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MONDAY, MAY 27, 1974

RECORD PLAYER FOR BLIND WELFARE CENTRE

NOTE TO EDITORS:

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PHILIPS HONG KONG LTD. ARE TO PRESENT A CASSETTE AND RECORD PLAYER TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S WESTERN DISTRICT BLIND WELFARE CENTRE TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, WILL ACCEPT THE GIFT FROM MR. F.H. SLUITER, PRODUCT MANAGER OF PHILIPS HONG KONG LTD., ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRE.

TWO BLIND TRAINEES WILL EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION, ONE IN ENGLISH AND ONE IN CHINESE, AND WILL PRESENT ABRAILLE LETTER OF THANKS TO PHILIPS.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE PRESENTATION WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 2.30 P.M. AT THE WESTERN DISTRICT BLIND WELFARE CENTRE LOCATED IN THE OLD TSAN YUK HOSPITAL BUILDING IN WESTERN DISTRICT, HONG KONG ISLAND.

HEUNG YEE KUK ELECTIONS ******

THE ELECTIONS FOR THE ORDINARY MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND FOR THE OFFICERS OF THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE 21ST TERM OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY (MAY 30) AT THE KUK'S OFFICE AT 8 SHEUNG TAK STREET, TAI PO.

THE RETURNING OFFICER WILL BE MR. IAN MACPHERSON, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE ELECTIONS, WHICH START AT 9.30 A.M.. WILL BE HELD BY SECRET BALLOT AND WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES LAID DOWN IN THE HEUNG YEE KUK ORDINANCE.

NOTE TO EDITORS: MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA ARE INVITED TO COVER

THE ELECTIONS. THEY WILL BE GIVEN LAPEL BADGES WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM ACCESS INTO THE ELECTION ROOMS. HOWEVER, NO PHOTOGRAPHS CAN BE TAKEN UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTIONS.