WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1978
THERE ARE NOW 14 MARRIAGE REGISTRIES INCLUDING THE ONE AT CITY HALL WHICH ALSO OPENS ON SUNDAY MORNING. PLANS ARE IN HAND TO OPEN MORE REGISTRIES IN THE NEW TOWNS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC, MR. TAN ADDED.
MR. TAN WILL BE RETIRING IN MARCH THIS YEAR. HE WAS AWARDED AN M.B.E. LAST YEAR FOR HIS LONG AND DEDICATED SERVICE.
GOOD RESPONSE TO TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL EMBLEM DESIGN COMPETITIONS
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THE COMPETITIONS TO FIND THE EMBLEM AND MURAL DESIGNS FOR USE IN THE $23 MILLION TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL HAVE GOT OFF TO A GOOD START.
MORE THAN 1,000 ENTRY FORMS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES AND PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES AND MANY OTHERS ARE BEING HANDED OUT BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICES.
THE COMPETITIONS REPRESENT THE FIRST MAJOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECT BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD WHICH HAS ALLOCATED $23,000 IN CASH AND OTHER PRIZES FOR THE COMPETITION WINNERS.
+THE RESPONSE SO FAR HAS BEEN MOST ENCOURAGING AND WE EXPECT MORE PEOPLE TO COME AND COLLECT THEIR ENTRY FORMS, + THE SECRETARY FOR THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, MR. BENJAMIN TANG, SAID TODAY.
IN TSUEN WAN ALONE, HE SAID, SOME 500 ENTRY FORMS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
THE COMPETITION FOR THE EMBLEM DESIGN IS OPEN TO ALL HONG KONG RESIDENTS, AND THE ONE ON THE MURAL DESIGNS IS DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS GROUND-FLOOR MURAL, OPEN TO ANY HONG KONG RESIDENTS FIRST-FLOOR MURAL, TO PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SECOND-FLOOR MURAL, TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
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ANY NUMBER OF ENTRIES CAN BE SUBMITTED TO THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE TSUEN WAN OR KWAI CHUNG TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICES, OR TO THE ART SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CULTURAL CRAFTS CENTRE.
ALL ENTRIES SHOULD BE SUBMITTED FLAT, NOT ROLLED, TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETED ENTRY FORM, BEFORE THE END OF MARCH THIS YEAR.
ENTRY FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AS WELL AS ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE AT 12-435438 OR 12-271335.
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