SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1983
A TOTAL OF 266 MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS HAVE BECOME LICENTIATE DOCTORS AFTER PASSING THE THREE-PART EXAMINATION AND SATISFACTORILY COMPLETING AN EXTERNSHIP SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TEST IN 1977. AT PRESENT ANOTHER 141 ARE UNDERGOING THE 18-MONTH PERIOD OF EXTERNSHIP IN GOVERNMENT-DESIGNATED HOSPITALS.
NEW MAXICAB ROUTE INTRODUCED
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A NEW MAXICAB ROUTE NO. 20 RUNNING BETWEEN TAI PO MARKET AND SAM MUN TSAT WILL BE IN OPERATION FROM TUESDAY (FEBRUARY 1).
THE OPERATING HOURS WILL BE FROM 6 AM TO 10.30 PM DAILY, WITH A PEAK PERIOD FREQUENCY OF EVERY FIVE MINUTES. A FLAT FARE OF $1.50 WILL BE CHARGED.
SPECIAL TRIPS WILL ALSO BE ARRANGED TO TERMINATE AT SHUEN WAN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA INSTEAD OF SAM MUN TSA! TO BETTER SERVE COMMUTERS.
HONG KONG BAND TO GIVE THREE CONCERTS IN MACAU
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THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND WILL PRESENT TWO INDOOR CONCERTS IN MACAU LATER TODAY TO BE FOLLOWED BY AN OPEN-AIR CONCERT TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
HEADED BY THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MR CLIVE OXLEY, THE 60-MEMBER BAND WILL GIVE THE CONCERTS AT THE CINETEATRO MACAU ONE IN THE AFTERNOON AND ANOTHER IN THE EVENING. TOMORROW'S CONCERT WILL BE GIVEN AT THE COLEGIO DE SANTA ROSA DE LIMA IN THE MORNING,
SHORTLY BEFORE LEAVING FOR MACAU THIS MORNING, MR OXLEY SAID THE AIM OF THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT ORGANISING THE TOUR IS TO PROMOTE BAND MUSIC AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
IN HONG KONG AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES.
THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND VISITED MACAU IN MAY
1979 AND GAVE TWO PUBLIC PERFORMANCES.
PROGRAMMES OF THE THREE CONCERTS IN MACAU INCLUDED CLASSICAL MUSIC, POPULAR TELEVISION THEME SONGS, LIGHT MUSIC FROM FILM SHOWS AND CHILDREN'S SONGS.
THE BAND WILL RETURN FROM MACAU TOMORROW.
WINNERS AND