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No nomination received for DB by-election
No nomination of candidates was received today (Monday), the first day of nominations, for the by-election of a district board member for the Yau Ma Tei constituency in Yau Tsim Mong district.
The nomination will last until January 23.
End/Monday, January 9, 1995
Appointments to the Working Party on Kindergarten Education
Appointments to the Working Party on Kindergarten Education with an expanded membership have been made by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Michael Leung, for a two-year period from January 1, 1995 to December 31, 1996.
Announcing this today (Monday), a Government spokesman said the main task of the expanded Working Party was to examine the practicalities of unifying all pre- primary services and submit their recommendations to the Secretary for Education and Manpower and the Secretary for Health and Welfare by the end of 1995.
"To equip it with the necessary expertise, the expanded Working Party includes four new members from the Social Welfare Department, the child care sector and the Health and Welfare Branch," he said.
The Working Party will be co-chaired by the Deputy Director of Education, Miss Elaine Chung, and the Deputy Director of Social Welfare, Mrs Louise Wong.
Other members of the Working Party are:
Sister Lam Sau-ling and Mr Yip Wah who are experienced in operating kindergartens;
Miss Wong Lai-kuen and Miss Mariana Chan Wai- yung representing the childcare sector;
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