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SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1990

IN

VIEW

OF THE

RESPONSE

SIMILAR

ΤΟ

COURSES ATTENDING ARE ADVISED TO APPLY RELATIONS PROMOTION UNIT ON

OVERWHELMING OFFERED EARLIER, PEOPLE INTERESTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR 12TH FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, PIER ROAD, CENTRAL.

ENROLMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED

ΤΟ GIVEN

APPLICANTS SE ONSORED BY ALTHOUGH PRIORITY WILL BE EMPLOYERS OR TRADE UNIONS.

BASIS,

THEIR

FURTHER ENQUIRIES ON THE COURSES CAN BE MADE ON TEL. 852 3511.

1,239 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN MAY

* **

CASUALTIES

WAS REPORTED IN

1,239

TRAFFIC

A TOTAL OF 1,668 ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST MONTH.

SAID TODAY

THAT (SUNDAY)

OF A POLICE SPOKESMAN

305 ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 606 IN KOWLOON AND 328 IN NEW TERRITORIES.

THESE THE

THAT 20 PERSONS WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED

THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR MAY SHOWED KILLED, 337 PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 1.311 IN THESE ACCIDENTS.

A DECREASE

THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES REPRESENTED OF 6.6 PER CENT AND 4.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN

ORGANISATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ARE INVITED TO APPLY THE DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING AND AFFAIRS COMMITTEE FUNDS FOR ORGANISING COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

ΤΟ FOR

A DISTRICT BOARD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT DISTRICT-BASED ACTIVITIES AIMED AT ENHANCING COMMUNITY SPIRIT, SOCIAL COHESION, SENSE OF BELONGING AND WELL-BEING OF LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.

ACTIVITIES THAT CAN PROMOTE LOCAL PEOPLE'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED.

BE CULTURAL, SEMINARS

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THESE ACTIVITIES CAN RECREATIONAL, SPORTS AND FESTIVE ACTIVITIES, EXHIBITIONS, AND SURVEYS, AS WELL AS SOCIAL SERVICES PROJECTS FOR THE ELDERLY, DISABLED OR THOSE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON FRIDAY (JUNE 15) AND WILL BE BY THE COMMITTEE AT ITS MEETING ON JULY 9. APPLICANTS NOTIFIED BY POST OF THE RESULT OF THEIR APPLICATIONS.

PROCESSED WILL BE

/THE DEADLINES