MONDAY, MAY 23, 1977
REDUNDANT TEACHERS REGISTERED FOR PLACEMENT
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PLACEMENT SERVICE TODAY BEGAN REGISTERING REDUNDANT TEACHERS AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSURE OF UNDER-UTILISED CLASSES IN SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
UP TO 5 P.M. 144 TEACHERS HAD PRESENTED THEMSELVES FOR REGISTRATION.
ALL TEACHERS CONCERNED HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED IN WRITING THAT THEY MUST REGISTER BY 5 P.M. ON MAY 27 (FRIDAY).
MR. TANG YAN, SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE PLACEMENT SERVICE, SAID THAT HE WOULD DO HIS BEST TO PLACE REDUNDANT TEACHERS IN ALTERNATIVE POSTS IN OTHER SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WHERE THERE WERE VACANCIES ARISING FROM THE OPENING OF NEW CLASSES, RETIREMENT AND NORMAL WASTAGE.
MR. TANG SAID THAT AS FROM JUNE 1 HIS PLACEMENT SERVICE WOULD START REFERRING REDUNDANT TEACHERS TO THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES OF OTHER SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT.
HE ANTICIPATED THAT THE PLACEMENT OF THE TEACHERS CONCERNED WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF JULY.
MARINE LAUNCH SUPPLIES WATER TO REMOTE VILLAGES
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VILLAGERS IN REMOTE TUNG AH ON HIGH ISLAND, SAI KUNG, WERE GREATLY RELIEVED WHEN MARINE DEPARTMENT LAUNCH NO. 31 CALLED THIS MORNING.
THE LAUNCH, CARRYING SOME 1,500 GALLONS OF FRESH WATER FOR THE USE OF THE VILLAGERS, TODAY MADE ITS FIRST SPECIAL TRIP TO HELP THEM TIDE OVER THE CURRENT DROUGHT.
MARINE DEPARTMENT STAFF BORROWED ABOUT 120 YARDS OF FIRE HOSE FOR THE SPECIAL OPERATION, AS THE DEEP-DRAUGHT LAUNCH COULD NOT GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO SHORE TO UNLOAD THE WATER.
THE WATER WAS PUMPED INTO INFLATABLE TANKS GIVEN TO THE VILLAGE BY THE ARMY EARLIER THIS MONTH.
THE 170 RESIDENTS OF TUNG AH AND NEARBY SHA KIU HAD BEEN DEPENDING ON WELL WATER AND A STREAM HALF AN HOUR AWAY FOR THE IR WATER SUPPLY.
THE WELLS HAVE DRIED UP LONG TIME AGO AND THE WATER IN THE STREAM HAS FAST DWINDLED.
THE RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND HELPED A LITTLE TO BRING SOME RELIEF BUT THE WATER IS STILL TOO MUDDY TO BE GOOD FOR DRINKING.
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN TO CARRY WATER TO THE TWO VILLAGES BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH INACCESSIBLE BY LAND TRANSPORT. TUNG AH WILL RECEIVE WATER THREE TIMES A WEEK AND SHA KIU ONCE A WEEK.