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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1987

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REGISTRATION OF COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARS

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FORMER RECIPIENTS OF COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS ARE URGED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO FACILITATE THE COMPILATION OF A LIST OF COMMONWEALTH SPECIALISTS AND THE UPDATING OF RECORDS OF SUCH SCHOLARS AS REQUESTED BY COMMONWEALTH MINISTERS OF EDUCATION.

THEY ARE ASKED TO FORWARD THEIR CURRENT ADDRESSES IN WRITING TO MRS S.K. LAI. EDUCATION OFFICER, OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, LEE GARDENS, FIFTH FLOOR, 33-37 HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY, OR TELEPHONE 5-8392572 DURING OFFICE HOURS SO THAT A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE INFORMATION GATHERING EXERCISE COULD BE SENT TO THEM.

TRAM SERVICES ADJUSTED FROM MONDAY

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TRAM SERVICES ON HONG KONG ISLAND WILL BE RE-ARRANGED FROM MONDAY (JANUARY 26), WITH THE COMPLETION OF TRACK WORK AT THE WESTERN MARKET LOOP AND THE RE-OPENING OF TERMINAL FACILITIES THERE.

THE RE-ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDE CHANGING OF TERMINAL POINTS OF THREE EXISTING TRAM ROUTES AND ADJUSTING THE OPERATING HOURS OF THREE OTHERS.

THE CURRENT SHAU KEI WAN TO WHITTY STREET ROUTE WILL BE EXTENDED WESTWARDS TO TERMINATE AT KENNEDY TOWN, RUNNING BETWEEN 6 AM AND MIDNIGHT DAILY.

TWO NEW ROUTES LINKING WESTERN MARKET WITH CAUSEWAY BAY AND SHAU KE! WAN RESPECTIVELY WILL BE INTRODUCED. THE SERVICE TO CAUSEWAY BAY WILL START AT 7.32 AM AND END AT 7.15 PM DAILY, WHILE THAT TO SHAU KEI WAN WILL OPERATE DURING PEAK HOURS ONLY THAT IS FROM 6.54 AM TO 9.40 AM AND FROM 3.13 PM TO 6.53 PM DAILY.

THESE ROUTES REPLACE THE EXISTING TRAM LINKS BETWEEN WHITTY STREET AND CAUSEWAY BAY, AND BETWEEN KENNEDY TOWN AND NORTH POINT.

MEANWHILE, THE DAILY SCHEDULES OF TRAMS RUNNING BETWEEN SHAU KEI WAN AND HAPPY VALLEY WILL BE FROM 6.31 AM TO 10.46 PM, BETWEEN NORTH POINT AND WHITTY STREET FROM 6.04 AM TO 10.20 PM, AND BETWEEN HAPPY VALLEY AND KENNEDY TOWN FROM 5.59 AM TO MIDNIGHT.

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