WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1977
SNAKE YEAR GOLD COINS OVERSUBSCRIBED
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OVER 27,000 APPLICATIONS FOR THE GOLD COINS TO MARK THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE WERE RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHEN APPLICATIONS CLOSED NINE DAYS AGO (JANUARY 17).
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT THERE WERE MORE THAN 20,000 APPLICATIONS FOR 10,500 UNCIRCULATED AND 7,000 APPLICATIONS FOR 5,000 PROOF ISSUES - 1.75 TIMES THE NUMBER OF COINS TO BE
ISSUED LOCALLY.
AS A RESULT OF OVERSUBSCRIPTION, A BALLOT WAS HELD ON COMPUTER.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WERE BEING NOTIFIED BY LETTER AND THE COINS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM NEXT TUESDAY (FEBRUARY 1).
EXHIBITION ON PROBATION AND CORRECTIONS SERVICE ******
THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR GEOFFREY BRIGGS AND THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AN EXHIBITION ON +PROBATION AND CORRECTIONS SERVICE+ AT THE MAIN CONCOURSE OF THE OCEAN TERMINAL AT 11 A.M. ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 29).
ORGANISED BY THE PROBATION AND CORRECTIONS DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE THREE-DAY EXHIBITION WILL SHOW THE PUBLIC THE WORK ON REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS - THE PROBATION SERVICE, THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE AFTERCARE SERVICE.
THE EXHIBITION WILL FEATURE SLIDE SHOWS, CHARTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, CARTOON AND HANDICRAFT MADE BY RESIDENTS OF THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
CONTEST QUIZ WILL ALSO BE ORGANISED FOR THE SPECTATORS.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC UP TO 9 P.M. AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY ON SATURDAY- 9 A.M. TO 9 P.M. THE FOLLOWING DAY AND 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M. ON THE LAST DAY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO HAVE THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXHIBITION COVERED. IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MAIN CONCOURSE OF THE OCEAN TERMINAL ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 29) AT 11 A.M.
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