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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1975.
N.T. SCHOOLS WIN TOP PRIZES IN
FLOWER GROWING AND VEGETABLE PLANTING COMPETITIONS
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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 ARE 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 BY MR. CHAUNCEY NG, DISTRICT GOVERNOR, LIONS INTERNATIONAL, DISTRICT 303.
THE FIRST PRIZE OF $700 AND A PENNANT WILL BE AWARDED TO LO WAL 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 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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