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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1982
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS
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THE LATEST DATE FOR POSTING LOCAL MAIL ITEMS TO ENSURE DELIVERY BEFORE CHRISTMAS IS DECEMBER 21, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY),
POSTINGS AFTER THIS DATE CANNOT BE GUARANTEED DELIVERY BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE ADDED.
LETTER DELIVERY ARRANGEMENTS DURING THE CHRISTMAS AND
NEW YEAR PERIOD WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:-
DATE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1982
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1982
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1982
MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1982
DELIVERIES
TWO DELIVERIES
NO DELIVERY
ONE DELIVERY
NO DELIVERY
NEW YEAR'S DAY, JANUARY 1, 1983
NO DELIVERY
SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1983
ONE DELIVERY
DURING THE CHRISTMAS (DECEMBER 25-27) AND NEW YEAR (JANUARY 1-2) HOLIDAY PERIODS ALL POST OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED EXCEPT ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26 WHEN 35 POST OFFICES INCLUDING THE GENERAL POST OFFICE ON THE HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON CENTRAL AND TSIM SHA TSUI IN KOWLOON AND TSUEN WAN AND TAI PO POST OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS FROM 9 AM TO 12 NOON.
KEEN COMPETITION FOR ENTRY INTO TECHNICAL INSTITUTES
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THERE WAS VERY KEEN COMPETITION FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE PLACES THIS YEAR, AS REFLECTED BY THE FOUR TO ONE RATIO BETWEEN QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND PLANNED PLACES.
OUT OF 99 663 QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, 23 005 WERE ADMITTED TO THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ADMINISTERED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL IN THE CURRENT 1982/83 ACADEMIC YEAR.
FOR SOME DISCIPLINES, SUCH AS THE FULL-TIME CRAFT COURSE IN DESIGN, THE RATIO BETWEEN QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AND PLANNED PLACES WAS 85 TO ONE.
THE RATIO FOR THE FULL-TIME POST-SECONDARY COURSE IN COMMERCIAL STUDIES WAS 19 TO ONE.
/A SPOKESMAN
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