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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1979

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TRIBUTE TO OUTGOING CLERK TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. OSWALD CHEUNG, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CLERK TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. STEPHEN TAM, FOR HIS SERVICE DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS.

IN A SHORT SPEECH ON BEHALF OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS BEFORE THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED FOR THE 1978-79 SESSION, MR. CHEUNG SAID UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS HAD APPRECIATED THE SERVICE +SO HELPFULLY AND COURTEOUSLY GIVEN TO THEM BY MR. TAM DURING HIS TENURE OF OFFICE.

+! UNDERSTAND THAT MR. TAM, WHO NOW SITS IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY, WILL SHORTLY BE PROCEEDING ON VACATION BEFORE TAKING UP A NEW POST, AND WE WISH HIM SUCCESS IN THAT NEW APPOINTMENT, MR. CHEUNG SAID.

MR. CHEUNG ALSO WELCOMED MRS. LORNA LEUNG WHO HAS TAKEN UP THE POST FROM MR. TAM.

+I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR TENURE HERE, BUT I WARN YOU THE JOB IS NOT A BED OF ROSES, HE SAID JOKINGLY.

PRISON OFFICERS TO RECEIVE NURSING CERTIFICATES

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TWENTY-ONE PRISON OFFICERS, INCLUDING TWO WOMEN, WHO PASSED THE NURSING BOARD EXAMINATION FOR REGISTERED AND ENROLLED NURSES AFTER TRAINING AT GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS, WILL RECEIVE THEIR NURSING CERTIFICATES DURING A CEREMONY AT THE PRISON OFFICERS' CLUB ON FRIDAY.

THEY WILL RECEIVE THE CERTIFICATES FROM THE PRINCIPAL NURSING OFFICER OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MISS K.J. VEEVERS. THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR. T.G. GARNER, WILL ALSO DELIVER A SPEECH AT THE CEREMONY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A PRESENTATION OF NURSING CERTIFICATES TO 21 PRISON OFFICERS WILL BE HELD AT THE PRISON OFFICERS' CLUB IN STANLEY AT 2.30 P.M. ON FRIDAY.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESENTATION. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE GUARDIAN HOUSE, 32 01 KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI AT 1.30 P.M

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