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"After the children from Section 2 had left, those belonging to Section 3 were asked to gather at the school compound. Thirty of them did so and they started shouting. They were joined by the rest of the student population numbering about $30. Some of them carried blackboards with slogans. They were protesting against the decision to terminate secondary education in the camps. The 81 VM teachers remained in their rooms and did not join the students. Given the situation. reinforcements were called in and shortly afterwards 52 officers arrived.
"Following counselling by CSD staff, a letter from the students was handed over to a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative at about 5.15 pm. Thereafter, the students returned peacefully to their sections.
"The police were never alerted or involved in this incident. There was no confrontation between CSD staff and VMs and neither were any children slapped or hit by CSD staff."
End/Tuesday, July 18, 1995
Nomination forms for LegCo candidates ready from tomorrow
Prospective candidates for the September Legislative Council Elections may from tomorrow (Wednesday) obtain nomination papers from the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) on 10th floor. Harbour Centre, Wan Chai; and all the 18 District Offices from tomorrow (Wednesday).
An REO spokesman said today (Tuesday) nomination papers were made available well before the commencement of nomination on August 1 was to facilitate candidates in seeking subscribers to their nomination.
Completed nomination papers should be delivered in person to the Returning Officer for the relevant constituency during office hours from August 1 to 14.
Different types of nomination papers will be used for: (a) 20 geographical constituencies; (b) nine new functional constituencies (FCs); (c) 17 old FCs; (d) the Urban Council and Regional Council FCs; (e) Rural FC: and (f) the Election Committee Constituency.
Enquiries about the nomination may be directed to 2881 7056 or 2827 1641.