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FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1974

HONG KONG PUPILS COMMENDED IN ESSAY COMPETITION

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THIRTEEN HONG KONG PUPILS HAVE WON HIGH PRAISE FROM THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY FOR THEIR ENTRIES IN THE 1973/74 ESSAY COMPETITION.

STELLA LEE, ROSA NG AND NORA YU OF ST. FRANCIS CANOSSIAN COLLEGE AND REBECCA LO OF ST. PAUL'S SECONDARY SCHOOL WERE 'HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE CLASS A COMPETITION. THE SAME HONOUR WENT TO KATHERINE POH OF SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE AND ELIZABETH WANG OF DIOCESAN GIRLS SCHOOL IN CLASS 8- AND HELEN YIP OF SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE IN CLASS C.:

OTHER ESSAYS WHICH WERE 'COMMENDED CAME FROM SALLY KWAN OF ST. MARY'S CANOSSIAN COLLEGE, WINNIE LO AND EVA WONG OF ST. ROSE OF LIMA= AGNES YUNG AND GIANNINA DA ROZA OF SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE= AND SHEILA WONG OF ST. FRANCES CANOSSIAN COLLEGE.

THE COMPETITION IS HELD ANNUALLY BY THE SOCIETY WITH A VIEW TO ENCOURAGING THE PROGRESS OF COMMONWEALTH STUDIES IN THE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THIS IS THE 70TH YEAR OF THE COMPETITION.

THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARDS BOOK PRIZES TO THE FIRST THREE COMPETITIORS IN EACH CLASS OF THE PRELIMINARY ROUND HELD LOCALLY.

HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPETITION IS ORGANISED BY SIR DOUGLAS CLAGUE, THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY IN HONG KONG-

RECONSTRUCTION OF KOWLOON ROAD

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A SECTION OF SHEUNG HEUNG ROAD IN TO KWA WAN IS TO BE REPAVED AS PART OF AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THE AFFECTED SECTION IS LOCATED BETWEEN PAU CHUNG STREET AND TO KWA WAN ROAD, EXCLUDING ITS JUNCTIONS WITH PAU CHUNG STREET, KOWLOON CITY ROAD AND TO KWA WAN ROAD.

THE ROAD WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED WITH EIGHT-INCH THICK REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS ON A SIX-INCH LEAN CONCRETE BASE. THE WORKS ARE SCHEDULED TO START IN AUGUST, AND WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.