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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1979.
TRAVEL SUBSIDY FOR SOME 500,000 STUDENTS
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BUS AND TRAM TRAVEL SUBSIDY WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE
TO SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OVER THE AGE OF 12 IN THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR, STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
ABOUT 500,000 STUDENTS TRAVELLING BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL ARE EXPECTED TO BENEFIT FROM THE REDUCED FARE SCHEME.
STUDENTS WISHING TO ENJOY THIS SUBSIDY SHOULD APPLY FOR STUDENT PASSES THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL.
THEY ARE ADVISED TO APPROACH THEIR SCHOOL FOR APPLICATION DETAILS BEFORE THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINS.
AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT CIRCULARS HAVE BEEN SENT TO ALL SCHOOLS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) INFORMING THEM OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE SCHEME.
+THESE CIRCULARS, WHICH SHOULD REACH ALL SCHOOLS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, OUTLINE IN DETAIL WITH SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION ON HOW SCHOOLS SHOULD APPLY EN BLOC DIRECT TO THE TWO BUS COMPANIES AND TRAM COMPANY,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
SCHOOLS HAVE ALSO BEEN ADVISED TO DISPLAY PROMINENT NOTICES INFORMING STUDENTS WHEN APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED, THE DATES OF WHICH HAVE BEEN LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF PRINCIPALS.
PREVIEW OF HONG KONG IN PROGRESS+
PHOTOGRAPHS IN LONDON
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A PREVIEW OF THE PRIZE-WINNING ENTRIES OF THE HONG KONG IN PROGRESS+ PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION HAS BEEN HELD IN LONDON,
THE PREVIEW, ATTENDED BY ABOUT 100 GUESTS INCLUDING THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. F.K. LI, THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. MR. E.P. HO AND THE POLITICAL ADVISER, DR. DAVID WILSON, WAS FORMALLY OPENED ON MONDAY (AUGUST 6) NIGHT BY ONE OF BRITAIN'S BEST-KNOWN PHOTOGRAPHERS, MR. DAVID BAILEY.
WELCOMING THE GUESTS, THE ACTING HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, MR. S.A. WEBB-JOHNSON, SAID HONG KONG HAD BEEN IN THE NEWS IN RECENT WEEKS MORE THAN AT ANY TIME HE COULD REMEMBER.
+HOWEVER, THE NEWS COVERAGE HAS CONCENTRATED ON REFUGEES, AND THIS EXHIBITION WILL GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE OTHER ASPECTS OF LIFE IN HONG KONG,+ HE ADDED.
MR. WEBB-JOHNSON ALSO THANKED THE ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAD HELPED TO MAKE THE EXHIBITION POSSIBLE THE COMPANIES ON THE COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION IN LONDON FOR DONATING THE PRIZE MONEY, BRITISH AIRWAYS FOR PROVIDING THE TWO RETURN AIR TICKETS FROM HONG KONG TO LONDON WHICH FORMED AN ADDITIONAL PRIZE FOR THE BEST ENTRY, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ASAH! PENTAX GALLERY FOR ALLOWING THEIR PREMISES TO BE USED FOR THE EXHIBITION.
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