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FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1977

PRESS CONFERENCE ON FREE PRIMARY PLACES

NOTE TO EDITORS :

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DETAILS OF A CAMPAIGN TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF ALL PARENTS SPECIFICALLY THOSE IN THE FISHING AND WATER-BORNE COMMUNITIES THE FULL AVAILABILITY OF FREE PRIMARY PLACES WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON MONDAY (MAY 16) AT 2.30 P.M. IN THE G. 1.S. THEATRE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, FIFTH FLOOR.

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THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE CHAIRED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY. ALSO PRESENT WILL BE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PRIMARY), MR. DAVID LEUNG.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND THIS PRESS CONFERENCE.

TRAM SERVICES MAY BE INTERRUPTED

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TRAM SERVICES MAY BE SLIGHTLY INTERRUPTED TOMORROW (SATURDAY) NIGHT IN ORDER TO FACILITATE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.

IF ALL PREPARATORY WORKS FOR A TRAM TRACK DIVERSION IN DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, NEAR PEDDAR STREET, CAN BE COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE BY NOON TOMORROW, THE EXISTING EAST BOUND TRAMS WILL BE JOINED UP WITH THE NEW RAILS FROM OUTSIDE THE P. AND 0. BUILDING TO ALEXANDRA HOUSE AT NIGHT.

IF THIS WORK GOES AHEAD IT WILL NECESSITATE THE SUSPENSION OF WEST BOUND TRAM SERVICES BEYOND WAN CHAI DISTRICT AFTER 10.50 P.M. LIMITED SERVICES WILL STILL BE MAINTAINED BETWEEN SHAU KEI WAN AND HAPPY VALLEY.

HOWEVER, IF THE WORK ON THE DIVERSION HAS TO BE POSTPONED ALL TRAM SERVICES WILL OPERATE AS USUAL.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ADVISED THAT IN CASE THE WEST BOUND TRAM SERVICES ARE STOPPED DETAILS WOULD BE ANNOUNCED OVER THE RADIO.

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