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+ IT IS HOPED THAT BY GIVING DUE RECOGNITION TO THOSE WHO HAVE RENDERED COMMENDABLE VOLUNTARY SERVICES, MORE PEOPLE WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO BECOME INVOLVED IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY, + A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE PRIMARY THE SCHEME IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES SCHOOL SECTION, THE SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL SECTION, THE WORKING PEOPLE SECTION AND THE NON-WORKING PEOPLE SECTION.
THE NOMINEES MUST EITHER LIVE, WORK OR STUDY IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT. NOMINEES IN THE NON-WORKING PEOPLE SECTION CAN BE HOUSEWIVES AND RETIRED PERSONS.
THEY SHOULD HAVE RENDERED VOLUNTARY SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY, DISABLED, YOUTH OR CHILDREN, OR HAVE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATIONS, NON-PROFIT MAKING WELFARE BODIES, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ICAC.
DEADLINE FOR NOMINATION IS APRIL 15, 1986, AND FORMS HAVE BEEN SENT TO VARIOUS LOCAL BODIES AND CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE. ENQUIRIES ON DETAILS OF NOMINATION CAN BE MADE TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE ON 5-540271.
AN ADJUDICATING PANEL APPOINTED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL EXAMINE ALL NOMINATIONS AND SELECT THE FINALISTS FOR INTERVIEWS IN MAY, ALL FINALISTS WILL BE AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION AND SOUVENIRS, WHILE THE WINNERS OF EACH SECTION
ILL BE AWARDED BOOK COUPONS.
REMINDER OF CHRISTMAS TRANSPORT SERVICES
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES WILL BE EXTENDED ON CHRISTMAS EVE UNTIL EARLY THE FOLLOWING MORNING, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TODAY.
THE STAR FERRY'S KOWLOON POINT TO EDINBURGH PLACE ROUTE WILL RUN ALL NIGHT WHILE HYF'S CENTRAL TO JORDAN ROAD SERVICE WILL OPERATE UNTIL 1 AM.
THE MTR WILL OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND KCR SERVICE
WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 1 AM.
PEAK TRAM SERVICES WILL BE EXTENDED TO 1.30 AM WHILE TRAM SERVICES, EXCEPT AROUND THE HAPPY VALLEY LOOP, WILL OPERATE ALL NIGHT ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
CMB WILL
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