THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1980
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THE QUEEN AND THE QUEEN MOTHER
CONSENT TO BE PATRONS OF HK GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION
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HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER HAVE GRACIOUSLY CONSENTED TO BE PATRONS OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, WHICH CEASED TWO YEARS AGO TO BE A BRANCH OF THE UNITED KINGDOM GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION AND BECAME AUTONOMOUS.
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THE FORMATION OF THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION IN HONG KONG GOES BACK TO 1915. IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1968 THAT REAL EXPANSION BEGAN. 1968 THERE WERE 2 900 MEMBERS. PRESENT FIGURES SHOW THE NUMBER THIS YEAR TO BE OVER 15 000 REPRESENTING A 600 PER CENT INCREASE.
THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION. WAS FORMERLY A +BRANCH+ OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
AS THE NUMBERS GREW AND THE MOVEMENT EXPANDED, THIS BECAME AN UNTENABLE SITUATION AND IN FEBRUARY 1978 HONG KONG WAS RELEASED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM ADMINISTRATION AND BECAME AUTONOMOUS.
THE NEXT STEP WAS TO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF GIRL GUIDES AND GIRL SCOUTS - THE INTERNATIONAL BODY REPRESENTING 98 COUNTRIES AND WITH MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION MEMBERS.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP OF THIS WORLD BODY WAS GRANTED TO HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER 1978. AT PRESENT THERE IS AN APPLICATION BEING FORMULATED FOR FULL MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF GIRL GUIDES AND GIRL SCOUTS, AND THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED DURING THE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN FRANCE NEXT YEAR.
+A PROUD MOMENT FOR THE ASSOCIATION WAS THE NEWS RECEIVED THAT HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER HAVE GRACIOUSLY CONSENTED TO BE PATRONS OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ASSOCIATION SAID.
RECORD NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS
FOR TRADE MARK REGISTRATIONS MADE LAST YEAR
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THE TRADE MARKS REGISTRY HANDLED A RECORD TOTAL OF 4 792 APPLICATIONS FOR TRADE MARK REGISTRATIONS LAST YEAR, 630 MORE THAN THOSE IN 1978.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE MARKS REGISTRY SAID DURING THE YEAR A TOTAL OF 1 680 TRADE MARKS WERE REGISTERED. TOPPING THE LIST OF 37 COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN WAS USA WITH 417 TRADE MARKS REGISTERED TO BE FOLLOWED BY HONG KONG WITH 389. OTHER PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN WERE JAPAN (188), UNITED KINGDOM (168), WEST GERMANY (137), FRANCE (107), SWITZERLAND (77), ITALY (43), AUSTRALIA (30) AND THE NETHERLANDS (20).
13305 FRANCE
THE TOTAL
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