DAY (OCTOBER 23), IF NECESSARY.
OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE SCHEDULED TO REPLY TO POINTS RAISED BY THE UNOFFICIALS ON NOVEMBER 5 AND 6.
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TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IS THE LAST DAY TO BUY A LOTTERY TICKET AND GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE TO WIN A FORTUNE.IN THE NINTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY.
SALES OF TICKETS WILL CLOSE AT 9 P.M. TOMORROW AT ALL ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB TICKET BOOTHS. DURING THE DAY, TICKETS MAY BE BOUGHT AT THE HEAD OFFICES AND BRANCHES OF 30 BANKS IN VAR I OU. DISTRICTS.
UP TO 5 P.M. TODAY (THURSDAY), A TOTAL OF 395,000 TICKETS WAS SOLD.
WINNING NUMBERS WILL BE DRAWN BY FOUR RADIO HONG KONG ARTISTES AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 27).
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1975
D C AND I COMMENTS ON WASHINGTON REPORT ABOUT U>-GSP * M if if if if
A NEWS AGENCY REPORT CAME FROM WASHINGTON TODAY QUOTING AMERICAN OFFICIALS AS PREDICTING THAT HONG KONG WILL BE ADDED To'THE LIST OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE US GENERALISED SYSTEM
OF
PREFERENCES.
A COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL COMMENTED THAT THIS WAS ENCOURAGING NEWS : HONG KONG’S MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS ARE CERTAINLY HOPING FOR A US GOVERNMENT DECISION FC 'E3IGNATE HONG KONG.
MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY HONG KONG ■AS NOT YET INCLUDED IN THE SCHEME WHEN OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE EG I' I - SOME OF WHICH HAVE RECENTLY IMPROVED THEIR SHARE OF THE US IMPORT MARKET WHILE HONG KONG’S SHARE HAS DEEN RECLINING -WERE ALREADY INCLUDED.
ON THE REVERSE PREFERENCES ISSUE, THE OFFICIAL RECALLED, THAT AFTER THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY’S VISIT TO WASHINGTON IN APRIL, THE HONG KOI.G GOVERNMENT HAD GIVEN THE US A FIRM UNDERTAKING TO REMOVE THESE PREFERENCES BY JANUARY 1, 1976, PROVIDED HONG KONG WAS INCLUDED IN THE SCHEME.
ALTHOUGH IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE US GOVERNMENT IS GIVING FAVOURABLE CONSIDERATION TO HONG KONG’S CASE, THE LONGER FORMAL DESIGNATION IS DELAYED, THE GREATER THE RISK, FOR HONG KONG THAT US IMPORTERS WILL TRANSFER THEIR 1976 ORDERS TO COUNTRIES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED.
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WATER INTERRUPTIONS ’ if if if «
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN WANCHAI AND IN MONG KOK WILL BE INTERRUPTED BETWEEN 1 A.M. AND 6 A.M. ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 27) TO ENABLE TESTS FOR LEAKAGE TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THE AREAS.
IN WANCHAI, THE AFFECTED PREMISES ARE BOUNDED BY MARSH ROAD, GLOUCESTER ROAD, PERCIVAL STREET AND THE NORTH SIDE OF HENNESSY ROAD.
IN MONG KOK, PREMISES BOUNDED BY FUK TSUEN STREET, TONG MEI ROAD, CHERRY STREET, TAI KOK TSUI ROAD AND IVY STREET LILL BE AFFECTED.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1975
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D.C. AND I. TO ISSUE RESERVED EEC QUOTAS TO ALL COMERS
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AT ITS MEETING THIS AFTERNOON THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD CONSIDERED A REPORT ON THE TALKS IN BRUSSELS LAST WEEK AND SOME PROPOSALS BY THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION of THE QUOTA ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE HK/EEC TEXTILES AGREEMENT.
THE BOARD AGREED THAT NO FURTHER QUOTA SHOULD BE ISSUED BUT THAT CERTAIN QUANTITIES WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RESERVED SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL COMERS.
THE BOARD HAD PREVIOUSLY ADVISED - AND THE DEPARTMENT HAD AGREED - THAT THESE QUANTITIES SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR HOLDERS OF EXPORT REGISTRATIONS AND THOSE WHO ACTUALLY EXPORTED AGAINST EXPORT REGISTRATIONS BEFORE JULY 18 BECAUSE THEIR TRADE HAD BEEN FRUSTRATED BY THE SUSPENSION OF EXPORT LICENSING ON JULY 17 AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW AGREEMENT.
THIS DECISION HOWEVER WAS TAKEN BEFORE THE SPECIAL SHIPMENT ARRANGEMENT WAS INTRODUCED AT THE END OF AUGUST. IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THOSE AFFECTED HAD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPORT UNDER THAT ARRANGEMENT, THE BOARD FELT THAT APPLICATIONS FOR THESE QUANTITIES SHOULD NOW BE ACCEPTED FROM ANY MANUFACTURER OR EXPORTER WHO HAS FIRM ORDERS, PROVIDED THAT, IF HE IS ALREADY A QUOTA-HOLDER, HE HAS NOT ALREADY TRANSFERRED ANY OF HIS QUOTA IN THE CATEGORY CONCERNED TO ANYONE ELSE. NO PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO ANY PARTICULAR APPLICANT* ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE TREATED ALIKE -AND OF COURSE SCALED DOWN IF APPLICATIONS TOTAL MORE THAN IS AVAILABLE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY EMPHASISED THAT THESE RESERVED QUANTITIES ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN ALL CATEGORIES FOR ALL MEMBER STATES AND THAT, WHILE IT IS HOPED THAT THESE ARRANGEMENTS WILL FURTHER ALLEVIATE THE DIFFICULTIES THAT THE TRADE HAS BEEN FACING, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL ORDERS PLACED WITH HONG KONG IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS CAN BE FILLED.
DETAILS WILL BE NOTIFIED TO THE TRADE IN A NOTICE TO EXPORTERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE.OF FRESH VEGETABLES LAST MONTH DROPPED BY 10 PER CENT AS A RESULT OF AN INCREASE IN LOCAL VEGETABLE SUPPLIES, WHILE THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF RICE REMAINED STABLE.
THESE WERE AMONG THE FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO A DROP OF ONE POINT IN THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS IN THE AUGUST NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ’A’.
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Thursday, September 25, 1975
01 MAN ESTATE NOW HOUSES MORE THAN 40,000
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The Housing Authority1s Oi Man Estate is now a small township of its own with a population topping the 40,000 mark.
All 6,200 units in the 12 high-rising bloc'll will be let by the end of this month and the population is expected to swell to about 43,000 next month.
The estate’s fully air-conditioned commercial complex is becoming a shopping centre for the tenants as well as residents of the Ho Man Tin area.
Two branch bank offices and seven shops in the commercial complex have opened for business and decoration is being carried out at the restaurant and cafe premises.
The 12 new-style cooked-food-stalls located behind Chiu Man House will open for business tomorrow (Friday).
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1975
CONTENTS PA3E NO.
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION APPOINTED ............................... 1
TIGHTER CONTROL ON OVERCROWDING IN VEHICLES ................. 2
HEAVIER PENALTIES PROPOSED FOR COPYRIGHT OFFENCES ........... 3
ALDRICH BAY TO BE RECLAIMED TO PROVIDE OPEN SPACE AND LAND FOR ROAD DEVELOPMENTS .................................. . 4
GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO BE POSTPONED ............................................... 4
COURSE ON MODERN CHEMISTRY TEACHING METHODS TO BEGIN TOMORROW ................................................ -r>
PICNICKERS URGED TO PREVENT HILL FILE ....................... 6
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION OPENS THE JOINT SCHOOL GEORGRAPHY ASSOCIATION’S EXHIBITION ....................... 7
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN NORTH POUT.............................. 0
FIRST PRI7E OF LOTTERY WORTH 3336,303....................... 9
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1975
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APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAHWAY CORPORATION n « h n d n
THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED TODAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1975, AS THE DAY ON WHICH THE MASS TRANSIT RAH WAY CORP! RATION ORDINANCE 1975 IS TO COME INTO OPERATION.
THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND (DERATING THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY IN HONG KONG. THE CORPORATIOI. WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY.
THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MR. N.S. THOMPSON AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS FROM SEPTEMBER 26, 1975. I R. TI.OMPSOi: WAS, PRIOR TO HIS ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG IN OCTOBER 1'74, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY LTD. SINCE HIS ARRIVAL HERE HE HAS HEADED THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY SECRETARIAT.
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TIE CORPORATION, WHEN APPOINTED BY THE BOARD, WILL BECOME AUTOMATK Al LY A MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO APPOINTED THE FOLLOWING PRISONS AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 26, 1975 TO APRIL 30, 1977 2
SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN,
MR. OSWALD CHEUNG,
MR. M.G.R. SANDBERG,
MR. Y.K. PAO,
THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC OFFICERS ARE APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD (-F THE MTR CORPORATION WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMD R. 26, 1975:
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND
MR. D.W.A. BLYE.
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TIGHTER CONTROL ON OVERCROWDING IN VEHICLES n « « •)$ H ft
AMENDING LEGISLATION WHICH PROVIDES FOR MORE EFFECT I 'E CONTROL ON OVERCROWDING IN VEHICLES IN ORDER TO ENSURE GREATER SV ETY FOR PASSENGERS, WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE: COUIT IL SHORTLY.
THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) Bll.L, GAZETTED TODAY,- SEEKS TO MAKE IT (.LEAR THAT REGULATIONS MAY DE MADE RESTRICTING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WHO MAY BE CARRIED IN ANY VEHICLE, AND TO MAKE THE VEHICLE OWNER LIABLE FOR THE OFFENCE OF CARRYING EXCESS PASSENGERS.
IT ALSO ENABLES A POLICE OFFICER TO SUPPLY BY CERTIFICATE CERTAIN EVIDENCE RELATING TO PLANS OR DRAWINGS MADE BY HIM OR TO STATEMENTS MADE TO HIM AS TO THE DRIVER OR OWNER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ON A i ARTICULAR OCCASION.
IF THE BILL IS PASSED, IT IS ENVISAGED THAT AMENDMENT REGULATIONS WILL DE MADE IN RESPECT OF OVERCROWDING IN (;<• ! I BUSES SO AS TO IMPOSE LIABILITY ON THE REGISTERED OWNER.-
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT VEHICLES CARRYING EXCESS PASSENGERS WOULD CREATE A POTENTIAL DANGER TO PASSENGERS AND OTHER ROAD USERS IN THE EVENT OF THE VE1ICLE BECOMING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.
HE SAID THAT WHILE DRIVERS COULD EE SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED UNDER THE EXISTING LEGISLATION ON OVERCROWDING IN OMNIBUSES, THIS WAS CONSIDERED UNLIKELY TO REMEDY TLE SITUATION AS THE OWNER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTROL AND OPERATION OF THE BUS SERVICE AND THE DISCIPLINE OF HIS S'lAFF.
DRIVERS OF ONE-MAN-OPERATED BUSES HAVE LITTLE SCOPE FOR CONTROLLING BOARDING PASSENGERS AT BUSY BUS STOPS AND TH I > HAS TO BE DONE DY REGULATORS EMPLOYED BY THE OPERATOR, HE SAID.
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A MORE EFFECTIVE CONTROL THUS ENSURING GREATER SAFETY FOR PASSENGERS, THZ AMENDING DILL MAKES IT CLEAR THAT WHERE A VEHICLE CARRIES EXCESS PASSENGERS THE REGISTERED OWNER IS LIABLE FOR THE OFFENCE, HE SAID.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE ADDED, THE TWO MAJOR BUS COMPANIES HAVE PROGRAMMES FOR BUYING ADDITIONAL BUSES WHICH SHOULD GO FURTHER TO MEETING THE DEMANDS OF THE TRAVELLING PJDLIC.
AS TO THE PROPOSED PRODUCTION OF FORMAL EVIDENCE BY CERTIFICATE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THIS WOU..D SERVE W CUT DOWN THE COURT’S TIME AND TO MINIMISE THE INCIDENTS REQUIRING THE DIRECT EVIDENCE OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO COULD EE MORE USEFU-LY EMPLOYED CM OTHER DUTIES.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, EVIDENCE DY CERTIFICATE WOULD NOT PRECLUDE THE CALLING OF A POLICE OFFICER TO CIVE EVIDENCE IN PERSON SHOULD HIS EVIDENCE BE CONTESTED.
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THE COURT WILL BE EMPOWERED TO IMPOSE HEAVIER PENALTIES ON PERSONS CONVICTED OF HAVING IN POSSESSION FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES INFRINGING COPIES OF COPYRIGHT WORKS OR PLATES USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE MAKING OF INFRINGING COPIES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF A NEW BILL — THE COPYRIGHT (AMENDMENT) BILL 1975 — PUBLISHED IN TODAY’S (FRIDAY) . GAZETTE FOR GENERAL INFORMATION.
THE BILL PROPOSES THAT THE MAXIMUM FINE WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED IN THE CASE OF AN INFRINGING COPY TO BE $1,000, AND IN THE CASE OF A PLATE, $50,000.
UNDER THE PRESENT LAW, A FINE ONLY MAY BE IMPOSED ON A FIRST CONVICTION OF AN OFFENCE OF HAVING IN POSSESSION FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES INFRINGING COPIES OF COPYRIGHT WORKS OR PLATES. THE BILL WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF REMOVING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN FIRST AND OTHER OFFENDERS SO THAT A FIRST OFFENDER WHO POSSESSED INFRINGING COPIES MAY BE LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO IMPRISONMENT FOR 12 MONTHS.
IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR A HEAVIER MAXIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF TWO YEARS FOR THE MORE SERIOUS OFFENCE OF POSSESSION OF PLATES FOR DUPLICATING PURPOSES. ANOTHER PROVISION IS THE FORFEITURE OF ANY ARTICLE SEIZED BY AN AUTHORISED OFFICER WHICH IS USED IN CONNECTION WITH AN OFFENCE UNDER THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE OR THE COPYRIGHT ACT.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2.6, 1975
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ALDRICH BAY RECLAMATION
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PLANS ARE IN HAND TO RECLAIM ABOUT NINE ACRES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED ALONG THE COASTLINE OF ALDRICH DAY IN SHAUKI JAN TO PROVIDE MORE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND LAND FOR ROAD DEVELO 'MENTS.
THE PROPOSED RECLAMATION, WHICH FORMS PART OF THE OVERALL ALDRICH BAY RECLAMATION SCHEME, WILL ALSO PROVIDE SITES FOR USE AS BOAT-BUILDING YARDS.
THE SCHEME IS DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE THE UNSANITARY CONDITIONS IN THE AREA AND TO PROVIDE LAND REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENl.
DUE CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN IN THE PLANNING OF THE PROGRAMME OF WORK SO THAT INTERFERENCE TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE EXISTING BOAT-BUILDING YARDS IN THE AREA WILL BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM WHILE RECLAMATION IS IN PROGRESS.
THE EXTENT OF THE RECLAMATION AREA INVOLVED IS DESCRIBED IN A NOTICE IN TODAY’S GAZETTE.
ANYONE WHO HAS OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL OR CLAIMS OF PRIVAT. RIGHT SHOULD SUBMIT THEM IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORK WITHIN TWO MONTHS AS FROM TODAY.
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GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS TO LEGCO POSTPONED
THE GOVERNOR’S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL NOW BE MADE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBE J 8, ONE WEEK AFTER THE HEW SESSION BEGINS.
THE GOVERNOR WAS ORIGINALLY DUE TO MAKE THE SPEECH AT THE OPENING SESSION THIS WEDNESDAY, BUT THE RECENT INJURY TO HIS LEG WILL NOT NOW PERMIT THIS.
IN VIEW OF THIS, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SITTING ON OCTOBER 1 WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING AT WHICH 11 GOVERNMENT BILLS PLUS ONE UNOFFICIAL MEMBER’S BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED. ALSO ON TH. AGENDA WILL BE TWO MOTIONS AND THREE QUESTIONS.
THE MEETING WILL BE PRESIDES OVER BY THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS.
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COURSE ON MODERN CHEMISTRY TEACHING METHODS « k n n a
THE SCIENCE INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENf IS ASSISTING THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT AND THE EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY TO ORGANISE AN INTENSIVE COURSE ON MODERN CHEMISTRY TEACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOL.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS). MR. .JOHN WINFIELD, WILL ADDRESS THE GATHERING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY IN THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY EXTRA-MURAL TOWN CENTRE, STAR HOUSE, OTH FLOOR, ROOM 809, TSIM SHA TSUI, AT 9.30 AM TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
AS SPACE IS LIMITED, ONLY 80 CHEMISTRY TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED ALTHOUGH THE COURSE IS OVERSUBSCRIBED.
THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO INTRODUCE TO CHEMISTRY TEACHERS MODERN IDEAS IN TEACHING THE SUBJECT AT SECONDARY LEVEL IN U.S.A. AND OTHER COUNTRIES, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE AMERICAN CHEM STUDY CURRICULUM PROJECT.
THE PRINCIPAL LECTURER OF THE COURSE IS PROFESSOR J.A. CAMPBELL WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHEM STUDY PROJECT AND PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AT THE HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.
APART FROM LECTURES, DEMONSTRATIONS, FILM SHOWS AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS, PARTICIPATING TEACI.ERS WILL ALSO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM SOME OF THE EXPERIMENTS IN THE CHEM STUDY PROJECT.
PROF. CAMPBELL IS DISTINGUISHED BOTH IN THE FIELDS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH AND CHEMICAL EDUCATION. HIS RESEARCH AREAS ARE CONNECTED WITH CRYSTAL STRUCTURE, X-RAY DIFFRACT I ON, INFRA RED SPECTRA AND SOLUTION EQUILIBRIUM.
HE HAS PUBLISHED NUMEROUS OUTSTANDING ARTICLES ON STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR POWER AND CHEMICAL EDUCATION. HE HAS DEEN CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER OF MANY NATIONAL COMMITTEES AND SOCIETIES. HE IS ALSO ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT 0F SCIENCE EDUCATION IN OVERSEAS COUNTRIES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE COURSE.
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WEEK-END PICNICKERS WERE TODAY URGED DEPARTMENT TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT
BY THE FIRE SERVICES FIRE.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE HUMIDITY LEVEL WAS DROPPING WHICH MEANS THAT FIRES COULD BE STARTED MORE EASILY BY CARELESSLY DISCARDED CIGARETTE ENDS AND MATCHES AND BY BARBECUE FIRES NOT PROPERLY CONTROLLED.
+SEVFRAL COUNTRYSIDE FIRES OCCURRED DURING THE LAST HOLIDAY WEEK-END BECAUSE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN HUMIDITY,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID. +ONE ENGAGED FIREMEN FOR ABOUT SIX HOURS AND AT ONE STAGE POSED A THREAT TO HILLSIDE DWELLINGS.*
HE URGED SMOKERS VISITING RURAL AREAS TO MAKE SURE CIGARETTE BUTTS AND MATCHES WERE PROPERLY OUT BEFORE DISPOSING OF THEM. IF A BARBECUE IS PLANNED, IT SHOULD BE HELD IN AN AREA DESIGNATED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND SOMEONE SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO WATCH THE FIRE ALL THE TIME IT IS BURNING. EARTH AND WATER SHOULD BE USED TO EXTINGUISH IT BEFORE LEAVING, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT IT IS AN OFFENCE TO LIGHT OR USE A FIRE IN OR NEAR A FOREST, PLANTATION, PROHIBITED AREA OR AREA OF OPEN COUNTRYSIDE, OR TO BE IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE USING SUCH A FIR..
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BE CONSCIOUS OF COMMUNITY PROBLEMS, STUDENTS TOLD # H M K
A VITAL PART OF ANY STUDENT’S EDUCATION IS THE CONSCIOUSNESS HE DEVELOPS OF THE PROBLEMS OF HIS COMMUNITY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR. JOHN WINFIELD SAID TODAY WHEN HE OPENED THE JO I NT'SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION’S EXHIBITION ON +SATELLITE TOWN DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG+ AT QUEEN’S COLLEGE.
MR. WINFIELD SAID: +IDEALLY THIS SHOULD LEAD TO HIS PLAYING AN ACTIVE PART IN RECORDING AND ANALYSING THOSE PROBLEMS AND PROPOSING (OR AT LEAST PREDICTING) SOLUTIONS TO THEM - GEOGRAPHY LENDS ITSELF TO THIS PROCESS MORE THAN MOST SUBJECTS OF THE CURRICULUM.*
MR. WINFIELD SAID THAT THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR’S EXHIBITION WAS WISELY CHOSEN.
+THERE IS A GROWING CONCERN IN THE GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM WITH URBAN STUDIES AND THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE APPROPRIATE, CONSIDERING THAT SO MANY OF US SPEND PRACTICALLY THE WHOLE OF OUR LIVES IN TOWN OR CITY AND THAT OUR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS OF URBAN LIFE.
+I’M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE NOT TAKEN ’URBANISATION’ IN THE ABSTRACT AS YOUR THEME BUT THAT YOU HAVE RELATED IT TO THE ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL GROWTH OF THE SATELLITE TOWNS OF HONG KONG -IN OTHER WORDS, YOU ARE LOOKING AT GEOGRAPHY IN A LIVING CONTEXT, SEEING IT IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH YOU LIVE, RATHER THAN AS A STERILE TEXTLOOK EXERCISE.+
MR. WINFIELD URGED MEMBERS OF THE JOINT SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION TO TRY TO STIMULATE INTEREST AMONG YOUNGER PUPILS IN THEIR OWN SCHOOL OR IF THEY WERE AT UNIVERSITY, AMONG INCOMING STUDENTS, SO THAT THE ASSOCIATION’S ACTIVITIES WERE CONSTANTLY REFRESHED BY NEW IDEAS AND NEW APPROACHES.
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ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN NORTH POINT K * M * * *
SECTIONS OF TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD AND JAVA ROAD IN NORTH POINT WILL BE IMPROVED TO PROVIDE BETTER SAFETY CONDITIONS FOR BOTH MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.
THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS INVOLVE THE WIDENING OF A 3OO-METRE STRETCH OF TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH CLOUD VIEW ROAD, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A 240-METRE SECTION OF JAVA ROAD BETWEEN KAM HONG STREET AND TONG SHU I ROAD.
SEPARATE TENDERS FOR THE WORKS WERE CALLED FOR IN NOTICES IN TODAY’S GAZETTE.
IN BOTH CASES, THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS WILL BE. CARRIED OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS.
THE CARRIAGEWAY OF THE TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD SECTION IS TO BE WIDENED TO 13.5 METRES AND SURFACED WITH BITUMINOUS MATERIAL. FOOTPATHS MEASURING 2.4 METRES IN WIDTH WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED ON EITHER SIDE.
WORK ON THE TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO START IN NOVEMBER AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED SIX MONlHS LA I ER.
THE 240-METRE SECTION OF JAVA ROAD, BETWEEN KAM HONG STREET AND TONG SHU I ROAD, WILL BE REBUILT IN REINFORCED CONCRETE AND CONCRETE FOOTPATHS WILL BE PROVIDED ON EITHER SIDE OF I'I.
SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION WORKS AND TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED.
» THE JAVA ROAD RECONSTRUCTION WORKS TRE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN NOVEMBER AND SHOULD TAKE ABOUT FOUR MONTES lO COMPLETE.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1975.
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FRIST PRIZE OF LOTTERY WORTH $336,600 R it M n it
A TOTAL OF 421,000 TICKETS FOR THE NINTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY WAS SOLD UP TO 9 P.M. TODAY (FRIDAY) WHEN SALES CLOSED. THE lOTAL PROCEEDS REACHED $842,000.
THE FIRST PRIZE IS WORTH $336,800, THE SECOND PRIZE $33,680 AND THE THIRD PRIZE $3,368.
EACH OF THE 50 SPECIAL PRIZES FETCHES $842 AND EACH OF THE 212 CONSOLATION PRIZES $421.
THE FIRST THREE WINNING NUMBERS WILL BE DRAWN AT 10 A.M. TOMORROW IN THE CITY HALL THEATRE BY FOUR RADIO HONG KONG ARTISTES -- MISS KIMMY GOT, MISS YEUNG LA I-SIN, MR. WONG SIU-KEUNG AND MR. HUNG LEUNG-SHEK.
. I MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1975
CONTENTS • PAGE NO
JUNE SURVEY SHOWS SLIGHT DROP IN NUMBER OF WORKERS IN IMPORT/EXPORT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES ................ 1
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PRISONS DEPARTMENT’S DRUG REHABILITATION WORK WIDELY ACCLAIMED ........................................... 2
EDUCATIONAL BODIES URGED TO WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.................................•• 3
NEW HONG KONG EXHIBITION OPENED IN LONDON ................... 4
NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN KOWLOON .......................... 5
CENTRAL CITY DISTRICT OFFICE TO BE CLOSED .................... 5
DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE OFF TO BRITAIN FOR THREE-WEEK STUDY TOUR ........................................ 6
TEA RECEPTION TO MARK PUBLICATION OF LEGAL GLOSSARY .......... 7
TICKET NO. 4155 WINS $336,800 FIRST PRIZE IN NINTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY........................................... 8
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EMPLOYMENT SURVEY RESULTS K K x « H L
A TOTAL OF 250,031 PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED IN 53,094 ESTABLISHMENTS II. THE IMPORT/EXPORT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES IN JUNE -A SLIGHT DROP OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORD ll!G TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED DY THE CENSUS AND STATISlICS DEPARTMENT.
THE SURVEY ALSO REVEALED THAT ABOUT 92 PER CENT OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS WERE SMALL UNITS EMPLOYING LESS THAN 10 WORKERS.
OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS COVERED BY THE SURVEY, 32,641 (ENGAGING 120,182 PERSONS) WERE RETAILERS, 11,6 3 (ENCAGING 72,614). IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS. AND THE LLi.AIllING 0,580 WERE EITHER ENGAGED IN WHOLESALE, OR IN A COLIBL.A I ION OF ll-if ORT/EXPORT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BUSINESSES.
THC GEORGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS WAS 20,234 (N HONG KONG ISLAND, 13,711 IH KGLLGGU, ?1,616 III HIT/ KOWLOON AND 7,533 IN THE NEW I ERR ITOli ILS.
A SPOKESMAN OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT A IMILAR SURVEY CARRIE1 CUT IH JOI E 1974 lilDICATlD A TOTAL GF 250,137 PERSO JS Ell'A-ED li. 52,395 lla'ORT/EXPORT, WlKLESALE AND RETAIL ESTAB . ISHilEN iS.
+II(WEVER,+ HE SAID, +THE CONTINUOUS UP-DATING PROCESS OF LATE RE( I STRATIOUS SHOWED Till T A l-URTHLR 2.7:53 -STALL 11 H. .ELT3 EMPLOYIIG 14,320 PERSONS, LEI E NOT IDENTIFIED Ml TIME I OR HIE 1974 SURVEY.
•FALLOWING FOR THIS, THE RLVI'ED ' IGV.E T FIGURE FOR J HE, LAST YEAR IS 264,457 — 14,4:6 MO..E iL.,i: i <f IH JUiu >9/9,* HE SAID.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A SUMMARY TABI E OH TH RESULTS O’ THE F PI OYf. ‘NT SURVEY WILL BE AVAILABLE 111 THE G. I.PRESS i ‘ ■ n.l /.I >1 .uW.J
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PRISONS WORK WINS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
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THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT’S PIONEER WORK OF REHABILITATING DRUG ADDICTS HAS DESERVEDLY WON INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION, SAID THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR. E.l. LEE TODAY.
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD ALSO ASSUMED A MOST SIGNIFICANT PART IN THE GCVERNMENT’S PROGRAMMES FOR DEALING WITH THE SOCIALLY DAMAGING AND CORROSIVE DRUG PROBLEM.
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HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE PRISON STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY WHERE 76 ASSISTANT OFFICERS AND 16 PRISON OFFICERS HAD JUST COMPLETED THEIR SIX-MONTH TRAINING.
HE TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT THEY WOULD NEED NOT ONLY TO CONTROL BUT CONSTANTLY TO ENCOURAGE, ADVISE AND GUIDE THOSE UNDER THEIR CHARGE II THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST IN THIS PARTICULARLY DIFF I CL -T AREA OF WORK WERE TO DE MAINTAINED AND IMPROVED IN THE FUTURE.
MR. LEE SAID THE TASK OF LOOKING AFTER PRISONERS WAS NOT CONFINED TO ENSURING THAT THEY WERE KEPT SECURE AND THAT DISCIPLINE WAS ENFORCED.
+YOIR DUTY GOES FAR BEYOND THIS AND THE WAY IN WHICH YOU CONDI IT YOURSELF PERSONALLY CAN HAVE A CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE IN AFFECTING A PRISON R’S ATTITUDE TO SOCIETY Oil RELEASE.
+TIIIS INVOLVES SHOWING All EXAMPLE OF FAIRNESS, AND JUST-DEALING WHICH AT TIMES IN THE FACE OF PROVOCATION Alli) I RESSURE,+
PERSONAL INTEGRITY, YOU WM L FIND DIFFICULT HR. LEc TOLD 1 HE GRADUAT. >.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPiES OF MR. LEE’S SPEECH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN 'IHE G. I.S. P..ESS BOXES THIS AFTERIlOt N.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1975
CLOSE RELATIONSHIP IN
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT OK
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR. JOHN WINFIELD TODAY CALLED FOR A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALL EDUCATIONAL BODIES IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE MODERN CHEMISTRY TEACHING COURSE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, IN THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT MR. WINFIELD SAID THERE WAS A GROWING AWARENESS IN HONG KONG THAT IF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IS TO MAKE ANY' REAL IMPACT, IT MUST BE CO-ORDINATED AT ALL LEVELS AND NOT ALLOWED TO DEVELOP HAPHAZARDLY.
+1 THINK IT IS TRUE TO SAY THAT IN THIS MATTER, SCIENCE EDUCATION IS FURTHER AHEAD THAN MOST SUBJECTS OF THE CURRICULUM,+ HE SAID.
MR. WINFIELD SAID THAT THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM TEAM, HAVING-ESTABLISHED A NEW BASE IN FORMS 1-3, WAS NOW DOING ITS UTMOST TO ENSURE THAT BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS TAUGHT IN SENIOR FORMS WAS COMPATIBLE WITH THE APPROACHES OF THE JUNIOR SCIENCE COURSE.
HE WAS VERY HAPPY THAT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY WAS ENLISTING THE CO-OPERATION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN ITS IN-SERVICE . COURSES - FIRST FOR TEACHERS IN BIOLOGY.AND, NOW, FOR TEACHERS OF CHEMISTRY.
+THESE COURSES ARE IN HARMONY WITH THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AS A WHOLE IN HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.
A TOTAL OF 80 CHEMISTRY TEACHERS ARE ATTENDING THE COURSE WHICH BEGAN TODAY. THE COURSE CONSISTS OF TEN SESSIONS TO BE HELD ON SATURDAYS.
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NEW H.K. EXHIBITION OPENS IN LONDON KOO*
PR IMA BALLERINA DAME MARGOT FONTEYN, OPENED THE NEV. HONG KONG EXHIBITION AT THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE, LONDON, LAST EVENING (FRIDAY).
THREE HUNDRED GUESTS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF COMMONWEALTH HIGH COMMISSIONERS, SENIOR BRITISH CIVIL SERVANTS, LEADING BUSINESSMEN, MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG CHINESE COMMUNITY IN BRITAIN, DAME MARGOT’S FAMILY AND HER FRIENDS FROM THE WORLD OF BALLET, SAV/ HER ’’DOT THE EYES” OF A SOUTHERN LION BEFORE IT DANCED IN CELEBRATION OF THE EVENT.
TWO TEAMS OF DANCERS - THE LUK CHI FU LION DANCING TEAM AND THE TUNG WAH COLLEGE DANCING TROUPE - HAD FLOWN IN EXPEC I ALLY TO ENTERTAIN THE GUESTS AT THE OPENING.'
THE ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDED THREE CHINESE CLASSICAL DANCES BY THE TUNG WAH GIRLS, AND A NORTHERN LION DANCE.
BEFORE INVITING DAME MARGOT TO OPEN THE EXHIBITION, THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER, MR. S.T. KIDD, SAID THAT ITS THEME WAS TAKEN FROM A Si EECH BY SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE ON HIS ARRIVAL IN THE TERRITORY IN 1971 - ”OUR OBJECT IS PROSPERITY WITH SOCIAL PROGRESS’’.
THE EXHIBITION WAS DESIGNED. TO ILLUSTRATE THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WHICH GENERATED THE MEANS TO PROVIDE AND IMPROVE UPON THE STANDARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES, SAID MR. KIDD.
AFTER OPENING THE EXHIBITION, DAME MARGOT FONTEYN WAS PRESENTED WITH A POSY OF FLOWERS BY ONE OF THE TUNG WAH DANCERS, MISS MAN YUK CHING, AND INTRODUCED TO THE DANCERS.
SHE WAS THEN INVITED BY MR. LUK CHI FU TO ’’DOT THE EYES” OF THE SOUTHERN LION. MR. KIDD ’’DOTTED THE EYES” OF THE NORTHERN LION.
AFTER THE ENTERTAINMENT, MR. KIDD PRESENTED COMMEMORATIVE BANNERS TO THE LEADERS OF THE TWO DANCE TEAMS, MR. LUK CHI FU AND MR. LEE SUI MING.
THE DANCERS WILL PERFORM PUBLICLY AT THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE FROM TODAY (SATURDAY) UNTIL OCTOBER 1. THEY ARE ALSO DANCING AT THE BRITISH COUNCIL STUDENTS CENlRE IN LONDON, ON SUNDAY NIGHT, AND WILL APPEAR IN THE POPULAR BBC-TV PROGRAMME, ’’BLUE PETER”, NEXT WEEK.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH TOGETHER WITH MR. KIDD’S SPEECH WILL Li AVAILABLE IN THE GIS PRESS BOXES THIS AFTERNOON.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1975
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TODAY THAT THE SOUTH-BOUND ELEVATED CARRIAGEWAY ON WATERLOO ROAD FLYOVER WILL OPEN TO TRAFFIC TRAVELLING FROM LION ROCK TUNNEL TO THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AT 10 A.M. NEXT TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 30).
WITH THE OPENING OF THE CARRIAGEWAY, THE EXISTING TRAFFIC DIVERSION VIA BOUNDARY STREET, EARL STREET, AND PRINCE EDWARD ROAD WILL BE DISCONTINUED.
MEANWHILE, AS FROM 10 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY, (OCTOBER 1), ROAD WORKS WILL BE CARRIED OUT FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS ALONG THE EXISTING CARRIAGEWAY OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN SHA TSUI ROAD AND CHAI WAN KOK STREET IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SECflON OF TUEU MUN ROAD, STAGE I,.
THE SECTION OF THE ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL BE APPROPRIATELY LIGHTED. GUARDED AND SIGN-POSTED AND ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION WILL BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CARE WHILE PASSING THROUGH THIS ROAD SECTION.
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CENTRAL CITY DISTRICT OFFICE TO BE CLOSED KOK#
THE CENTRAL CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AT 64-66 WELLINGTON STREET, WILL BE CLOSED WITH EFFECT FROM MONDAY, (SEPTEMBER 29).
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO REQUIRE ASSISTANCE OR SERVICE FROM THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT ARE INVITED TO GO TO THE HEADQUARTERS ON 9TH FLOOR, INTERNATIONAL BUILDING, DES VOEUX ROAD, CENTRAL OR THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE AT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING ENTRANCE, HONG KONG.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1975
DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO SEE BRITISH WELFARE SERVICES
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, WILL BE LEAVING HONG KONG FOR LONDON TOMORROW (SUNDAY) NIGHT ON A THREE-WEEK TRIP TO SEE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE FIELD IN BRITAIN. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MRS. LEE. -I,
A BRITISH COUNCIL SCHOLAR IN 1953-54, MR. LEE IS REVISITING BRITAIN AT THE INVITATION AND SPONSORSHIP OF THE COUNCIL.
SOME OF THE AREAS HE WILL BE LOOKING INTO AND DISCUSSING WITH OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS WHILE THERE ARE FINANCING OF VOLUNTARY SOCIAL WELFARE AGENCIES, NEW TRENDS IN COMMUNITY WORK AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REHABILITATION FIELD FOR THE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION OF WELFARE HOMES.
HE WILL ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE THE LOCALISED SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE RESULTED FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SEEBOLM REPORT SINCE THE LATE 196O’S.
FOLLOWING HIS TRIP TO BRITAIN HE WILL GO ON LEAVE IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES BEFORE RETURNING TO HONG KONG TOWARDS THE END OF NOVEMBER.
WHILE MR. LEE IS AWAY, MR. MORRIS MORGAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WILL ACT AS DIRECTOR.
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TEA RECEPTION TO MARK PUBLICATION OF LEGAL GLOSSARY K * H * K K
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS AND THE VICE-CHANCELLOR OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, DR. LI CHOH-MING WILL JOINTLY HOST A TEA RECEPTION TO MARK THE PUBLICATION OF THE +ENGLISH-CHINESE GLOSSARY OF APPLIED LEGAL TERMS+ FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 29) AT THE HANG SENG BANK BUILDING PENTHOUSE IN CENTRAL.
THE PUBLICATION OF THIS GLOSSARY REPRESENTS THE FIRST MAJOR REFERENCE WORK COMPLETED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE POLICY.
IT WAS COMPILED BY THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
COPIES OF THE GLOSSARY, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE A MOST USEFUL AND INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION, THE JUDICATURE AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, WILL BE ON SALE AT $50 FOR A SOFT-COVER AND -$70 FOR A HARD-COVER COPY AS FROM OCTOBER 1 AT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRES -AND VARIOUS LEADING BOOK STORES-.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE TEA RECEPTION.
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Saturday, September 27, 1975
HOLDER OF TICKET NO. 4155 WINS $336,800 * * * * *
THE LUCKY HOLDER OF TICKET NUMBER 4155 TODAY WON THE FIRST PRIZE OF $336,800 AT THE DRAW OF THE NINTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE.
THE WINNING NUMBER FOR THE SECOND PRIZE OF $33,680 IS 133284 WHILE THE THIRD PRIZE OF $3,368 WENT TO THE HOLDER OF TICKET NUMBER 198036.
THE THREE PRIZES WERE DRAWN BY FOUR RADIO HONG KONG ARTISTES — MISS KIMMY GOT, MISS YEUNG LAI-SIN, MR. WONG SIU-KEUNG AND MR. HUNG LEUNG-SHEK.
WINNING NUMBERS OF THE 50 SPECIAL PRIZES OF $842 EACH:
14179 88236 195919 279931 360494
22220 91866 206726 291059 369024
30137 104013 221298 301428 374207
48492 110790 223221 318791 379986
54632 117043 230411 319800 384467
61175 126015 239289 , 321852 390091
64360 126753 252903 352945 391648
74734 155015 256750 355921 400305
81927 86442 157785 179800 271209 277953 358203 359327 419063 420345
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1975
TENTH LOTTERY TICKETS NOW ON SALE * « « #
TICKETS FOR THE TENTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY — THE LAST ONE IN THE CURRENT SERIES -- ARE NOW ON SALE AT $2 EACH.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 10 AT ALL ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB TICKET SELLING BOOTHS AND THE HEAD AND BRANCH OFFICES OF MAJOR BANKS.
THE DRAW FOR WINNING NUMBERS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE STUDIO OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION LTD. AT BROADCAST DRIVE AT 7.30 F.M. ON OCTOBER 14 (TUESDAY).
THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 265 PRIZES -- A FIRST, SECOND AMD THIRD PRIZES TOGETHER WITH 50 SPECIAL AND 212 CONSOLATION PRIZES. THESE PRIZES MUST BE CLAIMED WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE NLMDERS ARE PUBLISHED, THAT IS, BEFORE OCTOBER 17, 1977.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR. KAI-YIN CHAU, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE CIT' HAIL RESTAURANT AT 1 P.I-1. TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO AUlfOUNCE DETAIL OF PLANS TO PROMOTE THE TENTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY. YOU ARE IfVIT D TO ATTEND.
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POST OFFICE FOR LAM TIN ft ft ft ft ft ft ft
A NEW POST OFFICE WILL SOON DE BUILT IN LAM TIN ESTATE UNDER THE POST OFFICE’S EXPANSION PROGRAMME TO BRING POSTAL SERVICE TO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
THIS SINGLE-STOREY OFFICE BUILDING WILL BE BUILT ON A SITE OPPOSITE BLOCK 17 OF THE ESTATE IN PING TIN STREET.
TENDERS FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION WERE INVITED LAST FRIDAY AND WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN NOVEMBER FOR COMPLETION IN FEBRUARY 1976.
A SIMILAR POST OFFICE IS NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED IN LAI KING ESTATE IN KWAI CHUNG.
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WORK ON AN UNDERWATER SEWAGE OUTLET WHICH FORMS PART OF THE ABERDEEN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, WILL BEGIN IN NOVEMBER.
THIS OUTLET WILL ENABLE TREATED EFFLUENT TO BE DISCHARGED FROM THE PLANT TO DEEPER OFFSHORE WATER WHERE II CAN BE CARRIED INTO OPEN SEA BY CURRENT HORE EASILY THROUGH DILUTION AND DISPERSION.
WORK ON THIS 9OO-FOOT LONG OUTLET WILL INVOLVE THE LAYING OF TWO 36-INCH DIAMETER SEWERS IN A TRENCH TO BE DREDGED IN THE SEABr-D TO THE NORTH OF MAGAZINE ISLAND IN ABERDEEN.
TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS OUTLET WERE INVITED LAST FRIDAY AND THE PROJECT WILL TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THIS SEWAGE OUTLET HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY THE DRAINAGE WORKS DIVISION OF THE PUD’S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE WHICH WILL ALSO SUPERVISE ITS CONSTRUCTION.
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1975
CONTENTS
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NEW ETV PROGRAMMES MORE ENTERTAINING ......................... 1
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT’S STATEMENT ON QUALITY OF LOCAL PRIMARY TEXTBOOKS ........................................... 2
URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS IN SAN PO KONG ................... 3
BANKING STATISTICS FOR AUGUST ................................ 4
LAST GOVERNMENT LOTTERY LAUNCHED ............................. 5
RESERVOIRS 95 PER CENT OF FULL CAPACITY ...................... 6
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NEW ETV PROGRAMMES MORE ENTERTAINING n m « a
THE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SERVICE IS PRODUCING A NEW SERIES OF PRIMARY 3 AND REMAKING SOME OF THE PRIMARY 4 TO 6 PROGRAMMES FOR TRANSMISSION BY THE THREE TELEVISION NETWORKS THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.
THERE WILL BE MORE SONGS, DANCES AND GAMES IN THE NEW PROGRAMMES WHICH SEEK TO MAKE EDUCATION FUN AND TO RAISE CHILDREN’S INTEREST IN LEARNING.
THE ETV PROGRAMMES, WHICH BEGAN BROADCASTING IN SEPTEMBER 1971, ARE TRANSMITTED FIVE DAYS A WEEK (MONDAY TO FRIDAY) THROUGHOUT 32 WEEKS IN AN ACADEMIC YEAR. THEY ARE WATCHED BY MORE TH/N 400,000 PRIMARY 3 TO 6 PUPILS IN APPROXIMATELY 800 SCHOOLS.
WITH THE RECENT OPENING OF THE THIRD COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATION, THE ORIGINAL ETV TRANSMISSION OF EIGHT HOURS PER DAY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 12 HOURS.
THE PROGRAMMES ARE ALL EASED ON STANDARD SYLLABUSES FOR CHINES.-., ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS AND SOCIAL STUDIES. A TOTAL OF 30 PROGRAMMES, EACH 15 MINUTES LONG, ARE BROADCAST ON E*CH SUBJECT PER YEAR.
THE ACTING HEAD OF THE EDUCATION TEI EVISION SERVICES, MR. SUN PING-SHU SAID: +OUR ETV SERVICE IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE BEST IN ASIA.+
ACCORDING TO MR. A.B. EDINGTON, DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND RESEARCH IN THE BRITISH COUNCIL, LONDON, WHO CARRIED OUT A RESEARCH PROJECT IN 1973, ETV IN HONG KONG DESERVED TOP RATING.
+IN ORDER TO IMPROVE OUR PROGRAMMES, THE ETV SERVICE REGULARLY SENDS ITS STAFF TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL CONFERENCES IN THIS FIELD. IN THE COMING MONTHS; ETV REPRESENTATIVES I ILL GO TO ■VARIOUS CONFERENCES IN AUSTRALIA, HEW ZEALAND, HAWAII AID JAPAN WHERE THEY WILL EXCHANGE IDEAS ARD LEARN NEW TECHNIQUES IN ETV PRODUCTION,+ SAID MR. SUN.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ETV PROGRAMMES IS EVALUATED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SCHOOL HEADS RETURN WEEKLY REPORTS ON ETV PROGRAMMES. PRODUCERS VISIT SCHOOLS REGULARLY TO WATCH PUPILS’ REAC'l ION TO ETV PROGRAMMES AND TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK FROM TLE TEACHERS. SUBJECT INSPECTORS ALSO SEE THE ETV PROGRAMMES AID COMMENT ON TIEM.
ALL THESE. REPORTS ARE PASSED TO PROGRAMME COMMITTEES WHICH COMPRISE ETV PRODUCERS, SUBJECT I MSP ECTO.. S, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION LECTURERS, SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS. T..EY ALSO WATCH EVERY ETV PROGRAMME AND SUGGEST WAYS OF IMPROVEMENT.
♦CHILDREN ENJOY WATCHING ETV IN CLASS AND TEACHERS ALSO REGARD THE PROGRAMMES HELPFUL TO TEACH ING,+ SAID MR. SUN.
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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S STATEMENT <>N TEXTBOOKS X tt Ji 5i Ji
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A COPY OF THE EDUCATION ACTION GROUP’S REPORT ON THE QUALITY OF LOCAL PRIMARY TEXTBOOKS.
IN REPLY TO PRESS QUESTIONS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO COMMENT IN ANY DETAIL ON iHE E.A.G.’S FINDINGS AT THIS STAGE BECAUSE THE ONLY KNOWLEDGE THE DEPARTMENT HAD OF THE SURVEY HAD COME THROUGH PRESS I.EPORTS.
+IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE E.A.G. CONDUCTED THEIR SUfVEY WITHOUT REFERENCE EITHER TO THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CtWITTEE OR TO THE TEXTBOOKS COMMITTEE,* THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THERE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN NO CONSULTATION WITH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFICAILS. I NOTE THAT, ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS. E.A.G. INTENDS TO DISCUSS THEIR FINDINGS WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. WE WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME SUCH A DISCUSSION BUT WE SHOULD NEED TO SEE THE FULL REPORT AND HAVE TIME TO STUDY IT BEFORE WE MEET ANY E.A.G. REPRESENTATIVES. WE ARE CERTAINLY VERY SURPRISED THAT THE E.A.G. SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A PUBLIC STATEMENT WITHOUT AT LEAST SENDING US A COPY OF THEIR REPORT FIRST,* HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT IF THE PRESS REPORTS WERE ACCURATE THE E.A.G. HAD APPARENTLY FAILED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT RECENT CURRICULUM INNOVATIONS (FOR EXAMPLE, THE EXTENSION OF +ACl IVITY APPROACH* IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, THE CLOSE WORK I I'G RELATIONSHIP BEING ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS WHICH .AS ANNOUNCED SOI TIME AGD, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NINE-YEAR COMMON COURSE OF GE ER..L EDUCATION FOR PRIMARY ONE - FORM 3 PUPILS).
HE ALSO STATED THAT IT WAS NOW GENERALLY KNOWN IN EDUCATIONAL CIRCLES THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS MAKING A DETERMINED EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS.
+THIS IS WHY THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE EXISTS, + HE EXPLAINED.
+THE PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER ON SECONDARY EDUCATION HAS MEANT THAT THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IS GIVING FIRST PRIORITY TO JUNIOR SECONDARY CURRICULUM AND, AS THE E.A.G. KNOWS, A GREAT DEAL IS BEING DONE AT THIS LEVEL TO MAKE T E CDRRICULUI MORE RELEVANT - PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS BEING PAID TO THE DEVELOP! .EL OF TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL DESIGNED TO ENCOU A<E MORE IMAGINATIVE TEACHING TECHNIQUES.
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+THIS DOESN’T MEAN TO SAY WE’RE NEGLECTING OTHER AREAS OF THE CURRICULUM -FAR FROM IT. OUR MAIN CONCERN IN PRIMARY EDUCATION IS THE ACTIVITY APPROACH, WHICH IS FAR LESS FORMAL THAN TRADITIONAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, AND WHICH IS ORGANISED IN SUCH A WAY THAT CHILDREN LEARN AT THEIR OWN PACE ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN ABILITIES. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS APPROACH MAKES SCHOOLS A HAPPIER PLACE FOR CHILDREN. SCHOOL AUTHORITIES AND PARENTS ARE BEGINNING TO REALISE THIS AND THERE IS NOW A MUCH WIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THIS APPROACH TO EDUCAT I ON.+
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE MANY COMPLEX EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS FACING HONG KONG COULD NOT BE SOLVED OVERNIGHT, BUT ALREADY THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE’S EFFORTS WERE BEGINNING TO SHOW VERY PROMISING RESULTS.
+IT IS AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND THAT THE E.A.G. SURVEY SHOULD IE CONSIDERED,+ HE SAID, +EUT THERE IS NO POINT IN COMMENTING FURTHER UNTIL WE HAVE SEEN THE REPORT.+
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MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED THAT URBAN CLEARWAY'RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED ALONG SECTIONS OF THREE APPROACH ROADS TO THE CHOI HUNG INTERCHANGE IN KOWLOON SO AS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.
EXCEPT FOR FRANCHISED BUSES, ALL MOTOR VEHICLES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM STOPPING AT ALL TIMES ALONG THE RESTRICTED SECTIONS TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS OR GOODS.
THE RESTRICTED ROAD SECTIONS ARE LUNG CHEUNG ROAD BETWEEN EAST OF HAMMER HILL ROAD AND CLE/R WATER BAY ROAD= KWUN TOiJG ?nA?ncEIVMrNcu^AS..oATER’ BAY R0AI AND THE UNNAMED ROAD LI AD I NG
o™ Nn.nHTurBU? TERMINUS= CLEARWATER-BAY ROAD B TWEEN KWUN TONG ROAD AND THE PING SHEK BUS TERMINUS.
TRAFFIC SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSTED TO INDICATE THE RESTRICTIONS.
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BANKING STATISTICS
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THE 74 LICENSED BANKS IN HONG KONG HELD A TOTAL OF : 34,803 MILLION IN DEPOSITS AT THE END OF AUGUST.
THE TOTAL REPRESENTED $9,405 MILLION IN $13,439 MILLION IN TIME DEPOSITS AND $11,959 DEPOSITS.
DEMAND DEPOSITS, MILLION IN SAVINGS
FOLLOWING ARE DETAILED STATISTICS ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING.
MONTH ENDED AUGUST 31, 1975
(74)
(NUMBER OF LICENSED BANKS)
LIABILITIES J $ MILLION
1. DEPOSITS * 2. AMOUNT DUE TO BANKS ABROAD 34,803 20,242
3. OTHER LIABILITIES TOTAL LIABILITIES 7,537 62,582
ASSETS
1. CASH • • • ' 654
2. AMOUNT DUE FROM BANKS ABROAD:
(1) DEMAND AND SHORT TERM CLA1 MS 17,963
(II) TIME DEPOSITS 2,227 20,190
3. LOANS AND ADVANCES: ( 1) HONG KONG (II) ABROAD 24,316 9,837 34,153
4. INVESTMENTS: (1) HONG KONG (II) ABROAD 2; 570 -50 2,620
5. OTHER ASSETS: ( 1) HONG KONG (II) ABROAD 3,742 1,223 A’, 965
AVERAGE LIQUIDITY DURING MONTH TOTAL ASSETS < 62,582 48.31%
* DEPOSITS $MILL ION
• DEMAND TIME 9,405 13,439
1 SAVINGS 11,959
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LAST GOVT. LOTTERY LAUNCHED
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THE FIRST PRIZE OF THE TENTH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY — THE LAST IN THE SERIES -- WILL BE DRAWN BY THREE FORMER CHAIRMEN AND THE SERVING CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
THEY ARE: MR. LEE QUO-WEI, MR. ALEX S.C. WU, AND MR. SHUM CHOI-SANG, ALL PAST CHAIRMEN, AND MR. KAI-YIN CHAU, THE PRESENT CHAIRMAN.
TO MARK THE OCCASION OF THE CLOSING OF THE PRESENT IOTTERIES SERIES, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WILL PRESENT SOUVENIRS TO THE FOUR CHAIRMEN IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE MANAGEMENT.COMMITTEE.
IN LAUNCHING THE 1OTH LOTTERY, MR. KAI-YIN CHAU THANKED THE PUBLIC AND THE MASS MEDIA FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERY.
ABOUT $3 MILLION HAS BEEN RAISED FOR CHARITY DURING THE CURRENT LOTTERY SERIES. r
THE DRAW FOR THE WINNING NUMBERS-OF THE LAST LOTTERY THIS YEAR WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE STUDIOS OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION LTD. ON OCTOBER 14.
THE SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES WILL BE DRAWN BY FOUR CTV ARTISTES: MISS JOSEPHINE LEO FUNG-MING, MISS INGRID WU YAN-YAN, MR. PETER AU WAI-LAM AND MR. GEORGE LAM CHE-CHEONG.
THE PRESENTATIONS BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE FOUR CHAIRMAN OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WILL FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DRAW FOR WINNING NUMBERS.
■THE FOUR CTV ARTISTES WILL HELP PROMOTE TICKET SALES ON OCTOBER 6 WHEN THEY WILL SELL TICKETS TO PASSERSBY AT ST/\R FERRY CONCOURSE KOWLOON, BETWEEN 5 P.M. AND 6 P.M. ‘
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RESERVOIRS 95 PER CENT FULL M * K «
HONG KONG’S TOTAL WATER STORAGE AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (MONDAY) WAS 64,452 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 95.8 PER CENT CF THE FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 67,3OQ MILLION GALLONS.
AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE TOTAL STORAGE FIGURE WAS 34,753 MILLION GALLONS.
PLOVER COVE, THE BIGGEST RESERVOIR, HELD 49,033 MILLION GALLONS —97.1 PER CENT OF ITS FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS. ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR PLOVER COVE ONLY HELD 26,744 MILLION GALLONS.
TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR STANDS AT 2,496.4 KM (98.28 IL). THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 1,980.9 MM (77.99 IN).
NO RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY.
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
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F 39.9 MILLION CONTRACT FOR** KtfA I CHUNG INCINERATOR PLANT AWARDED TO LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ........... j
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BEGINS NEW SESSION TOMORROW . 9
FOUR LOTS OF CROWN LAND PUT UP FOR SALE....... T
WATER CUT...........'............................ 3
SHFUNG SHUI ENQUIRY CENTRE TO CELEBRATE SECOND ANNIVERSARY . h
NEXT T.O. E. F.L. TEST TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER.................. 5
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5'233191
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1975
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$38.9 M CONTRACT FOR KWAI CHUNG INCINERATOR PLANT AWARDED TO LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
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CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF T't' KWA’ (HUNG INCINERATOR PLANT IS EXPECTED TO START OR OCTOBER 'J TH I 'EAR.
A $38.9 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK HAS BEEN AWARD!D TO A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION FIRM, FOOK LEE CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. TIE CONTRACT WILL BE SIGNED TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR. H.D. STEAD, WILL SIGN ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND MR. HO IU-KWONG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FOOK LEE CONSTRUCTION CO., WILL SIGN ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY.
ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR PWD’S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, THE KWAI CHUNG INCINERATOR PLANT, WHICH WILL OCCUPY A 1.4 HECTARE SITE RESERVED ON THP KWAI CHuNG RECLAMATION, IS THE LARGEST MODERN REFUSE DISPOSAL PLANT TO BE BUILT IN HONG KONG SO FAR.
+ITS CONSTRUCTION DEMONSTRATES THE CONTINUED EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE EFFECTIVE AND SANIT/.R'i METHODS OF DISPOSING OF SOLID WASTE,+ HE SAID.
UNDER THE SAME CONTRACT, SOME CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS SUCH AS DRAINAGE WORKS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANCILLARY ROADS WILL ALSO EE DONE.
THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE PLANT WILL BE A STEEL-FRAME BUILDING ESSENTIALLY MADE UP OF ABOUT 3,000 TONS OF STRUCTURAL STEELWORK. IT WILL HOUSE THE HUGE INCINERATOR NOW BEING MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
A $61.5 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF THE INCINERATOR WAS AWARDED IN 1973 TO THE CLARKE CHAPMAN-JOHN THOMPSON LTD. OF ENGLAND.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND THE CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS WILL TAKE ABOUT 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE. IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY INSTALLATION OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.
WHEN THE WHOLE PLANT BECOMES OPERATIONAL BY LATE 1^78, IT WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE ABOUT 900 TONS OF REFUSE A DAY.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE NEW PLANT WILL BE ITS 150-METRE CHIMNEY, WHICH IS THE TALLEST OF ALL THE EXISTING INCINERATION PLANT CHIMNEYS IN HONG KONG.
HE SAID THAT WITH A CHIMNEY EXTENDING TO THIS HEIGHT, GAS WILL BE DISPERSED AT A HIGH LEVEL CLEARING THE HIGH RISE BUILDINGS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
THE PLANT WILL ALSO HAVE EFFICIENT DUST EXTRACTION EQUIPMENT TO KEEP DUST EMISSION TO A MINIMUM.
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NEW LEGCO SESSION OPENS TOMORROW ' M M K K H 5 «x.
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BEGINS ITS NEW SESSION TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AFTER A SEVEN-WEEK SUMMER RECESS.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL PRESIDE OVER THE OPENING MEETING IN THE ABSENCE OF THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WHO IS RECOVERING FROM A BROKEN LEG.
SIR MURRAY WAS DUE TO OPEN THE NEW SESSION TOMORROW WITH A MAJOR POLICY SPEECH REVIEWING THE AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG BUT THIS HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 8).
AT TOMORROW’S SITTING, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WILL MOVE A MOTION SEEKING COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO BORROW THE EQUIVALENT OF US$60 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSES OF GENERAL REVENUE.
THIS MOTION SUBSTITUTES ONE PASSED BY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 13 THIS YEAR AUTHORISING THE GOVERNMENT TO RAISE THE EQUIVALENT OF US$50 MILLION FOR GENERAL REVENUE PURPOSES.
DURING QUESTION TIME, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER, DR. CHUNG SZE-YUEN, WILL ASK THE GOVERNMENT ABOUT ITS EFFORTS, AND RESULTS, IN PERSUADING THE U.S.GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE HONG KONG AS A BENEFICIARY OF ITS GENERALISED SCHEME OF PREFERENCE FOR MANUFACTURED IMPORTS WHICH COMES INTO OPERATION FROM JANUARY NEXT YEAR.
ANOTHER UNOFFICIAL, MR. P.G. WILLIAMS, WILL ENQUIRE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF LITTER WARDENS AND ASK FOR FIGURES RELATING TO PROSECUTIONS FOR LITTER OFFENCES.
MRS. JOYCE SYMONS WILL QUESTION THE GOVERNMENT ABOUT AN APPLICATION FROM THE HONG KONG JUVENILE CARE CENTRE FOR A GRANT OF LAND TO BUILD A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
DURING THE MEETING, TEN BILLS PREVIOUSLY GAZETTED FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION WILL BE TABLED IN COUNCIL TOGETHER WITH AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER’S BILL.
THESE ARE: THE INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT)(NO.5) BILL, THE FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANIES DEPOSIT (AMENDMENT) BILL, THE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) BILL, THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION BILL, THE COPYRIGHT (AMENDMENT) BILL, THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES (AMENDMENT)(NO. 2) BILL, THE PUBLIC SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL, THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) BILL, THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (AMENDMEi) BILL.
THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBER’S BILL IS THE CHATER MASONIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND (AMENDMENT) BILL.
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FOUR LOTS OF CROWN LAND FOR SALE
FOUR LOTS OF CROWN LAND — COMPRISING THREE PRIVATE RESIDENTIA' SITES AND ONE SITE FOR A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK WITH RESIENTIAL UNITS ABOVE — WILL BE PUT UP FOR SALE IN OCTOBER.
THE BIGGEST LOT, SITUATED AT SILVERSTRAND, CLEARWATER BAY, NEW TERRITORIES, OCCUPIES AN AREA OF ABOUT 48,600 SQUARE FEET.
THE SECOND LOT, MEASURING 28,000 SQ. FT., IS SITUATED OFF WELFARE ROAD IN ABERDEEN. IT IS RESERVED FOR MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK AND RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
ANOTHER ISLAND LOT WITH AN AREA OF 16,500 SQ. FT. IS LOCATED OFF CHAI WAN ROAD, WHILE THE LAST LOT WHICH HAS AN AREA OF 17,210 SQ. FT. IS LOCATED AT BROADCAST DRIVE IN KOWLOON.
THE AUCTION FOR THE ISLAND AND KOWLOON LOTS WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 17 IN THE CITY HALL LECTURE ROOM, WHILE THE SALE FOR THE N.T. LOT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE AT SAN PO KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 692, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, FIRST FLOOR, KOWLOON ON OCTOBER 28. BOTH AUCTIONS WILL START AT 2.30 P.M.
FULL PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALES FOR THE URBAN LOTS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE (WEST WING), GROUND FLOOR AND AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, NATHAN ROAD. AS FOR THE N.T. LOT, THEY ARE OBTAINABLE AT THE HEADQUARTERS OR DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
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WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN WANCHAI WILL BE INTERRUPTED FOR ABOUT FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M. ON THURSDAY (OCTOBER 2 TO ALLOW LEAKAGE TESTS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA.
THE PREMISES AFFECTED ARE BOUNDED BY LUARD ROAD- GLOUCESTER ROAD- FLEMING ROAD- NORTH SIDE OF JOHNSTON ROAD- O’BRIEN ROAD-HENNESSY ROAD- INCLUDING 189-201, JOHNSTON ROAD- 32-173 THOMSON ROAD AND HENNESSY ROAD GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL.
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SI''UNG SHUI ENQUIRY CENTRE TO CELEBRATE 2i i ANNIVERSARY « « MM
SHEUNG SHUI PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRE, SITUATED AT SAN FUNG AVENUE, SHEK WU HUI, WILL CELEBRATE ITS SECOND ANNIVERSARY THIS FRIDAY (OCTOBER 3).
MR. CLIVE OXLEY, DISTRICT OFFICER FOR TAI PO WILL HOST A TEA RECEPTION TO MARK THE OCCASION AT 11 A.M. ABOUT 300 COMMUNITY LEADERS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE DEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE RECEPTION.
+THIS ENQUIRY CENTRE HAS PROVED POPULAR WITH RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND AN AVERAGE OF OVER 100 ENQUIRIES ARE ENTERTAINED DAILY,* A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE SAID.
+VILLAGERS FROM REMOTE AREAS HAVE FOUND THE LOCATION PARTICULARLY SUITABLE AND CONVENIENT AS THEY NEED NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE AT TAI PO MARKET,* HE ADDED.
HIGHLIGHTING THE CELEBRATIONS WILL BE A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION OF RARE PRINTS DEPICTING THE REBUILDING AND RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHEUNG SHUI AREA FOLLOWING THE TWO MAJOR FIRES WHICH BROKE OUT AT SHEK WU HUI IN MID-1950'S. 1
SCALE MODELS OF THE NEW TOWNSHIPS OF SHEUNG SHUI AND FANLING WILL ALSO BE ON DISPLAY AND THESE WILL BE OF USEFUL GUIDANCE TO RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPERS INTERESTED IN THE GLOWING PROSPERITY OF THAT PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO HAVE THE CELEBRATIONS COVERED. TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. VAN NO. AM3274 WILL L AVE T; III SHA TSUI SUB-POOL AT 9.45 A.M.
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE TEXT T.O.E.F.I . TEST WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 24, 1975.
COPIES OF THE BULLETIN OF INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FORM MAY BE OBTAINED AT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES
THE EXAMINATIONS DIVISION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 11TH FLOOR, 393 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON= OR OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIP SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, BONAVENTURE HOUSE, 2ND FLOOR, 91 LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG= OR INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, 408 J. HOTUNG HOUSE, 4TH FLOOR, 5/15 HANKOW ROAD, KOWLOON.
COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORMS, TOGETHER WITH PROOF OF IDENTITY (HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD OR PASSPORT), MUST BE TAKEN IN PERSON TO THE EXAMINATIONS DIVISION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 10TH FLOOR, KOWLOON, BETWEEN 9.00 A.M. AND 4.00 P.M. FROM SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 3, 1975.
NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
THE TEST FEE OF HK$80.00 PER CANDIDATE MUST BE PAID ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 7, 1975 AT THE EXAMINATIONS DIVISION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 11TH FLOOR, 393 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.
FEES MAY BE PAID BY CROSSED CHEQUE PAYABLE TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SENT THROUGH THE POST TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. I
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