XN000022-1982-10-11 — Page 11

MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1980

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RATEPAYERS URGED TO RETURN FORMS

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RATEPAYERS WERE URGED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THE FORMS REQUIRING THEM TO FURNISH INFORMATION ON RENTS AND OTHER PARTICULARS OF THEIR PREMISES.

IN AUGUST-SEPTEMBER, THE DEPARTMENT SENT RATEPAYERS FORMS R.1A WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE ISSUE DATE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

A LARGE NUMBER OF RATEPAYERS HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED AND RETURNED THE FORMS, HE NOTED, AND HE CALLED ON THE OTHERS TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLĖ.

+ANY PERSON WHO FAILS TO FILL IN THE FORM OR WHO KNOWINGLY GIVES FALSE INFORMATION IS GUILTY OF AN OFFENCE UNDER THE RATING ORDINANCE AND IS LIABLE TO A FINE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+REMINDERS WILL BE ISSUED BUT RATEPAYERS SHOULD NOT WAIT

FOR THEM BEFORE COMPLETING THE FORMS, HE ADDED.

THOSE WHO NEED ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING THE FORMS MAY CALL AT THE DEPARTMENT ON THE 17TH FLOOR OF HENNESSY CENTRE, 500 HENNESSY ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY OR TELEPHONE 5-7957888.

YOUNG TALENT INVITED FOR POSTER DESIGN CONTEST

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CREATIVE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN AN ANTI-SMOKING POSTER DESIGN AND SLOGAN CONTEST ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

THE CONTEST IS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN BEING HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES REGION TO WARN YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SMOKING.

OTHER ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, AND SEMINARS SPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR LOWER FORM STUDENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WERE CHOSEN AS THE TARGET GROUP FOR THE CAMPAIGN AS A RESULT OF SURVEYS WHICH SHOWED THAT MOST HABITUAL SMOKERS HAD THE IR FIRST PUFF DURING THE IR ADOLESCENCE.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES YOUNG PEOPLE WILL GET TO KNOW THAT TOBACCO SMOKING IS NOT ONLY HARMFUL TO THE IR HEALTH, BUT WILL ALSO TARNISH THEIR IMAGE AND IS AN ANTI-SOCIAL HABIT, HE ADDED.

PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO DESIGN A POSTER WITH A CATCHY SLOGAN TO MAP OUT EITHER THE HARMS OF SMOKING, OR WITH HINTS ON RESISTING THE TEMPTATION TO SMOKE, OR DESCRIBING WAYS TO KICK THE HABIT.

/THEY MAY