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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1984
PUBLIC URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS
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STUDENTS WERE URGED TODAY TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT BOARDS BY ENCOURAGING THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS DURING THE REGISTRATION EXERCISE IN AUGUST.
THE CALL WAS MADE BY THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON, AT THE SPEECH DAY OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK YUEN LONG DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL.
HE CALLED UPON THE GRADUATES TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND HELP MAKE THE DISTRICT MORE PROSPEROUS.
MR WILSON SAID KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED FROM TEXTBOOKS WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR STUDENTS TO COPE WITH ALL THE HAPPENINGS IN SOCIETY, AND HE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTICIPATION AND EXPERIENCE.
TO THIS END, HE ENCOURAGED STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN MORE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS FOR THE IR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION.
SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION WAS ADVANCING RAPIDLY IN YUEN LONG,
HE SAID.
TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH MODERN FACILITIES WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN KAI TEI BY SEPTEMBER AND ANOTHER TWO, AT THE LONG PING ESTATE, WILL BE READY IN 1986,
A VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL WILL BE SET UP IN 1985 TO SYNCHRONISE WITH THE FAST DEVELOPING INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCES IN THE DISTRICT.
POST OFFICE NO. 95 DUE
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A NEW POST OFFICE WILL BE OPENED ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 20) ON THE GROUND FLOOR SHOP UNIT OF NO. 3, BLOCK D, TOWN CENTRE, GINKGO ROAD, FAIRVIEW PARK, YUEN LONG, NEW TERRITORIES.
IT WILL BE THE 95TH POST OFFICE IN HONG KONG.
TO MARK THE OCCASION, A SHORT OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 11 AM, PERFORMED BY MR MAN PING-NAM, THE FIRST VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE SAN TIN RURAL COMMITTEE AND MR CLIFFORD C.F. WONG, DEVELOPER OF THE FAIRVIEW PARK. ALSO PRESENT WILL BE THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR HUGH ARDLEY, AND THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, YUEN LONG, MR T.F. LAM.
IN THE INTEREST OF PHILATELISTS, A SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE OCCASION WHEN UNREGISTERED +FIRST DAY+ COVERS PREPARED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND BEARING A LOCAL ADDRESS WILL BE ACCEPTED OVER THE COUNTER. THE COVERS WILL BE IMPRESSED WITH THE NORMAL POST OFFICE DATESTAMP AND HANDED BACK TO THE PERSONS PRESENTING THEM.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY.
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