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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 198

HE TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT ONE OF THESE IMPROVEMENT MEASURES WAS TO INSIST THAT SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND OTHER CONCERNS SHOULD ASK CARD USERS TO PRODUCE AN IDENTITY CARD OR PASSPORT BEFORE EACH TRANSACTION.

ANOTHER PRACTICE ENCOURAGED BY THE POLICE WAS TO USE +PLAIN ENVELOPES RATHER THAN THOSE WITH THE COMPANY NAME EMBLAZONED ON THEM WHEN SENDING CARDS BY POST+.

AS TO THE LEVEL OF SUCH CRIMES, MR JE AFFRESON SAID 138 CASES INVOLVING THE USE OF LOST OR STOLEN CREDIT CARDS WERE REPORTED IN 1983, 77 IN 1984 AND 10 IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1985.

+ THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE PROPERTY MISAPPROPRIATED WAS $1.01 MILLION IN 1983, $0.98 MILLION IN 1984 AND $51 000 IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1985, + HE SAID.

FIRST REGIONAL TEACHERS' CENTRE PLANNED

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A WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN FORMED WITHIN THE EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT TO PLAN THE FIRST REGIONAL TEACHERS' CENTRE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS RITA FAN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE SAID THERE HAD BEEN PLANS TO SET UP A TEACHERS' CENTRE EVEN BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION.

+ THE WORKING GROUP WILL INCLUDE, AS ONE OF ITS FIRST TASKS, A REVIEW OF THESE PLANS IN THE LIGHT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION, + MR LEUNG SAID.

AT PRESENT THERE ARE SIX TEACHING CENTRES,

THREE RESOURCE-

DISPLAY ROOMS AND A MEDIA PRODUCTION SERVICES UNIT RUN BY THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE AND WHICH ARE USED REGULARLY BY TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

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