THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1978

BALLOT FOR NT BATHING SHEDS

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THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR THE USE OF PRIVATE AND CLUB BATHING SHEDS ON NEW TERRITORIES BEACHES FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) UNTIL FEBRUARY 17.

AN URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT APPLICATION FORMS, AT $20 EACH, CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS, 19-23 AUSTIN AVENUE, KOWLOON, FROM JANUARY 27 TO FEBRUARY 17. FORMS MUST BE RETURNED BEFORE FEBRUARY 18.

COMPLETED

THERE IS A TOTAL OF 48 BATHING SHEDS ON BEACHES ALONG THE CASTLE PEAK ROAD. A BALLOT TO ALLOCATE THE SHEDS WILL TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 22.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

PASSING-OUT PARADE OF PRISON OFFICERS

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A TOTAL OF 102 PRISON OFFICERS AND ASSISTANT OFFICERS WHO RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING WILL TAKE PART IN A PASSING-OUT PARADE AT THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY AT 11 A.M. ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 28).

SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS, MR. LO KWOK-KUEN, WHO IS RETIRING SHORTLY, WILL INSPECT THE PARADE.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE EVENT. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VAN WILL LEAVE AT 10 A.M. ON SATURDAY FROM THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AT GUARDIAN HOUSE, 01 KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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