MONDAY, MAY 19, 1980
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BEATING THE RUSH FOR TRAVEL PAPERS
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STUDENTS INTENDING TO STUDY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SHOULD APPLY FOR ENTRY CLEARANCE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID THE SUMMER RUSH, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ADVISED TODAY.
+LAST YEAR MORE THAN 5 000 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED WITH
NEARLY HALF OF THEM IN JUNE AND JULY, HE SAID.
HE EXPLAINED THAT NORMALLY, PROCESSING OF A STUDENT APPLICATION TAKES ABOUT SEVEN DAYS TO TWO WEEKS DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF APPLICATION. BUT IT MAY TAKE TWO TO THREE WEEKS OR LONGER DURING THE PEAK SEASON, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO ADIVSED PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE SUMMER TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY CLEARANCE WELL IN ADVANCE.
+HERE AGAIN, SUMMER IS THE PEAK SEASON. EARLY APPLICATION WILL NOT ONLY LIGHTEN THE WORKLOAD OF THE DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO GIVE APPLICANTS EXTRA TIME TO MEET ANY FURTHER PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS, + HE ADDED.
ENTRIES INVITED TO WORLD ART EXHIBITION
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HONG KONG HAS BEEN INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE 22ND WORLD SCHOOL CHILDREN'S ART EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY THE YOOK YOUNG FOUNDATION, KOREA, TO BE HELD AT THE KOREAN CHILDREN'S CENTRE IN SEOUL THIS OCTOBER.
SCHOOL CHILDREN AGED 6 TO 12 ARE WELCOME TO SUBMIT ENTRIES THROUGH THEIR HEADS OF SCHOOL FOR SELECTION, THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON THE THEME OF THEIR WORK.
ACCEPTABLE TYPES OF ENTRY ARE DRAWING, PAINTING, PRINT, COLLAGE OR ANY OTHER TWO-DIMENSIONAL WORK AT A MAXÍMUM SIZE OF 55 CM BY 40 CM.
MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES OF MERIT WILL BE AWARDED BY THE ORGANISER FOR OUTSTANDING PIECES OF WORK.
THE AIM OF THE EXHIBITION IS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING, TO STRENGTHEN FRIENDSHIP AND TO ENCOURAGE ART EDUCATION THROUGH THE EXCHANGE OF CHILDREN'S ART.
HEADS OF ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND IN THE ENTRIES OF THEIR PUPILS TO THE INSPECTOR (ART), EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, BY JULY 8.