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Stories In Brief
Hong Kong Daily News quoted Mr. A.J. Shephard as saying that it was premature to talk about any plan or decision to legalise "pak pai"
The Commissioner for Transport was commenting on a China Mail story which was picked up by the majority of non-Communist and Communist papers today.
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Published in major non-Communist papers but ignored by the Communist press were the Government Information Services releases on the educational progress during the past 12 years and on the details of re-allocating hawker stalls in Tsz Wan Shan Resettlement Estate.
Other stories concerned the cholera situation (Sing Tao, Kung Sheung, Wen Wei etc.) the provision of water supply to boat dwellers in the Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter (Wah Kiu) and the views expressed by Mr. Henry Hu, an Urban Councillor, on marriage reform (Sing Tao, Wah Kiu and Hong Kong Times).
Editorial
New Life Evening Post (23.7.) was happy over the remarks made by Mr. C.J.G. Lowe, the Deputy Director of Education, that the Secondary School Entrance Examination should ultimately be either abolished or modified.
Letter
correspondent of New Life Evening Post disclosed that a nine- year-old boy who was saved from his difficulties on the 19-mile-stone beach on July 17 subsequently died because of the delay caused by engine troubles of the ambulance on its way to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Wondering whether first aid was provided in ambulances, he expressed the hope that remedial measures would be taken to prevent the unnecessary loss of lives.
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