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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1976

LANDSLIDE VICTIMS URGED TO COLLECT DONATIONS

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VICTIMS OF RECENT LANDSLIDES WHO HAVE NOT COLLECTED THEIR SHARE OF $40 OF PUBLIC DONATIONS ARE ASKED TO DO SO BEFORE 5 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 17 (FRIDAY).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID : +THESE ARE THE VICTIMS WHO DID NOT TURN UP YESTERDAY OR THIS AFTERNOON TO COLLECT THE MONEY PLEDGED BY THE PUBLIC TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMERCIAL RADIO,+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THEY SHOULD CALL AT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AT LEE GARDENS ANYTIME DURING OFFICE HOURS BEFORE THAT DATE AND SHOULD BRING WITH THEM THEIR IDENTITY CARDS, AND TENANCY CARDS OR THE EMERGENCY RELIEF CHITS.

MEANWHILE, 794 VICTIMS ON HONG KONG ISLAND WERE GIVEN $40 EACH AT THE SHAU KEI WAN KAIFONG ASSOCIATION RECREATION GROUND THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BRINGS TO 3,915 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VICTIMS FROM BOTH HONG KONG AND KOWLOON SIDES WHO CAME FORWARD TO COLLECT THEIR SHARE FROM THE $178,800 PLEDGED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS N.T.

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THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, MR. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY TOURED THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, HE SAW AT FIRST HAND PROGRESS BEING MADE ON THE WIDE RANGING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE THREE NEW TOWNS OF TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN AND SHATIN, AS WELL AS LOOKING OVER NEW PROJECTS IN YUEN LONG.

HE WAS MET AT EACH OF THE NEW TOWN SITES BY THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICERS AND PROJECT MANAGERS, WHO GAVE MR. HADDON-CAVE AN UP-TO-THE-MINUTE ACCOUNT OF MAJOR WORKS AND PLANNED PROJECTS IN THE IR AREAS.

AT YUEN LONG HE WAS ESCORTED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. ADOLPH HSU AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TOWN HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR. CHARLES YEUNG.

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