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FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1984
OVER $300 000 IN PRIZES, INCLUDING COLOUR TV SETS, VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDERS, RADIO CASSETTE RECORDERS, KITCHEN APPLIANCES, WASHING MACHINES, ELECTRONIC TV GAMES AND WRIST WATCHES WERE AWARDED TO MEMBERS OF THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS AND HOME VIEWERS SINCE THE FIRST EPISODE WAS SCREENED ON JUNE 3 THIS YEAR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT FEEDBACK INFORMATION INDICATED THAT BESIDES BEING ENTERTAINING, THE TV PROGRAMME HAD HELPED AROUSE SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE HOME VIEWERS.
TEXTILES AGREEMENT WITH NORWAY SIGNED *****
THE NEW HONG KONG-NORWAY TEXTILES AGREEMENT WAS RATIFIED TODAY (FRIDAY) IN HONG KONG.
IT WAS SIGNED BY MR LE IF E. HALVORSEN, CONSUL-GENERAL OF NORWAY, AND MR E.P. HO, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
THE NEW AGREEMENT WAS CONCLUDED AND INITIALLED IN OSLO IN JANUARY. IT COVERS A THREE-YEAR PERIOD STARTING FROM JULY 1, 1984.
NORWAY HAS ACCEDED TO THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT AS FROM JULY 1, 1984.
LADY BREMRIDGE VISITS AGED FOLK *****
SPENT THIS LADY BREMRIDGE, WIFE OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY (FRIDAY) MORNING VISITING THE ST. JOSEPH'S HOME FOR THE AGED AND THE SHUN LEE ADULT TRAINING CENTRE IN NGAU CHI WAN.
DURING THE VISIT, LADY BREMRIDGE SAW SOME 30 HANDICAPPED TRAINEES FROM THE SHUN LEE ADULT TRAINING CENTRE GIVING SERVICE TO AND PLAYING WITH SOME 40 ELDERLY PERSONS OF ST. JOSEPH'S HOME FOR THE AGED IN A SPECIAL ONE-DAY PROJECT ORGANISED BY THE SOCIETY OF HOMES FOR THE HANDICAPPED.
YESTERDAY LADY BREMRIDGE HAD VISITED THE PO LEUNG KUK PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP IN SAI KUNG, TO SEE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF AN INTEGRATED CAMP COMPRISING STUDENTS FROM SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND PARTICIPANTS OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD. THE CAMP WAS ORGANISED BY THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.
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