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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1980
FREE ADMISSION TICKETS TO THE SUMMER CARNIVAL ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT COMMUNITY YOUTH OFFICES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AND THE 17 DISTRICT OFFICES AND HEADQUARTERS OF THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE. TICKETS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FROM RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG ON MONDAY (AUGUST 18).
FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ATTEND THE CARNIVAL, THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL HAVE FOUR SPECIAL TRAINS ON THE DAY. TWO SPECIAL 'UP-TRAINS' WILL LEAVE HUNG HOM STATION AT 1.42 PM AND 2.01 PM AND ARRIVE AT THE SHA TIN RACE COURSE STATION AT 2.01 PM AND 2.23 PM RESPECTIVELY. THE TWO
SPECIAL
DOWN-TRAINS' WILL LEAVE THE RACE COURSE AT 8.28 PM AND 8.50 PM RESPECTIVELY.
KCR HAS ALSO ARRANGED FOR TWO REGULAR 'DOWN-TRAINS' TO PICK UP PASSENGERS AT THE RACE COURSE AT 8.32 PM AND 9.03 PM RESPECTIVELY. RETURN TICKETS AT $4 EACH CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE HUNG HOM STATION. ADVANCE BOOKING WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM THURSDAY (AUGUST 21).
AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF TRANSPORT, SPECTATORS MAY ALSO MAKE USE OF THE KMB ROUTE NO. 888 WHICH WILL TAKE THEM FROM SHA TIN MARKET TO THE RACE COURSE AT 20-MINUTE INTERVALS, UP TO 8.30 PM. THE SHA TIN MARKET IS ACCESSIBLE BY FEEDER BUS ROUTE NO. 70M FROM THE KOWLOON TONG MTR STATION.
MR JUSTICE YANG APPOINTED JUSTICE OF APPEAL
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MR JUSTICE YANG, THE COMMISSIONER OF INQUIRY IN RESPECT OF THE DEATH OF INSPECTOR JOHN MACLENNAN, HAS BEEN APPOINTED A JUSTICE OF APPEAL BY THE QUEEN.
NOTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO LANDSLIDES IN 1972 AND AS COMMISSIONER OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE CASE OF LEUNG WING-SANG, MR JUSTICE YANG HAD SAT IN THE COURT OF APPEAL ON MANY OCCASIONS.
HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1956 AND WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR MAGISTRATE IN 1963.
HE WAS APPOINTED AS DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1968 AND A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT IN 1975.
BORN IN SHANGHAI ON JUNE 30, 1929, MR JUSTICE YANG RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT THE SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, SHANGHA!, AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
HE THEN WENT TO LONDON TO STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AND WAS A MEMBER OF GRAY'S INN.
MR JUSTICE YANG WAS CALLED TO THE ENGLISH BAR IN 1953 BEFORE RETURNING TO HONG KONG AS A BARRISTER.
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