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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1992

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TOP WELFARE OFFICIALS TO PARTICIPATE IN CHARITY EVENT

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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, WILL LEAD A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TEAM ΤΟ PARTICIPATE IN THE GIRL GUIDES CELEBRITY CHALLANGE 92 FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.

MEMBERS OF THE TEAM INCLUDE DEPUTY DIRECTOR MR ALFRED CHUI WING-MAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTORS MR ALEXANDER FUNG KA-CHING, MR KWOK NAI- SHIK AND MRS LOUISE WONG.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT DIRECTORATE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR SPOUSES FORM A TEAM TO TAKE PART IN SUCH A MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ACTIVITY.

INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN TAKING PART IN SIMILAR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST, HE ADDED.

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL START AT 2 PM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT THE HONG KONG STADIUM, CAUSEWAY BAY. TEAM LEADER, MR M.D. CARTLAND, WILL BR AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW. SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.

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279 VOLUNTARY RETURNEES BACK TO VIETNAM

A GROUP OF 279 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (FRIDAY) RETURNED ΤΟ VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.

COMPRISING 96 MEN, 64 WOMEN, 56 BOYS AND 63 GIRLS,

THE 85TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

THEY WERE

THIS GROUP BROUGHT ΤΟ 528 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND TO 14,507 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.

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