SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1982
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS DURING NEW YEAR PERIOD
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR CASHING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE COUPONS DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
PAYMENTS WITH PAY DATES ON JANUARY 24, LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE,
MAY BE COLLECTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 20.
COUPONS WITH PAY DATES ON JANUARY 25, LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY, MAY BE CASHED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 21.
COUPONS WITH PAY DATES ON JANUARY 26, MAY BE CASHED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 22, WHILE THOSE WITH PAY DATES ON JANUARY 27 MAY BE CASHED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 23.
STAFF OF SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNITS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO INFORM THEIR CLIENTS OF THE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS.
SCHOOLS DANCE FESTIVAL
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FIFTEEN TEAMS OF HANDICAPPED STUDENTS WILL TAKE PART IN THE 18TH SCHOOLS' DANCE FESTIVAL TO BE HELD FROM FEBRUARY 3 TO 17.
+RESPONSE TO THE FESTIVAL IS GOOD AND ALTOGETHER 348 TEAMS FROM 233 SCHOOLS HAVE APPLIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FESTIVAL,+ AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING TOTALS 3 421.
DANCE ITEMS WILL INCLUDE WESTERN FOLK OR NATIONAL DANCE, ORIENTAL DANCE AND CREATIVE DANCE.
ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT CLEMENTI MIDDLE SCHOOL IN FORTRESS HILL ROAD, NORTH POINT, AND IN KOWLOON, IT WILL BE HELD AT THE HONG KONG SZE YAP COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION WONG TAI SHAN MEMORIAL COLLEGE IN NAM CHEONG STREET. IN THE NEW TERRITORIES THE VENUE IS TSUEN WAN GOVERNMENT
SECONDARY SCHOOL, 70 HOI PA STREET, TSUEN WAN.
WINNERS' PERFORMANCES AND PRIZE-GIVING WILL BE HELD FROM APRIL 13 TO 19 AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL, AND ON APRIL 24 AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL,
THE DANCE FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION.
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