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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1979

NEW UNIFORM FOR AMS

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MEMBERS OF THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE WILL BE ISSUED A NEW UNIFORM WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR MORE COMFORT.

THE NEW OUTFIT, IN TUNIC STYLE, WILL DO AWAY WITH THE CLOSE-FITTING JACKET AND TROUSERS WITH GAITERS WHICH HAVE BEEN

IN USE SINCE THE 1950'S. FOR WOMEN OFFICERS,

FOR WOMEN OFFICERS, THE NEW UNIFORM WILL BE A JACKET AND A SKIRT.

THE MATERIAL FOR THE NEW UNIFORM WILL BE DACRON FOR SUMMER AND SERGE FOR WINTER IN PLACE OF GREY DRILL FOR THE EXISTING OUTFIT.

THE COLOUR OF THE UNIFORM WILL BE CHANGED FROM ORDINARY GREY TO CHARCOAL GREY, BUT THE HEADGEAR, A BLUE BERET, WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.

THE MEDICAL DEFENCE STAFF OFFICER OF AMS, MR. K.C. TONG SAID THE EXISTING UNIFORM WILL BE PHASED OUT ÎN FOUR STAGES.

+ IN FACT THE NEW UNIFORM HAS BEEN ISSUED TO SOME OF THE SENIOR OFFICERS AND IT IS HOPED THAT THE CHANGE-OVER WILL BE COMPLETED BY 1983 FOR OUR 5 800 - STRONG FORCE.+

DSW INAUGURATES CHILDREN'S CHOIR

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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, TODAY (SUNDAY) INAUGURATED A CHILDREN'S CHOIR WHICH WILL BE A SOURCE OF CULTURAL INSPIRATION AND ENTERTAINMENT TO RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF HONG KONG ISLAND,

THE CHILDREN'S CHOIR, COMPRISING 90 BOYS AND GIRLS AGED EIGHT TO 13, WILL SHORTLY MAKE ITS DEBUT AT AN ANTI-CRIME FUNCTION BEING ORGANISED IN THE DISTRICT.

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON, MR. LEE SAID RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY TAKE PRIDE IN HAVING THEIR OWN CHILDREN'S CHOIR TO BRING THEM MUSIC AND JOY.

HE POINTED OUT THAT IN RECENT YEARS, UNDER THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT AND WITH ACTIVE PUBLIC SUPPORT, MUSIC ACTIVITIES HAVE DEVELOPED AND EXPANDED.

THE FORMATION OF THE CHOIR NOT ONLY PROVIDES CHILDREN WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING THEIR GROUP SPIRIT AND FOR MEANINGFUL EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, IT ALSO PROMOTES THE STANDARD OF CULTURAL AND MUSICAL LIFE IN THE DISTRICT.

/+THIS YEAR