XN000022-1977-08-04 — Page 5

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1977

+WE HOPE THAT TODAY'S GRADUATING CLASS AND THE GRADUATING CLASSES OF 1975 AND 1976 WILL CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS HAVING THE SAME CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK AS THEY HAVE FELT WITH THE INSTITUTE,+ MR. MACQUARRIE SAID.

FINALLY, HE ANNOUNCED THAT MR. THOMAS LEE, FIRST CHAIRMAN OF THE INSTITUTE ACADEMIC BOARD HAD BEEN APPOINTED AS THE FIRST CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK.

MOST OF THE 50 GRADUATES ARE NOW IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT, SOME OF THEM WITH THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR AND SOME IN THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, MAINLY CARITAS, BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION AND Y.W.C.A.

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN MONG KOK

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A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL BE INTRODUCED AS FROM 10 A.M. ON MONDAY (AUGUST 8) IN MONG KOK TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW ON CERTAIN SECTIONS OF SAT YEUNG

CHOI STREET, SHANTUNG STREET AND SOY STREET.

UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY), THE EXISTING PUBLIC LIGHT BUS STAND IN SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET WOULD BE EXTENDED BY ABOUT 18.3 METRES (60 FT) SOUTHWARDS.

A NEW PUBLIC LIGHT BUS STAND WILL BE DESIGNATED IN SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET BETWEEN SHANTUNG STREET AND SOY STREET.

MEANWHILE, PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM STOPPING TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND MIDNIGHT ON THE FOLLOWING SECTION OF ROADS:

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SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET BETWEEN ARGYLE STREET AND DUNDAS STREET, OTHER THAN AT THE PUBLIC LIGHT BUS STAND PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION OF STREET-

* SHANTUNG STREET BETWEEN THE EXISTING PUBLIC LIGHT BUS

CLEARWAY SIGN AND SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET AND,

* SOY STREET BETWEEN NATHAN ROAD AND SAI YEUNG CHOI STREET.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE PUBLIC LIGHT BUS DRIVERS.