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SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1993

THERE WAS MENTION OF CHEUNG ON ESTATE IN THE ADDRESS GIVEN

SIU-YING.

BY

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THIS WAS THE FIRST CLUE WHICH LED THE IPR SLEUTHS ΤΟ HOUSING DEPARTMENT. THE AID OF ALL THE HOUSING STAFF AT CHEUNG ESTATE WAS ENLISTED. BUT NONE COULD EXACTLY PINPOINT SIU-YING OR THE KWOK FAMILY. THEY, OF COURSE, COULD NOT BE FAULTED AS BACH HOUSING BLOCK CONTAINED HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES.

HELP, IN FACT, WAS MORE CLOSER TO "HOME".

HOW ABOUT THE DATABANK KEPT BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT?

SIU-YING'S NAME WAS KEYED INTO THE COMPUTER, AND OUT CAME THE ANSWER SHE IS A STUDENT OF THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION SECONDARY SCHOOL ON TSING YI.

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A TELEPHONE CALL TO THE PRINCIPAL SIGNALLED THE END OF THE

MISSION.

SURPRISED

SIU-YING, OF COURSE, WAS SURPRISED, AND SHE WAS MORE WHEN SHE WAS TOLD THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC S W WONG, WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO MEET HER AND TO THANK HER FOR MAKING THE GOODWILL MESSAGE CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS.

JUST BEFORE THE YEAR OF THE ROOSTER, SIU-YING AND HER MOTHER, MRS KWOK LEE FUK-TAI, MET MR WONG; THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR ROBERT LO; SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, MR LUCAS CHAN AND MR SIK-WAH, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (SCHOOLS), MR TSUI SEE-MING.

MR WONG PRESENTED THE YOUNG GIRL WITH A LETTER APPRECIATION AND A SOUVENIR.

WONG

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