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NOTE TO EDITORS.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1984

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AWARDS FOR FISHERMEN

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TWENTY-EIGHT FISHERMEN WHO LAST YEAR LANDED THE MOST FISH AT MARKETS OF THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION (FMO) ARE TO RECEIVE PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES AT A CEREMONY TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

THE PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED BY MRS RIDDELL-SWAN, WIFE OF THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN.

DR RIDDELL-SWAN WILL PRESENT PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES TO NINE FISHERMEN WHO SAVED 77 LIVES AT SEA DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

FISHERMEN WHO COMPLETED NAVIGATION TRAINING CLASSES RUN BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO RECEIVE CERTIFICATES.

FIVE EMPLOYEES OF THE FMO WHO HAVE EACH COMPLETED 25 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE ORGANISATION WILL RECEIVE LONG-SERVICE MEDALS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY AT THE ABERDEEN WHOLESALE FISH MARKET AT 102 SHEK PAI WAN ROAD, ABERDEEN TOMORROW (FEBRUARY 1).

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE FUNCTION ARE ASKED TO ARRIVE AT THE MARKET AT 10.45 AM.

METHADONE CLINICS STAY OPEN

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ALL 24 METHADONE CLINICS OPERATED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT OUT- PATIENT AND EVENING CLINICS WILL BE CLOSED FROM FEBRUARY 2 TO FEBRUARY 4.

HOWEVER, EMERGENCY CASES WILL BE TREATED AT THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS.

AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER LEAVES FOR JAPAN

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THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, MR BOB HAWKE, LEFT HONG KONG THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING FOR JAPAN AFTER A TWO-DAY PRIVATE VISIT.

HE WAS SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE AUSTRALIAN COMMISSIONER IN HONG KONG, MR D.J. HORNE, THE JAPANESE CONSUL-GENERAL,

MR HIROAK! FUJII, AND THE DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL, SIR JOHN CURLE.