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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1979
HONG KONG STUDENTS COMMENDED IN ESSAY COMPETITION
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ESSAYS WRITTEN BY FOUR HONG KONG STUDENTS HAVE BEEN COMMENDED IN THE 1978/79 ESSAY COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY.
MISS PATRICIA FRANCES VANN OF SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE HAS BEEN +HIGHLY COMMENDED+ FOR HER ENTRY TO CLASS C OF THE COMPETITION, WHILE MISS ANGELA WANG OF THE SAME COLLEGE WAS +COMMENDED+ FOR HER ENTRY TO THE SAME CLASS.
IN CLASS A, TWO STUDENTS WERE +COMMENDED FOR THEIR ESSAYS. THEY ARE MISS ATHENA KWAI MAN-HA OF ST. MARY'S CANOSSIAN COLLEGE AND MISS REBECCA WONG OF SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE.
A TOTAL OF 175 SCHOOLS FROM 31 COUNTRIES TOOK PART IN THE COMPETITION, WHICH IS HELD ANNUALLY BY THE SOCIETY WITH A VIEW TO ENCOURAGING COMMONWEALTH STUDIES IN SCHOOLS.
CLASS A IS FOR CANDIDATES AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 19, WHILE CLASS B IS FOR STUDENTS OF 14 AND UNDER 16, AND CLASS C FOR THOSE UNDER 14.
THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARDS BOOK PRIZES TO THE BEST THREE COMPETITORS IN EACH CLASS OF THE PRELIMINARY ROUND HELD LOCALLY.
HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPETITION IS ORGANISED BY SIR DOUGLAS CLAGUE, THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY IN HONG KONG.
SUSPENSION OF TRAM SERVICES IN HAPPY VALLEY
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TRAM SERVICES BETWEEN HAPPY VALLEY AND KENNEDY TOWN, AND HAPPY VALLEY AND SHAU KEI WAN WILL STOP AT 11.30 P.M. ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 29) AND AGAIN ON OCTOBER 13 TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION WORKS AT THE CANAL ROAD EXTENSION.
THE LAST TRAMS TO DEPART FROM HAPPY VALLEY FOR SHAU KE! WAN AND KENNEDY TOWN WILL BE AT 10.24 P.M., ON THOSE TWO DAYS, WHILE THE LAST TRAMS FROM SHAU KEI WAN AND KENNEDY TOWN FOR HAPPY VALLEY WILL BE AT 10.26 P.M. AND 10.46 P.M.
EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO COMPLETE THE WORKS SO AS NOT TO CAUSE ANY DISRUPTION TO THE NORMAL SERVICE AROUND THE HAPPY VALLEY LOOP ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 30) AND SUNDAY (OCTOBER 14).