WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1985
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EDUCATION COMMITMENT 'GLADLY ACCEPTED'
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PUBLIC EDUCATION SERVICE WAS A COSTLY BUSINESS, BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAD GLADLY ACCEPTED THIS COMMITMENT, AS AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID TODAY.
+WE ARE GLAD ALSO THAT WE ARE SUPPORTED BY AGENCIES LIKE THE SALVATION ARMY, WHOSE EXPERTISE AND UNDERSTANDING ENHANCE THE SERVICE THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES, HE SAID,
MR WIGGHAM WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE SALVATION ARMY CHAN KWAN TUNG KINDERGARTEN IN YAU MA TEI THIS AFTERNOON.
MR WIGGHAM POINTED OUT THAT THE REASON FOR THE HIGH STANDARD OF LITERACY IN HONG KONG, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUNGER GENERATION, WAS BECAUSE EDUCATION WAS BOTH COMPULSORY AND FREE.
+IT ALSO HELPS EXPLAIN WHY SO MANY OF THE BRIGHTEST PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD ARE HONG KONG CHINESE, ALL OF WHOM MADE THEIR EDUCATION START IN A KINDERGARTEN SOMEWHERE IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
MR WIGGHAM ALSO PRAISED THE SALVATION ARMY FOR RECOGNISING EDUCATION NEEDS IN YAU MA TEI AS A PRIORITY AND FOR BEING WILLING TO MAKE SPACE AVAILABLE IN THEIR NEW COMMAND HEADQUARTERS.
SATURDAY BALLOT FOR 3 776 HOS FLATS
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL HOLD A BALLOT ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 26) TO DECIDE THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS FOR THE 3 776 FLATS BEING OFFERED FOR SALE UNDER PHASE VIIA OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY SAID TODAY THAT OF THE 16 889 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, 6 709 WERE FROM VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF GREEN-FORM APPLICANTS AND 10 180 FROM WHITE-FORM PRIVATE SECTOR APPLICANTS.
HE ADDED THAT THOSE APPLICANTS WHO STILL HAD NOT RECEIVED A RECEIPT SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE HOME OWNERSHIP CENTRE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE OI MAN COMMERCIAL CENTRE OR TELEPHONE 3-7119147.
MR HU FA-KUANG, MEMBER OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND ALSO ITS HOME OWNERSHIP COMMITTEE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE BALLOT WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE HOME OWNERSHIP CENTRE AT 11 AM ON SATURDAY.
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