MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1988
APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR QE FOUNDATION PROJECT GRANTS
THE COUNCIL OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH FOUNDATION FOR THE MENT.LY HANDICAPPED TODAY (MONDAY) INVITED APPLICATIONS FROM BONA-FIDE NON-PROFIT-MAKING ORGANISATIONS FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF PROJECT
GRANTS.
THE GRANTS ARE AIMED AT FINANCING PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF WELFARE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED IN HONG KONG AND THE PROMOTION OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS.
COPIES OF A GUIDE TO APPLICATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE COUNCIL'S SECRETARY AT THE REHABILITATION DIVISION OF TE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH, ON THE 14TH FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL.
APPLICATIONS MUST REACH THE COUNCIL FOUNDATION NOT LATER THAN NOVEMBER 15.
SECRETARIAT OF THE
WATER STORAGE FIGURE
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 44.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 262.051 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 424.183 CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 72.4 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
MILLION
FARMERS' VIEWS ON EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES SOUGHT
THEIR VIEWS ALLOWANCES
FOR
LIVESTOCK FARMER REPRESENTATIVES WILL CONSOLIDATE ON THE GOVERNMENT'S NEXT REVIEW OF THE EX-GRATIA FARMERS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME.
THE REVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS' TIME.
WASTE
THE AD HOC WORKING
CONSULTATIVE
GROUP
OF
THE FARMER PAPER
AT THE LATEST MEETING OF LIVESTOCK
DISPOSAL REPRESENTATIVES AGREED THAT THEY WOULD SET OUT THEIR VIEWS IN A
COMMITTEE, FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT AD HOC WORKING GROUP MEETING.
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MR LEO
KWAN,
THE
SAID GOVERNMENT
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AD HOC WORKING GROUP, FARMERS' VIEWS WOULD BE CONSOLIDATED AND REFLECTED TO FOR CONSIDERATION.
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