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MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1975.

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EMPLOYERS HELP EASE ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES

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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES TOLD NEW TERRITORIES ROTARIANS THIS EVENING THAT HONG KONG EMPLOYERS HAD DURING THE LAST 12 MONTHS DONE MUCH TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF THE WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC SLUMP ON OUR SOCIETY.

HE SAID HONG KONG MUST CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING IT COULD TO SHARE THE WORK TO BE DONE AMONG THE WORKERS AVAILABLE AND TO LESSEN THE INCIDENCE OF UNEMPLOYMENT.

THE GOVERNMENT WAS MOREOVER PRESSING ON WITH DEVELOPMENT IN EVERY MAJOR POLICY FIELD ALTHOUGH SOME MORE SLOWLY THAN PLANNED, HE SA'D.

TOUCHING ON HONG KONG'S GROWING ATTENTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A GREATER EFFORT BEING MADE ON THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

CITING TSUEN WAN AS AN EXAMPLE, HE SAID THERE WERE MANY FINE SCHOOL HALLS WHICH COULD BE USED FOR ENTERTAINMENT OF ALL KINDS. ROTARIANS COULD HELP IN DEVELOPING THESE ACTIVITIES, HE ADDED.

+HONG KONG SUCCEEDS AND SURVIVES BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF YOU ALL, AND LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST YEAR, I AM CONFIDENT WE CAN FACE THE FUTURE WITH OPTIMISM,+ MR. AKĒRS-JONES SAID.

GOVERNMENT LOTTERY

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FOUR WELL-KNOWN ARTISTES OF COMMERCIAL RADIO WILL HELP PROMOTE THE SALES OF THIS YEAR'S THIRD GOVERNMENT LOTTERY TICKETS AT STATUE SQUARE IN CENTRAL ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 2) BETWEEN 1 P.M. AND 2 P.M.

THEY ARE MR. HO YA-YAU, MISS CONITA CHAN HOI-SEE, MISS CHENG KIT-MAN AND MISS MA SHUK-KAU.

DURING THE SALE PROMOTION, ANOTHER FOUR COMEDIANS OF COMMERCIAL RADIO WILL ENTERTAIN THE PUBLIC ON THE G.I.S. MOBILE STREET THEATRE.

UP TO THIS AFTERNOON, A TOTAL OF 433,000 TICKETS WAS SOLD. SALES WILL CLOSE AT 9 P.M. ON FRIDAY (JULY 4).

THE WINNING NUMBERS WILL BE DRAWN BY THE FOUR COMMERCIAL RADIO ARTISTES ON JULY 5, AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE.

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