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FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1983
SEMINAR FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
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A SEMINAR FEATURING +LANGUAGE LEARNING SKILLS AND LEARNING LANGUAGE SKILLS WILL BE HELD ON MAY 14 FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND/FORE IGN LANGUAGE, THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AT THE CENTRE'S HONG KONG UNIT AT 9A BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG.
THE PRINCIPAL LECTURER OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC'S DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE, MR YU FONG-YING, WILL PRESENT THE THEME SPEECH.
THERE WILL BE PLACES FOR 80 SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE TREATED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
HEADS OF SCHOOLS WISHING TO NOMINATE TEACHERS TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR NOMINATIONS TO THE SENIOR INSPECTOR, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE, 9A BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG ON OR BEFORE APRIL 28.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE SEMINAR MAY BE MADE AT THE CENTRE AT TEL. NO. 5-482537.
OLD TEN-CENT COINS TO BE WITHDRAWN
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THE OLD, HEAVIER NICKEL-AND-BRASS TEN-CENT COINS WILL CEASE TO BE LEGAL TENDER FROM JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR.
A PROCLAMATION ON THIS IS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.
THIS MEANS THAT FROM JANUARY 1, 1984, THERE WILL BE NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO ACCEPT THESE OLD COINS IN SATISFACTION OF DEBTS NOT EXCEEDING TWO DOLLARS, THE LEGAL TENDER LIMIT FOR TEN-CENT COINS. THE COINS BECAME LEGAL TENDER ON FEBRUARY 16, 1949.
THE PUBLIC SHOULD THEREFORE EXCHANGE THEIR COINS AT BANKS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR,
ALTHOUGH SHOPKEEPERS AND OTHERS NEED NOT ACCEPT THE COINS AFTER THAT TIME, THE BANKS HOWEVER, WILL ACCEPT THEM FOR EXCHANGE.
THE NEW, SMALLER, TEN-CENT COIN, ALSO MADE OF NICKEL-AND- BRASS, WAS INTRODUCED ON JULY 2, 1982. SINCE THAT DATE THE OLD COINS RECEIVED BY THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM CIRCULATION.
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