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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1975

CANTONESE SPEECH CONTEST

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ABOUT 350 YOUNG PEOPLE WILL TAKE PART IN THE 1975 YOUTH SPEECH CONTEST IN CANTONESE THIS SUNDAY (OCTOBER 19) AT THE Y.M.C.A. IN WATERLOO ROAD, KOWLOON.

THE AIM OF THE CONTEST IS TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN THE STUDY OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR ABILITY IN PUBLIC SPEAKING.

SCHOLARSHIPS, WORTH A TOTAL OF MORE THAN $5,000, AND TROPHIES DONATED BY Y'S MEN CLUBS IN HONG KONG WILL BE GIVEN TO THE WINNERS.

THE CONTEST IS JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL Y'S MEN CLUBS AND IS ORGANISED BY VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.

THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF CONTESTS SPONSORED BY THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE STUDENTS' INTEREST IN CHINESE CULTURE AND ARTS. OTHERS PLANNED INCLUDE A CHINESE WRITING CONTEST AND TRANSLATION CONTEST.

NOTE TO EDITORS: MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE

SPEECH CONTEST WHICH BEGINS AT 2 P.M. ON SUNDAY.

SUMMER TIME ENDS

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RESIDENTS ARE REMINDED THAT SUMMER TIME WILL OFFICIALLY END AT 3.30 ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 19) MORNING.

THIS MEANS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD PUT THEIR CLOCKS AND WATCHES BACK ONE HOUR BEFORE GOING TO BED ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

UNDER THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE, SUMMER TIME ENDS EACH YEAR AT 3.30 A.M. ON THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER OCTOBER 15.

THE ORDINANCE DEFINES STANDARD TIME, WHICH REPLACES SUMMER TIME FOR THE OTHER SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR, AS EIGHT HOURS AHEAD OF GREENWICH MEAN TIME.

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