TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1976
OFFICIAL TRANSPORT (BUS AM5005) WILL LEAVE MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, AT 9 A.M. SHARP TO TAKE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO SHA TIN AND BACK. MR. CROSBY AND MR. CHIEN WILL ALSO BE ON THE BUS TO POINT OUT AND EXPLAIN THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE WAY,
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO MAKE USE OF THE TRANSPORT FACILITY ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT MURRAY BUILDING CARPARK BY 3.45 A.M. ON SATURDAY. THOSE MAKING THEIR OWN TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS MAY JOIN THE MAIN PRESS PARTY FOR THE BRIEFING AT SHA TIN HEIGHTS HOTEL BY 9.20 A.M. AT THE HOTEL.
ENQUIRIES REGARDING THE PRESS ARRANGEMENTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE P.W.D. PUBLICITY UNIT, MURRAY BUILDING, TELEPHONES 5-262527 OR 5-251111 EXT. 2116 OR 2701.
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DEATH SENTENCES
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THE GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCES PASSED ON FOUR MEN LAST YEAR SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
LAW SHUN-WAN AND HUNG KWAI-LAN, WHO WERE FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF SIN TUNG, WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON JULY 11, 1975 WHILE CHUNG TAK-FAI AND LAI KIM-HUNG, WHO WERE FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF LAM KO-SHING, WERE GIVEN THE DEATH SENTENCE ON AUGUST 7, 1975.
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