Saturday, January 10, 1976
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EARLY PAY DAYS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
People receiving public assistance or disability and infirmity
allowances the pay days of which fall within the Lunar New Year Holidays
will be able to get their money earlier, a spokesman for the Social Welfare
Department announced today.
Mr. Stephen Ng, Deputy Secretary (Operations), said that as in
previous years, arrangements had been made with the post offices, district
offices in the New Territories and treasury offices, to enable recipients to
cash their vouchers earlier,
Those whose pay days fall on January 31, February 1, 2, 3 will be
able to get their money on January 27, 28, 29 and 30 respectively.
CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS IN SHAM SHUI PO
Urban clearway restrictions will be introduced in Wong Chuk Street
between Tai Nan Street and Lai Chi Kok Road in Sham Shui Po from 10 a.m,
next Wednesday (January 14).
All motor vehicles, except franchised buses, will be prohibited
from stopping in this section of Wong Chuk Street to pick up or set down
passengers and to load and unload goods between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7pm daily.
From the same day, all public light buses will be prohibited from
stopping in this section of wrong Chuk Street to set down or pick up passengers
between the hours of 7 a.m. and midnight daily.
Appropriate traffic signs will be put up to guide motorists.
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