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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1984

COMPLETED FORMS IN DUPLICATE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE JOINT SELECTION BOARD AND FORWARDED TO THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TO WHICH ADMISSION IS SOUGHT BY 5 PM ON FEBRUARY 29, 1984,

TEACHERS SHOULD SUBMIT THE IR FORMS THROUGH THEIR HEADS OF SCHOOLS, AND FINAL-YEAR STUDENTS OF THE THREE POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES THROUGH THE IR SCHOOL RESIDENTS.

GRADUATES OF THE THREE COLLEGES SHOULD SUBMIT THE FORMS IN PERSON OR BY RECORDED POST, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+ INCOMPLETE OR LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AND THE VALIDITY OF APPLICATIONS SENT BY RECORDED POST WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE DATE OF THE POST-MARK, HE SAID.

FISHERMEN MOVE INTO NEW VILLAGE

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A TOTAL OF 65 FISHING FAMILIES, WHO HAVE MOVED HOME ON TWO OCCASIONS TO MAKE WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH LAND BY THE LANDS DEPARTMENT ON WHICH TO BUILD A NEW VILLAGE AT AH KUNG KOK, SHA TIN.

THE OPENING AND MOVING-IN CEREMONY OF THE NEW VILLAGE TOOK PLACE TODAY (FRIDAY), WITH THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, MR JOHN TODD, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR WAI HON-LEUNG, OFFICIATING.

MR TODD SAID THE CONSTRUCTION OF AH KUNG KOK FISHERMEN'S NEW VILLAGE HAD BEEN NO ORDINARY PROJECT.

+ THE MAJORITY OF THE FISHERMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHOSE MOVING-IN WE ARE CELEBRATING TODAY, ORIGINALLY LIVED AT HO TUNG LAU VILLAGE, ACROSS THE RIVER ON THE SITE OF WHAT IS NOW SHA TIN RACE COURSE, HE SAID,

IN 1976, RECLAMATION WORK FOR THE RACE COURSE FORCED THEM TO MOVE AND THEY WENT ACROSS TO LIVE IN THE BAY OF AH KUNG KOK AND AT YAU SHUI PANG.

THREE YEARS AGO, RECLAMATION WORK BEGAN ON THIS (THE SOUTH) SIDE OF SHING MUN RIVER IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF MA ON SHAN, AND IT AGAIN BECAME NECESSARY FOR THE FISHERMEN TO MOVE.

+IN RECOGNITION OF THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY THE FISHERMEN AS THEY MOVED BEFORE THE ADVANCING DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN, IT WAS AGREED TO MAKE A SPECIAL CASE AND GRANT THEM LAND FROM THE AREA BEING RECLAIMED TO BUILD A NEW VILLAGE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR FAMILIES, MR TODD SAID.

+THE FISHERMEN HAVE A TRADITIONAL AND LONG-ESTABLISHED WAY OF LIFE IN THE TOLO HARBOUR AREA AND I AM DELIGHTED TO SEE YOUR NEW VILLAGE SO WELL COMPLETED WITH ITS SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, TRANSFORMER COMPOUND AND OTHER SERVICE FACILITIES.+

IN YEARS