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KONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1974.
PORTER RETURNS TO DUTY IN DC AND I
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MR. ROY PORTER HAS RESUMED DUTY AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AFTER RETURNING FROM LEAVE IN BRITAIN.
HE REPLACES MR. ALEC PURVES AS HEAD OF THE INDUSTRY DIVISION. MR. PURVES, WHO HAS BEEN ACTING AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BECOMES THE PRINCIPAL TRADE OFFICER FOR INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION.
CLOSING CEREMONY OF YUEN LONG DISTRICT SUMMER PROGRAMME ******
A CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT 4.30 P.M. AT YUEN LONG TOWN HALL TO HARK THE END OF SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMES OF YUEN LONG DISTRICT.
THE CEREMONY WILL BE OFFICIATED BY MR. HSU HUNG, DISTRICT OFFICER OF YUEN LONG= MR. KWOK KA-CHI, PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER AND MR. T.S. MAN, DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER OF NEW TERRITORIES WEST.
SOUVENIRS WILL BE PRESENTED TO 30 ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAD GIVEN FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND CERTIFICATES TO 200 VOLUNTEERS AND 15 ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAD GIVEN THEIR TIME AND EFFORT IN RUNNING THE ACTIVITIES.
THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF $75,000 WAS SPENT IN ORGANISING 145 YOUTH PROGRAMMES INCLUDING OUTDOOR AND INDOOR ACTIVITIES.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 25,000 YOUTHS PARTICIPATED IN THESE PROGRAMMES.
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