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MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1988

APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR QE FOUNDATION PROJECT GRANTS

THE COUNCIL OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH FOUNDATION FOR THE MENT.LY HANDICAPPED TODAY (MONDAY) INVITED APPLICATIONS FROM BONA-FIDE NON-PROFIT-MAKING ORGANISATIONS FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF PROJECT

GRANTS.

THE GRANTS ARE AIMED AT FINANCING PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF WELFARE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED IN HONG KONG AND THE PROMOTION OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS.

COPIES OF A GUIDE TO APPLICATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE COUNCIL'S SECRETARY AT THE REHABILITATION DIVISION OF TE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH, ON THE 14TH FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL.

APPLICATIONS MUST REACH THE COUNCIL FOUNDATION NOT LATER THAN NOVEMBER 15.

SECRETARIAT OF THE

WATER STORAGE FIGURE

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 44.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 262.051 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 424.183 CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 72.4 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

MILLION

FARMERS' VIEWS ON EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES SOUGHT

THEIR VIEWS ALLOWANCES

FOR

LIVESTOCK FARMER REPRESENTATIVES WILL CONSOLIDATE ON THE GOVERNMENT'S NEXT REVIEW OF THE EX-GRATIA FARMERS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME.

THE REVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS' TIME.

WASTE

THE AD HOC WORKING

CONSULTATIVE

GROUP

OF

THE FARMER PAPER

AT THE LATEST MEETING OF LIVESTOCK

DISPOSAL REPRESENTATIVES AGREED THAT THEY WOULD SET OUT THEIR VIEWS IN A

COMMITTEE, FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT AD HOC WORKING GROUP MEETING.

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MR LEO

KWAN,

THE

SAID GOVERNMENT

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AD HOC WORKING GROUP, FARMERS' VIEWS WOULD BE CONSOLIDATED AND REFLECTED TO FOR CONSIDERATION.

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