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Royal Navy to make Hong Kong beach shipshape
Beachcombers from the Royal Navy will head for a beach on Kau Sai Chau tomorrow (Wednesday) in an effort to clean up the island.
Armed with rubber gloves and bin bags, 20 men from the Hong Kong Patrol Craft, HMS Starling, will attempt to clear one of island's beaches of all rubbish.
"A group of us were sailing in the Sai Kung area a few weeks ago and noticed that the beach at Kau Sai Wan was looking pretty foul," said Gunnery Officer Lieutenant Alaistair Peppe.
"We're all very aware of how important it is to keep Hong Kong 'green', so we decided to come back and tidy the place up a bit," Lieutenant Peppe said.
All rubbish collected during their five-hour visit will be transported by ship to HMS Tamar, at Stonecutters Island, for disposal.
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Secondary 6 admission procedure shortened
The Education Department today (Tuesday) announced that the Secondary 6 admission procedure for the 1997-98 school year would be shortened to a total of eight working days from 8-1/2 in 1996-97.
A Principal Education Officer, Mr P K Chiu, said the five-stage procedure for admission to Secondary 6 for the 1997-98 school year was basically the same as last year, except that the duration of Stage III, which was for schools to admit their own students having satisfied the minimum A-level entry requirements, would be shortened to a half-day operation.
"The shortening of the Stage III procedure is to tie in with the provision of a two-week pre-S6 Intensive English Language Programme for some students."
"As in last year, a total of eight centres will be made available for central allocation," Mr Chiu said.