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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1977

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MAIL RECOVERED FROM SUNKEN FERRY

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THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT REGRETS TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE MAIL DESPATCH FROM CHEUNG CHAU TO THE GENERAL POST OFFICE YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) WENT DOWN WITH THE FERRY WHICH SANK AFTER A COLLISION NEAR HEI LING CHAU.

THE MAIL WAS RECOVERED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MARINE DEPARTMENT DIVERS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY MOST OF THE ADDRESSES HAVE BEEN RENDERED ILLEGIBLE BY IMMERSION IN THE SEA.

THE MAIL CONTAINED IN THIS DESPATCH WOULD HAVE BEEN POSTED AT CHEUNG CHAU BETWEEN 9.30 A.M. AND 3.45 P.M. YESTERDAY. ALL ITEMS WITH READABLE ADDRESSES WILL BE PUT IN COURSE OF TRANSMISSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ITEMS WITHOUT ADEQUATE ADDRESSES WILL BE TREATED AS UNDELIVERABLE AND RETURNED TO THE SENDERS.

ALL REGISTERED ARTICLES CONTAINED IN THE DESPATCH HAVE BEEN RECOVERED WITH ADDRESSES IN READABLE CONDITION, AND THEY WILL BE DESPATCHED TO THE ADDRESSEES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

CHINESE DANCES PERFORMED BY STUDENTS ON BOARD QE2

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A GROUP OF 40 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS GAVE AN HOUR-LONG PERFORMANCE OF CHINESE FOLK AND CLASSICAL DANCES ON BOARD THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II TONIGHT.

THIS WAS ORGANISED BY THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS THE SECOND TIME SUCH A PERFORMANCE WAS STAGED ON BOARD THE LUXURY LINER IN HONG KONG.

A SIMILAR PERFORMANCE BY ANOTHER GROUP OF STUDENTS TOOK PLACE IN 1975 WHEN QE2 ARRIVED IN HONG KONG FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A ROUND-THE-WORLD CRUISE.

THE STUDENTS WHO PERFORMED TONIGHT CAME FROM FIVE SCHOOLS SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE, TAK CHING MIDDLE SCHOOL, MANSFIELD COLLEGE, BISHOP HALL JUBILEE SCHOOL AND TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS LEE CHING DEA MEMORIAL COLLEGE.

PRIOR TO THEIR PERFORMANCE, THE STUDENTS TOURED THE LINER AND WERE GUESTS AT A DINNER GIVEN BY THE CAPTAIN.

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