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THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1980

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OPENING OF LEGAL YEAR

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A CHURCH SERVICE TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE LEGAL YEAR WILL BE HELD AT 4 PM ON MONDAY (JANUARY 7) IN ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL INSPECT A MILITARY GUARD OF HONOUR AT EDINBURGH PLACE AFTER THE SERVICE.

THERE WILL THEN BE ADDRESSES IN THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL BY SIR DENYS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR. JOHN GRIFFITHS- AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION, MR. HENRY LITTON.

AFTER THE CEREMONIES, A RECEPTION WILL BE HELD IN THE EXHIBITION HALL OF CITY HALL,

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONIAL OPENING OF THE LEGAL YEAR COMMENCING WITH A SERVICE IN ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AT 4 PM ON MONDAY (JANUARY 7).

THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN INSPECTION OF A GUARD OF HONOUR BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS AT EDINBURGH PLACE AT 4.45 PM. SIR DENYS TOGETHER WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION WILL GIVE SPEECHES AT 5 PM IN THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL WHERE SEATS WILL BE RESERVED FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.

HAPPY VALLEY TRAMS TO STOP EARLIER

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TRAM SERVICES FROM HAPPY VALLEY TO KENNEDY TOWN AND SHAU KEI WAN WILL STOP AT 11.30 PM ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 5) AND AGAIN ON JANUARY 11 AND 12 TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER.

ON THESE DAYS THE LAST TRAM FROM HAPPY VALLEY FOR SHAU KEI WAN WILL BE AT 11.24 PM AND THAT FOR KENNEDY TOWN WILL LEAVE WITHIN SECONDS.

THE LAST TRAMS FROM SHAU KEI WAN AND KENNEDY TOWN FOR HAPPY VALLEY WILL BE AT 10.26 PM AND 10.46 PM RESPECTIVELY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID EVERY EFFORT WOULD BE MADE TO COMPLETE THE NIGHT WORK SO AS NOT TO CAUSE DISRUPTION TO THE NORMAL TRAM SERVICE IN HAPPY VALLEY ON THE FOLLOWING MORNINGS.

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