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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1974

EMPLOYMENT OF STUDENTS

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TWENTY-THREE STUDENTS HAVE FOUND SUMMER JOBS WITH THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT.

TWELVE OF THEM, FROM THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, ARE ALREADY AT WORK WHILE THE OTHERS VILL JOIN IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT KONTH.

DURING THEIR TIME WITH THE DEPARTMENT THE STUDENTS WILL BE EMPLOYED ON WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE CORRECT NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS. THEY WILL ALSO CARRY OUT SITE INSPECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT HOUSE NUMBERS ARE PROPERLY DISPLAYED AND THEY WILL CHECK STREET AND BUILDING NAMES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THIS WORK WAS OF CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE FOR THE ABSENCE OF HOUSE NUMBERS OR THE INCORRECT NUMBERING OF PREMISES GAVE RISE TO HANY PROBLEMS AND OFTEN CAUSED GREAT INCONVENIENCE TO VARIOUS COVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE POST OFFICE AND TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC..

OPENING OF HANCHAI CARCO HANDLING BASIN FERRER

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE WAN CHAI CARGO HANDLING BASIN WILL BE OPENED BY MR. ANN TSE-KAI ON JULY 26.

A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN BY MR. BERNARD TANG, SENIOR MARINE OFFICER (CARGO HANDLING), AND MR. KAM CHAN-Y JU OF

THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, NEXT TUESDAY (JULY 230 TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 3 P.M. AT THE GIS 35 MM THEATRE ON THE 5TH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.

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