TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1989
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LADY WILSON THANKS PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS IN FLAG DAY APPEAL
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LADY WILSON, AS PATRON OF THE HELPING HAND. TODAY PRESENTED SOUVENIR TO THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING. MR PANG YUK-LING, IN APPRECIATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS' AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF'S PARTICIPATION IN THE FLAG DAY APPEAL FOR THE HELPING HAND LAST MONTH.
SAID SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY AT 01 MAN ESTATE HALL, LADY WILSON OVER HALF OF THE MONEY RAISED ON THE FLAG DAY CAME FROM THE EFFORTS OF PEOPLE IN THE HOUSING ESTATES.
SHE SAID
SHE
WAS THRILLED AND MOVED BY THE SUCCESS OF BOTH
HAD RAISED A THE FLAG DAY AND THE ALAN TAM CONCERT WHICH
TOTAL
$1.5 MILLION.
OF
THE
FOR
SHE
MRS ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY,
CARTER, CHAIRMAN OF STUDENTS WOULD HELPING HAND, SAID THAT SINCE
NOT BE MOBILIED HELP AS THE DATE OF APPEAL FELL WITHIN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAY,
TURN ΤΟ THE HAD TO
HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSING ESTATES FOR HELP.
"THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES ALONE, THROUGH THEIR STREET AND BLOCK COLLECTIONS, RAISED ALMOST $700,000" SAID MRS CARTER.
TO NAM ALONE.
PRESENTED MONEY
IN ORDER TO MARK THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, A SHIELD WAS
SHAN
MOST SHUI PO, WHICH HAD RAISED THE
ESTATE, SHAM
TO THE TAK MAN HOUSE
MUTUAL AID
SHIELD WAS AWARDED ANOTHER COMMITTEE OF OI MAN ESTATE WHICH HAD RAISED THE MOST MONEY AMONG ALL MAC'S.
SAID MRS CARTER SERVICING THE 1 000 OLD HELPING HAND.
THAT THE MONEY RAISED WOULD BE USED IN PEOPLE AT VARIOUS AGED
BY HOMES RUN
THE
SPECIAL FORM 5 PROGRAMME FOR SERVING FIREMEN
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A SPECIAL FORM 5 EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR SERVING FIREMEN ON SHIFT DUTY HAS BEEN INTRODUCED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT
THIS
WEEK.
A TOTAL OF 87 FIREMEN, SOME OF THEM SENIOR FIREMEN, ARE PART IN THE COURSE WHICH IS BEING HELD AT A PRIVATE IN TSUEN WAN.
TAKING
SECONDARY
SCHOOL
/THEY ARE