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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1977

LIBERATION DAY CEREMONY AT CITY HALL

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HONG KONG WILL OBSERVE THIS YEAR'S LIBERATION DAY WITH

A WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AT THE CITY HALL ON MONDAY (AUGUST 29) AT 11 A.M.

DURING THE 15-MINUTE CEREMONY, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG PRISONERS OF WAR ASSOCIATION AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) WILL LAY WREATHS AT THE SHRINE IN MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS WHO DIED DURING THE BATTLE OF DECEMBER 1941 OR LATER AS PRISONERS OF WAR.

THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE SOUNDING OF THE LAST POST BY A TRUMPETER, A TWO-MINUTE SILENCE AND REVEILLE, AND THE FIRING OF THREE VOLLEYS OF SALUTE.

THE FIRING PARTY AND TRUMPETER WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE REGIMENT.

PARKING METERS ADAPTED TO NEW COINS

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THE MAJORITY OF PARKING METERS HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO ACCEPT BOTH OLD AND NEW 50 CENT COINS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT WHERE METERS HAVE NOT BEEN MODIFIED, NOTICES HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THEM SAYING THAT ONLY 10 CENT COINS OR OLD 50 CENT COINS MUST BE USED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ABOUT 8,000 PARKING METERS HAVE BEEN MOD IF IED TO ACCEPT THE TWO SIZES OF 50 CENT COINS IN CIRCULATION, +THE CONVERSION WAS COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR AT A COST OF SOME $39,000, + HE SAID.

THAT IS,

HE SAID THERE WERE ABOUT 2,400 OLD-RATE METERS METERS WHICH ACCEPT 10 CENT AS WELL AS OLD 50 CENT COINS, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN CONVERTED BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS.

THE MAJORITY OF THESE WERE INSTALLED IN TSUEN WAN, WITH SMALL NUMBERS IN KWUN TONG, KAI TAK AND SAN PO KONG AND ALSO AT PARKING SPACES FOR GOODS VEHICLES ONLY THROUGHOUT KOWLOON.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ENCOUNTER ANY DIFFICULTIES WITH THE METERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CONVERTED. IF THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY OLD 50 CENT COINS THEY CAN USE 10 CENT COINS INSTEAD, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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