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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1979
+SERVICE AS A TEACHER-LIBRARIAN WILL COUNT AS TEACHING EXPERIENCE FOR PROMOTION PURPOSES, MRS. LUK SAID.
MORE THAN 200 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL EVENTUALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS SCHEME, SHE SAID.
THE MAIN DUTIES OF A TEACHER-LIBRARIAN ARE THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY.
+TEACHER-LIBRARIANS SHOULD ALWAYS BE READY TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THE LIBRARY AS A MEDIUM OF LEARNING, AND TO ENSURE THAT AFTER THEY GRADUATE STUDENTS CAN EFFECTIVELY MAKE USE OF FACILITIES IN PUBLIC AND OTHER LIBRARIES TO ENRICH THE IR KNOWLEDGE,+ MRS. LUK SAID.
TICD SAYS FAREWELL TO RETIRING HEAD ATTENDANT
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STAFF OF THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BID FAREWELL TO A LONG-TIME COLLEAGUE, HEAD ATTENDANT MR. WONG HOK-LING, WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 38 YEARS SERVICE IN THE GOVERNMENT.
AT A BRIEF CEREMONY HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS, THE DIRECTOR, MR. DAVID JORDAN, PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF A SOUVENIR GIFT TO MR. WONG, AND THANKED HIM FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT.
MR. WONG, AGED 60, FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN 1941 AS A MESSENGER. SIX YEARS LATER, HE WAS POSTED TO THE THEN IMPORT AND EXPORT DEPARTMENT, THE PREDECESSOR OF THE PRESENT TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, DURING HIS LONG SPAN OF SERVICE, MR. WONG SAW THE DEPARTMENT GROW TO ITS PRESENT STRENGTH OF 2 500 STAFF TO MEET ITS INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES.
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LONG AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT, MR. WONG WAS AWARDED THE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN 1973.
NEW TIMETABLE FOR TRAIN SERVICES
BETWEEN KOWLOON AND GUANGZHOU
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THROUGH TRAIN SERVICES BETWEEN KOWLOON AND GUANGZHOU WILL ARRIVE AND DEPART ONE HOUR EARLIER STARTING THIS SUNDAY (OCTOBER 21).
FROM THAT DAY, THE PASSENGER TRAIN WILL ARRIVE AT 11.26 A.M. AND DEPART AT 1 P.M.
OTHER REGULAR TRAIN SCHEDULES WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.
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