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TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1976

S.W.D.'S USED BOOK SALE SERVICES PROVE POPULAR

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MORE PEOPLE ARE MAKING USE OF THE USED BOOK SALE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTRES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.

DURING THE SUMMER VACATION, OVER 45,000 USED TEXTBOOKS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED BY EIGHT CENTRES AND ABOUT HALF OF THEM HAVE BEEN SOLD AT NO MORE THAN HALF OF THE ORIGINAL PRICE.

THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE SERVICES IS TO HELP REDUCE THE COSTS OF TEXTBOOKS FOR WHICH SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS NORMALLY HAVE TO SPEND A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY EACH YEAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE SERVICES PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR AND AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 300 STUDENTS VISITED EACH OF THE CENTRES DAILY.

THOSE WHO MADE USE OF THE SERVICES WERE MOSTLY STUDENTS OF FORM 1 TO FORM 3.

THE EIGHT COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTRES WHICH PROVIDE THE USED BOOK SALE SERVICES ARE THE SHAM SHUI PO YOUTH CENTRE, THE TAI HANG TUNG COMMUNITY CENTRE, THE LAM TIN ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE, THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE, THE SAU MAU PING ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE, THE SHEK LEI ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE, THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND THE SHEUNG SHUI SOCIAL CENTRE.

WATER CUT ***

WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN YUEN LONG, NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M. ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 19) TO ALLOW THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT A NIGHT LEAKAGE TEST.

THE AREA AFFECTED IS BOUNDED BY YUEN LONG MAIN ROAD. FUNG CHEUNG STREET, HOP YICK ROAD, TAI TONG ROAD, KAU YUK ROAD, NULLAH, WAH NING PATH AND TAI YUK ROAD, INCLUDING YAU SAN HONG LOK STREET AND THE YUEN LONG POLICE STATION.

STREET,