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MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1992

NEW PUBLIC LIGHT BUS ROUTE IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES THAT A NEW PUBLIC LIGHT BUS (SCHEDULED) ROUTE 45 RUNNING BETWEEN SAI YING PUN AND STAR FERRY (CONNAUGHT PLACE) ON HONG KONG ISLAND WILL COME INTO SERVICE FROM 7 AM ON WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 7).

THE OPERATION HOURS WILL BE FROM 7 AM TO 7.45 PM. THE FARE WILL BE $4 PER SINGLE JOURNEY.

STUDENTS INVITED TO JOIN READING AWARD SCHEME

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS

INVITING SECONDARY STUDENTS TO

TAKE PART IN THE 1993 READING AWARD SCHEME.

THE SCHEME IS AIMED AT HELPING STUDENTS DEVELOP A GOOD READING HABIT AND PROMOTING THE USE OF SCHOOL LIBRARY.

THE AWARDS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS: SENIOR GROUP FOR SECONDARY 4 AND 5 STUDENTS, AND JUNIOR GROUP FOR THOSE IN SECONDARY 1 TO 3.

ENTRANTS ARE REQUIRED TO READ NO LESS THAN 10 LIBRARY BOOKS, INCLUDING AT LEAST THREE ENGLISH AND THREE CHINESE BOOKS BETWEEN THIS MONTH AND APRIL 1993.

THEY ARE REQUIRED TO WRITE AN ESSAY OF 700 TO 1,000 WORDS ON ONE OF THE BOOKS FOR THE SENIOR GROUP AND 400 TO 700 WORDS FOR THE JUNIOR GROUP.

THEY MAY ALSO DESIGN THE COVER FOR ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT THEY HAVE READ AND WRITE AN ARTICLE OF 100 TO 150 WORDS EXPLAINING THE DESIGN AND ITS RELATION TO THE THEME OF THE BOOK.

BOOK COUPONS WORTH $300 ΤΟ $2,000 WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNING ENTRANTS.

A TOTAL OF 34,000 STUDENTS TOOK PART IN 1992.

THE SCHEME IS SPONSORED BY SHUN HING EDUCATION AND CHARITY FUND LTD.

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