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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1976
CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR PEOPLE RECEIVING METHADONE TREATMENT
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR PEOPLE RECEIVING METHADONE TREATMENT IN THE EVENT OF A TYPHOON OR TROPICAL STORM.
FOUR CENTRES -- ONE ON THE ISLAND, TWO IN KOWLOON AND ONE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WOULD REMAIN OPEN IF THE NO. 8 OR ABOVE
SIGNAL WAS HOISTED.
THEY ARE THE VIOLET PEEL CENTRE IN WAN CHAI, THE KWUN TONG HEALTH CENTRE IN EAST KOWLOON, THE YAU MA TEI JOCKEY CLUB POLYCLINIC IN CENTRAL KOWLOON AND THE LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC IN TSUEN WAN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID ANYONE WHO IS ON EITHER THE METHADONE MAINTENANCE OR THE DETOXIFICATION PROGRAMME COULD GO TO ONE OF THESE CENTRES IN HIS OWN REGION FOR THEIR DOSAGE.
ALL OTHER METHADONE MAINTENANCE AND DETOXIFICATION CENTRES WOULD BE CLOSED ONCE THE NO. 8 OR ABOVE SIGNAL WAS UP, HE SAID.
SOME 10,000 DRUG ADDICTS HAVE NOW REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S FOUR MAINTENANCE CENTRES AND 12 DETOXIFICATION CENTRES.
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RECOGNITION OF HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION RESULTS ****
THE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION BOARD ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE SUBJECTS, NAMELY, BUDDHIST STUDIES, SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING ACHIEVEMENTS AT GRADE C OR ABOVE IN ALL SUBJECTS TAKEN IN CHINESE AS WELL AS ENGLISH IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION ARE RECOGNISED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND A NUMBER OF OVERSEAS UNIVERSITIES AS EQUIVALENT TO O-LEVEL PASSES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULFILLING UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.
- WITH THE AMALGAMATION OF THE SUBJECTS OF BIOLOGY, BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORY THIS YEAR, IN THE SENSE THAT COMMON SYLLABUSES, QUESTION PAPERS AND STANDARDS IN GRADING ARE ACHIEVED IN BOTH THE ENGLISH AND THE CHINESE VERSIONS, THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION BOARD HAS VIRTUALLY COMPLETED THE PROCESS OF AMALGAMATION OF THE FORMER HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (ENGLISH EXAMINATION) AND THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
CHINESE EXAMINATION), WHICH IT SET OUT TO ACHIEVE IN 1974.
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