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FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1994
ADULT
T EDUCATION COURSE FEES REVISED
* *
TUITION FEES FOR ADULT EDUCATION COURSES HAVE BEEN REVISED GAZETTED, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
AND
BUT CONTINUING TO BE OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE ARE THE SECONDARY 1-3 GOVERNMENT EVENING AND GENERAL BACKGROUND ADULT EDUCATION COURSES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE REVISION INCLUDES SECONDARY 4-5 GOVERNMENT EVENING COURSES.
WILL THE FEES
10-MONTH BE REVISED TO $93 A MONTH FOR
1994/95 THE
SCHOOL YEAR.
AND
REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE FEES FOR THE PRIMARY, SECONDARY GCE '0' LEVEL ENGLISH COURSES, WHICH
TWO WILL RANGE FROM INSTALMENTS OF $410 TO $675 EACH.
FEES FOR HOBBY GROUP SHORT COURSES, WHICH PROVIDE PERSONAL ENJOYMENT BUT LEAD TO NO FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS, HAVE BEEN REVISED $470 PER COURSE.
TO
STILL REASONABLE. NO
"DESPITE THE REVISION, THE FEES ARE
WILL STUDENTS
BE PAYING MORE THAN A FAIR SHARE OF THE COST OF PROVIDING THE COURSE," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
AIRMAIL SERVICES TO AFGHANISTAN SUSPENDED
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR MIKE PAGLIARI, ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT OWING TO THE CLOSURE OF KABUL AIRPORT, AFGHANISTAN, ALL AIRMAIL SERVICES TO AFGHANISTAN, INCLUDING AIR LETTER AND AIR PARCEL, ARE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
A FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT KILL BE MADE AS AND WHEN
RESUME.
FOOTBRIDGES FOR YUEN LONG AND SHEUNG SHUI PROPOSED
SERVICES
THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING TO CONSTRUCT A GRADE-SEPARATED FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEM IN YUEN LONG.
THE SYSTEM WOULD FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT FROM THE SOUTH- EASTERN PART OF YUEN LONG TOWN TO THE YUEN LONG LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT INTERCHANGE AND BUS TERMINUS.
/THE WORKS