SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1981
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BOOK ON NAMES OF BUILDINGS ON SALE
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A NEW EDITION OF +NAMES OF BUILDINGS+, COMPILED BY THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT, IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $64 EACH.
THE BOOK CONTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF BUILDING NAMES WITH THE OFFICIAL ADDRESSES AND INCLUDES THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE NAMES.
THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS.
PART ONE CONTAINS NAMES OF BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON, AND PART TWO CONTAINS THOSE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, INCLUDING MOST OF THE OUTLYING ISLANDS. IN ADDITION, AN INDEX OF CHINESE NAMES IS PROVIDED IN EACH PART.
THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION, MR R.A. FRY SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THE NUMBER OF BUILDING NAMES RECORDED HAS NOW GROWN TO OVER 7 500, AND THERE IS CONSIDERABLE DEMAND FOR THE BOOK FROM BOTH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND PRIVATE BUSINESSES+.
PRISONS DEPARTMENT DONATES TO COMMUNITY CHEST
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THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT RAISED A TOTAL OF $33 402 FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING IN MARCH, 1981.
THE MONEY, A RECORD SUM RAISED BY THE DEPARTMENT. CAME FROM CONTRIBUTIONS BY ITS STAFF AND A CHARITY WALK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, JUST OVER $28 000 WAS RAISED FOR THE CHEST.
AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD IN PRISONS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS TODAY, THE VICE PATRON OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST, MR YU LOOK-YAU, RECEIVED A CHEQUE FOR THE AMOUNT FROM SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS, MR SIMON LAM CHUN-PANG. SUPERINTENDENT LAM WAS THE DEPARTMENT'S CO-ORDINATOR OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN FOR THE YEAR.