TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1976
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REMINDER TO PARENTS AND SCHOOLS REGARDING
SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ACTION COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES AND THE CONSUMER COUNCIL TODAY ISSUED A REMINDER TO SCHOOL TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY SHOULD NOT RESTRICT THE SALE OF SCHOOL BOOKS, UNIFORMS AND OTHER SUPPLIES TO ONE SUPPLIER AND PRICES FOR THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE KEPT AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
AT THE SAME TIME, PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT THEY ARE FREE TO PURCHASE SCHOOL SUPPLIES WHERE THEY WISH.
IT WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO REMIND SCHOOLS AND PARENTS OF THESE POINTS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN SO MANY SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN WERE PREPARING FOR THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR.
SPOKESMAN FOR THE ACTION COMMITTEE AND THE CONSUMER COUNCIL REMARKED THAT IT WAS PLEASING TO NOTE THAT SCHOOL AUTHORITIES HAD ACTED SO RESPONSIBLY IN FOLLOWING THE CODE OF PRACTICE SINCE IT WAS FIRST ISSUED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY 1975. IT WAS HOPED THAT SCHOOL AUTHORITIES, PARENTS AND PUPILS WOULD CONTINUE TO CO-OPERATE.
SWD DISTRICT OFFICE MOVES ******
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION, SITUATED AT SHEK LEI WELFARE BUILDING, 1ST FLOOR, TSUEN WAN, WILL MOVE TO ITS NEW PREMISES ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 5).
FROM THAT DAY IT WILL OPERATE AT KWAI KING BUILDING, 31 KWONG FAI CIRCUIT, 1ST FLOOR, KWAI CHUNG.
THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, WHICH WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED, ARE:
SUPERVISOR
CASEWORKERS
12-212043
12-213488
12-212046
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