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MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1989

A CSD SPOKESMAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT WOULD

ALWAYS MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO HELP ADULT INMATES, IF THEY SO WISHED, IN THEIR PRIVATE

STUDIES.

"IN MR CHAN'S CASE, OUR STAFF HAVE RENDERED HIM MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE, INCLUDING BORROWING REFERENCE BOOKS FOR HIM FROM PUBLIC LIBRARIES, IN THE ACQUISITION OF NECESSARY STATIONERY AND GIVING HIM PRIVATE TUITION WHENEVER REQUIRED.

HELPING HIM

"THE DEPARTMENT HAD ALSO HELPED HIM SEND HIS COURSE ASSIGNMENTS TO THE OPEN INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY," HE ADDED.

AT A SEPARATE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT STANLEY PRISON EARLIER TODAY, CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED TO 10 PRISONERS WHO HAD PASSED THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS EXAMINATION AND TO 21 PRISONERS WHO HAD COMPLETED MONOCHROME DRAWING COURSES CONDUCTED BY THE EXTRA-MURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

THE CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE COUNCIL OF EAST ASIA OPEN INSTITUTE, MR K.W.J. TOPLEY.

NEW YEAR STAMPS ON SALE FROM WEDNESDAY

THE POST OFFICE REMINDED THE PUBLIC TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE

THE LUNAR NEW YEAR OF

SNAKE SPECIAL STAMPS WILL GO ON SALE ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 18).

AND $5.

THE SET COMPRISES FOUR DENOMINATIONS 60 CENTS, $1.40, $1.80

A SOUVENIR SHEET CONTAINING A SET OF THE FOUR STAMPS AT $8.80 EACH AND A STAMP FOLDER AT $12 EACH WILL ALSO BE ISSUED.

OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVERS ARE

OFFICES.

ALREADY

ON SALE AT

ALL

POST

CUSTOMERS ON ALL POST OFFICES ARE EXPECTED TO BE CROWDED WITH WEDNESDAY AND TO ASSIST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO TRANSACT NORMAL POSTAL BUSINESS, ADDITIONAL COUNTERS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE THE MAIN POST OFFICES.

AT

AND, IF POSSIBLE, THE

"EXTRA STAFF WILL BE ON DUTY AT MOST POST OFFICES ON WEDNESDAY BUT QUEUES ARE NEVERTHELESS EXPECTED TO FORM PUBLIC ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSACT THEIR NORMAL POSTAL BUSINESS PRECEDING DAY OR THE DAY FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THE SPECIAL POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ON THE ISSUE,

A

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