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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1985

+THIS IS VITAL TO THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG+ HE SAID,

MR CHAN WAS SPEAKING AT THE FIRST PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF BURSARY CERTIFICATES OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES CHILDREN'S EDUCATION TRUST, AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.

MR CHAN, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE TRUST COMMITTEE, SAID THE FUND, HAD BEEN SET UP IN 1983 TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL HELP FOR CHILDREN OF THE ASSISTANT OFFICERS AND EQUIVALENT GRADES IN HIGHER EDUCATION,

AN INVESTMENT ADVISORY BOARD HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH UNOFFICIAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, MR OSWALD CHEUNG AS CHAIRMAN, AND MR PETER VINE AND MR AUBREY LI AS MEMBERS, TO ADVISE THE TRUST COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENTS.

AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, 13 STAFF MEMBERS WHOSE CHILDREN ARE STUDYING IN UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNICS OR POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES, RECEIVED THE BURSARY CERTIFICATES AND CHEQUES FROM MRS WILLIAM MONG, WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION,

THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, WHO IS TRUSTEE OF THE FUND, THANKED MR CHAN AND MEMBERS OF THE TRUST COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS MR OSWALD CHEUNG AND MEMBERS OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY BOARD FOR GIVING UP MUCH TIME TO INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN THE WELFARE OF THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT.

MR GARNER ALSO THANKED MR AND MRS WILLIAM MONG FOR THE IR GENEROUS DONATION, WHICH MADE POSSIBLE THE SETTING UP OF THE TRUST.

CHINESE VISITORS LEARN ABOUT TOWN PLANNING

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MEMBERS OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN IN CHINA'S MINISTRY OF URBAN AND RURAL CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO LEARN ABOUT TOWN PLANNING IN HONG KONG.

LED BY THE INSTITUTE'S DIRECTOR, MR ZHOU GANZHI, THE FIVE MEMBERS FIRST VISITED THE LANDS DEPARTMENT'S TOWN PLANNING DIVISION WHERE THEY MET THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, MR ARTHUR CHAN.

THE GROUP WERE THEN BRIEFED BY THE GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, MR EDMUND LO, ON PLANNING PROCEDURES AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANS USED IN HONG KONG.

/LATER, THEY ...............

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