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FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1975
$18 MILLION DEFICIT RECORDED IN APRIL
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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 1975 SHOW A DEFICIT OF $18 MILLION COMPARED WITH A DEFICIT OF $33 MILLION . IN APRIL LAST YEAR.
TOTAL REVENUE FOR THE MONTH AT $405 MILLION WAS $68 MILLION MORE THAN IN APRIL 1974 DUE MAINLY TO INCREASES IN RATES AND INTERNAL REVENUE.
TOTAL EXPENDITURE AT $423 MILLION WAS $53 MILLION MORE THAN FOR THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR MAINLY BECAUSE OF INCREASED SPENDING ON PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS AND PAYMENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
117 RECEIVE SILVER AWARDS ******
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN BOYS AND GIRLS RECEIVED THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH SILVER AWARD THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNTH TOPLEY, AT THE MARINERS' CLUB.
HE TOLD THE WINNERS THAT THEY HAD GAINED THE SILVER AWARD FOR PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT RATHER THAN GROUP ACHIEVEMENT.
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AS A PERSON. +IT IS GOOD TO FACE PROBLEMS AS AN INDIVIDUAL BUT DO NOT FORGET THAT INDIVIDUALS FROM GROUPS, AND THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR INDIVIDUALS TO WORK TOGETHER IN GROUPS FOR THE PROGRESS OF ALL,+ NR. TOPLEY SAID.
THE DIRECTOR EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD GO ON TO WORK FOR THE GOLD AWARD REMEMBERING THIS.
EARLIER, AT THE JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY OF SALVATION ARMY SCHOOLS AT TSZ WAN SHAN, MR. TOPLEY SPOKE ABOUT CHARACTER TRAINING AND PRAISED THE SALVATION ARMY FOR ITS WORK IN THE EDUCATIONAL FIELD AS WELL AS ITS CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.
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