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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1976.

REGISTRATION OF REDUNDANT TEACHERS COMPLETED

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PLACEMENT SERVICE COMPLETED ITS REGISTRATION OF 215 REDUNDANT TEACHERS IN SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WITH UNDER-UTILISED CLASSES AT 3.30 P.M. TODAY.

MR. LEE TZE-CHUN, SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE PLACEMENT SERVICE, SAID THAT LAST WEDNESDAY WAS THE BUSIEST DAY WHEN 126 TEACHERS TURNED UP AT HIS OFFICE.

+I WISH TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE TEACHERS CONCERNED FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND CO-OPERATION WITH ME AND MY COLLEAGUES,

+AS FROM NEXT TUESDAY I SHALL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO REFER THEM TO THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES OF OTHER SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT,+ MR. LEE SAID.

HE ADDED: + HOPE TO COMPLETE THIS TASK BY THE END OF JULY.+

MR. LEE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THINGS WOULD PROCEED SMOOTHLY IN THE NEXT STAGE OF THE PLACEMENT EXERCISE.

+1 APPRECIATE THE ASSISTANCE GIVEN BY THE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES AND LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR CONTINUED CO-OPERATION IN HELPING THESE TEACHERS,+ MR. LEE SAID.

SPECIAL TRAINS FOR DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

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THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY WILL RUN EIGHT ADDITIONAL TRAINS TO AND FROM TAI PO MARKET NEXT WEDNESDAY (JUNE 2) TO FACILITATE PEOPLE ATTENDING THE DRAGON BOAT RACES AT YUEN CHOW TSAI.

THERE WILL BE FOUR SPECIAL UP TRAINS TWO IN THE MORNING AND TWO IN THE AFTERNOON. THESE TRAINS, WHICH WILL NOT STOP AT MONG KOK, WILL LEAVE HUNG HOM AT 7.54 A.M., 8.52 A.M., 12.39 P.M. AND 3.58 P.M., ARRIVING AT TAI PO MARKET AT 8.46 A.M., 9.49 A.M., 1.27 P.M. AND 4.47 P.M. RESPECTIVELY.

FOUR SPECIAL DOWN TRAINS HAVE ALSO BEEN ARRANGED. THEY WILL LEAVE TAI PO MARKET AT 10.37 A.M., 2 P.M.

2.40 P.M. AND 5.22 P.M. ARRIVING IN KOWLOON AT 11.21 A.M., 2.57 P.M., 3.29 P.M. AND 6.23 P.M. RESPECTIVELY.

ADDITIONAL TRAINS WILL ALSO RUN IN THE LATE EVENING IF

NEEDED.

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