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TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1978

FIRST GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY NURSING COURSE

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. LAM SIM-FOOK, WILL PRESENT CERTIFICATES TO 22 GRADUATES OF THE FIRST GOVERNMENT-RUN COMMUNITY NURSING COURSE ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 31).

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE CEREMONY, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 3.30 P.M. AT THE NURSING OFFICERS' QUARTERS, QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, KOWLOON.

DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED

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THE GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON CHING CHI-MAN ON JUNE 24 LAST YEAR SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. CHING WAS CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF CHU MING-KWAI IN TSUEN WAN ON MAY 21, 1976.

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