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VEDIRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1974
+MORE THAN 100 RESITE SHOP OPERATORS WHO THEN COULD MEET THESE CRITERIA VERE PAID EX-GRATIA ALLOVANCES AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $250,000.
+FROM THIS, SHOP OPERATORS SHOULD REALIZE THAT THEY
ARE NOT SUBJECTED TO ANY UNFAVOURABLE TŰEATHBIT OR DISCRIMINATION,+ THE SPOKESIAN SAID.
THE 80-0DD RESITE SHOP OPERATORS WERE OFFERED THEIR PRESENT SHOP SITE EITHER IN 1957 OR 1968 ON THE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY RESETTLEMENT RIGHT ON EVENTUAL CLEARANCE.
THIS SPECIAL CONDITION WAS STAMPED ON THEIR TENANCY CARDS TO MAKE CLEAR THAT NO ROSETTLEMENT RIGHT WOULD DE ATTACHED TO THE BUSINESS FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF FUTURE DISPUTES.
+HOWEVER, ALL OF THESE SHOP OPERATORS VERE GIVEN DOMESTIC ACCOMMODATIONS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN PREVIOUS CLEARANCES, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE ADDED THAT ALLEGATION OF A VERBAL PROMISE THAT THEY WOULD BE GIVEN SHOP UNITS BY THE GOVERNMENT ON CLEARANCE WAS COMPLETELY UNTRUE.
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NEW RANK INSIGNIA FOR PRISONS OFFICERS
THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT WILL INTRODUCE NEW RANK INSIGNIA FOR ITS SENTOR OFFICERS FROM TOMORROW CTHURSDAY).
DURING THE POST-WAR PERIOD, THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS HAD BEEN WEARING THE INSIGNIA OF AN ARMY BRIGADIER WHICH IS
A CROWN AND THREE STARS, AND THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER A CROWN AND TUO STARS.
THIS HAS POSED PROBLEMS OF RECOGNITION AND THE INSIGNIA IS NOT EASILY UNDERSTOOD WHEN IT IS WORN BY AN NON-ILITARY PERSONNEL.
IN ADDITION, IT IS FELT THAT THE PRISONS SERVICE SHOULD, LIKE OTHER DISCIPLINARY SERVICES, HAVE ITS OUN FORM OF INSIGNIA.
AS A RESULT, A LAUREL LEAF VITH CROSS KEYS SURMOUNTED BY A STAR AND A CROUN HAS DZEN DESIGNED FOR THE COMMISSIONER.
CHANGES IN OTHER INSIGNIA ARE AS FOLLOWS:
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
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A LAUREL LEAF SURMOUNTED BY A CROUN, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT CROWN AND TWO STARS, SUPERINTENDENT - A CROWN AND ONE STAR, AND ASSISTANTSUPERINTENDENT - A CROWN.
THE INSIGNIA OF ALL OTHER RANKS REMAIN THE SAME.
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