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THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1979

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VTS STUDENTS WILL NOT LOSE SCHOOL IDENTITY

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STUDENTS OF THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL WILL NOT LOSE THEIR SCHOOL IDENTITY WHEN THEY MOVE TO NEARBY NEW PREMISES AT MORRISON HILL IN SEPTEMBER.

AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT WELL-KNOWN LOCAL PHILANTHROPIST, SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, WHO DONATED $4 MILLION TOWARDS THE CAPITAL COST OF THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING HAS GENEROUSLY AGREED TO THE SCHOOL BEING NAMED TANG SHIU KIN VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

+THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO AGREED TO HAVING THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL PLAQUE REMOVED FROM THE EXISTING SCHOOL AND ERECTED NEXT TO THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW BUILDING,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

FURTHER, STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO RETAIN THEIR SCHOOL BADGE AND UNIFORM.

STUDENTS OF THE VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL HAD APPROACHED THE DEPARTMENT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE CHANGE OF THEIR SCHOOL NAME WHEN THEY MOVE TO THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.

AS A RESULT THE DEPARTMENT APPROACHED SIR SHIU-KIN WHO GAVE EVERY SYMPATHETIC CONSIDERATION TO THEIR REQUEST AND GENEROUSLY AGREED TO THE NEW NAME WHICH THE VTS STUDENT ASSOCIATION HAS ACCEPTED.

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ARRANGEMENTS FOR CASHING SOCIAL SECURITY COUPONS

BEFORE EASTER HOLIDAYS

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE ADVANCED PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DUE TO CASH THEIR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE ALLOWANCES COUPONS DURING THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT UNDER THESE ARRANGEMENTS, THOSE WHO WERE DUE TO CASH THEIR COUPONS ON APRIL 13, 14, 15 AND 16 COULD DO SO EARLIER - ON APRIL 9, 10, 11 AND 12 RESPECTIVELY.

+THOSE INVOLVED SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THEIR OWN PAYMENT DATES SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR CASH GRANTS BEFORE THE EASTER HOLIDAYS, HE SAID.

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ARRANGEMENTS, HE SAID. HAVE BEEN MADE WITH THE POST OFFICES, TREASURY OFFICES AND NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES.