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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1985
NEW PORTRAIT OF QUEEN FOR COINS
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A MORE RECENT PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN WILL APPEAR ON THE OBVERSE SIDE OF HONG KONG'S CIRCULATING COINAGE FROM THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THE FIRST COINS TO BE PRODUCED WITH THE NEW EFFIGY WILL BE OF $5, $2, 20 CENTS AND 10 CENTS DENOMINATIONS AND WILL BE PUT INTO CIRCULATION AS STOCKS OF COINS BEARING THE OLD PORTRAIT ARE EXHAUSTED.
NO ORDERS FOR $1 AND 50 CENTS COINS WITH THE NEW EFFIGY HAVE BEEN PLACED, BUT WHEN THE TIME COMES TO PLACE ORDER, THEY WILL ALSO SHOW THE NEW PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN.
THE EFFIGY, WHICH IS THE WORK OF MR RAPHAEL MAKLOUF, IS THE SAME AS THE ONE APPROVED FOR USE ON UNITED KINGDOM CIRCULATING COINAGE FROM JANUARY 1, 1985.
FRSA,
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT COST IMPLICATIONS, AND AS IN THE PAST, COINS WILL ONLY BE WITHDRAWN FROM CIRCULATION WHEN THROUGH WEAR AND TEAR THEY ARE UNFIT FOR FURTHER USE.
THE FIRST COINS ARE LIKELY TO BE PUT INTO CIRCULATION AROUND DECEMBER.
USD MEN HURT IN ATTACK BY HAWKERS
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FOURTEEN MEMBERS OF AN URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT GENERAL DUTIES TEAM WERE HURT TODAY IN A CLASH WITH HAWKERS ARMED WITH IRON BARS.
THE MOST SERIOUSLY INJURED, A SENIOR FOREMAN, A FOREMAN AND AN OVERSEER, WERE ADMITTED TO QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL.
TEN OTHERS WERE GIVEN MEDICAL ATTENTION WHILE THE 14TH MAN REFUSED TREATMENT.
THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE SHORTLY AFTER 10 A.M. WHEN THE GDT MEMBERS ATTEMPTED TO DISPERSE A GROUP OF ILLEGAL HAWKERS IN NULLAH ROAD, MONG KOK.
A CALL FOR POLICE HELP WAS MADE ON THE GDT'S WALKIE-TALKIE RADIO, BUT BEFORE POLICE COULD REACH THE SCENE VICIOUS ATTACKS WERE MADE ON THE HAWKER-CLEARANCE MEN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE AREA WAS ONE OF MANY HAWKER BLACK-SPOTS IN MONG KOK WHERE CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE AND DISPERSAL ACTION WAS NECESSARY TO PREVENT FOOTPATHS AND EVEN ROADWAYS BEING OVER-RUN WITH ILLEGAL HAWKERS.
THE DIRECTOR
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