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TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1988

ENTRIES MUST BE RETURNED EITHER IN PERSON OR BY MAIL TO THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, ON THE 23RD FLOOR OF QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT OFFICES HONG KONG OR THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT JPC CLUBHOUSE ON THE PODIUM LEVEL, FIRST FLOOR, LAI LAN HOUSE, LAI KOK ESTATE, SHAM SHUI PO.

ALL ENTRANTS WILL BE GIVEN A SOUVENIR.

INTERESTED PARTIES CAN

FURTHER INFORMATION.

TELEPHONE

5-8622766 OR 3-612737 FOR

QUARRY BAY TO HAVE NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY

RESIDENTS OF QUARRY BAY WILL HAVE A NEW LIBRARY ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE URBAN COUNCIL QUARRY BAY COMPLEX AT 38 QUARRY BAY STREET LATER THIS YEAR.

THE LIBRARIES SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL TODAY (TUESDAY) APPROVED THE DESIGNATION OF THE PREMISES AS A LIBRARY.

THE NEW LIBRARY, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED IN LATE SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER, WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING QUARRY BAY PUBLIC LIBRARY AT TAI KOO SHING.

THE COMMITTEE ALSO APPROVED A PROPOSAL TO JOINTLY WITH THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTER EDUCATION FOUR CLUBS ON COMPUTERS FOR CHILDREN DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. OF THE CLUBS WAS TO AROUSE CHILDREN'S INTEREST IN COMPUTERS.

ORGANISE INTEREST THE AIM

COMPLETED

CHILDREN BETWEEN NINE AND 12 YEARS OF AGE WHO HAVE AT LEAST PRIMARY 3 WILL BE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR ENROLMENT IN THE PRACTICAL SESSIONS TO LEARN THROUGH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.

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EACH INTEREST CLUB ON COMPUTERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE CHILDREN AT A NOMINAL FEE OF $40 PER PARTICIPANT. THE SESSIONS BE HELD IN JULY AND AUGUST IN THE CITY HALL PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE KOWLOON CENTRAL LIBRARY.

HOLD EACH

DURING THE MEETING, THE COMMITTEE APPROVED A PROPOSAL TO 48 EXHIBITIONS IN EACH DISTRICT LIBRARY AND 24 EXHIBITIONS IN SMALL STATIC LIBRARY IN 1988/89 COVERING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE LIBRARY COLLECTION TO STIMULATE READING INTERESTS AND то WIDEN SCOPE OF READING BY LIBRARY USERS.

THE COMMITTEE ALSO APPROVED A PROPOSAL TO EXHIBITION IN SEPTEMBER WITH THE BRITISH COUNCIL BIRTH CENTENARY OF THE WRITER T.S. ELIOT AND ANNIVERSARY OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL IN HONG KONG.

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ANOTHER PROPOSAL APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE WAS THE HOLDING A TRANSLATION CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER WITH THE HONG KONG TRANSLATION SOCIETY AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE.

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