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THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1975
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT WITH THE AUGMENTED RANGE OF COINS, THE NUMBER OF COINS PER PERSON WILL DE 137 A REDUCTION OF 56 COIUS.
WITH FEVER AND LIGHTER COINS NEEDED FOR TRANSACTION, THE WEIGHT OF COINS IN ONE'S POCKET WILL 12 MORE THAN 40 PERCENT LIGHTER.
TO ACHIEVE UNIFORMITY IN THE METAL CONTENT OF THE CENT AND DOLLAR DENOMINATION COINS AS PROPOSED BY COTAGE REVIEU COMMITTEE, THE 20-CENT COIN IS HINTED OF NICKEL-LASS, THE SANE AS THAT FOR 10-CENT AND FIVE-CENT PIECES UNILE CÜPRO- NICKEL IS USED IN THE $2 COIN, THE SAME AS THAT FOR $1.
IN THE PHASED NEW COIN INTRODUCTION PROGRAMME, THE NEW CUPRO-NICKEL $1 COIN, A LIGHTER AND SMALLER ONE THAN THE EXISTING $1 PIECE, WILL COME INTO CIRCULATION IN AUGUST NEXT YEAR.
THE NEW 50-CENT AND A $5 COIN WILL BE INTRODUCED IN AUGUST 1977, THE NEW 50-CENT PIECE WILL BE MINTED OF NICKEL- ERASS AND THE $5 COIN, CUPRO-NICKEL.
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WOMEN ATTAIN HIGHER STATUS IN SOCIETY
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, TODAY PRAISED THE SISTERS OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR HONGKONG WOMEN TO ATTAIN A HIGHER STATUS IN SOCIETY.
IN THE PAST, THE PLACE OF WOMEN WAS IN THE HOME. BUT NOW THEY HAD A GREATER ROLE TO PLAY IN SOCIETY. WOMEN WITH KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WERE IN DEMAND, HE SAID.
MR. TOPLEY WAS SPEAKING AT THE CITY HALL DURING THE JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE TACK CHING GIRLS' MIDDLE SCHOOL THE PRECIOUS BLOOD GIRLS' MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOLY TRINITY COLLÈGE AND THE TACK CHING EVENING SCHOOL.
THE SISTERS OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD HAD GIVEN GOOD SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE FIELDS DURING THE PAST 53 YEARS, MR. TOPLEY SAID.
AS EDUCATORS, THE SISTERS OPERATED FOUR GIRLS' MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SIX PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND THREE KINDERGARTENS WITH THE TOTAL ENROLMENT OF OVER 10,000 PUPILS.
MR. TOPLEY CONGRATULATED THE SCHOOL LEAVERS AND SAID HE WAS SURE THAT THE EDUCATION THEY RECEIVED IN THE SCHOOLS RUN BY THE SISTERS OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD WOULD STAND THEM IN GOOD STEAD TO ASSUME THEIR PLACES AND RESPNOSIBILITIES IN SOCIETY.
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