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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1993
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LEADERSHIP AWARDS SOUGHT TO GIVE PUBLIC RECOGNITION INDIVIDUAL OVERSEAS CHINESE FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND DEDICATION THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY LIVE. SIMILAR AWARDS HAD BEEN OFFERED IN CANADA, THE USA AND AUSTRALIA SINCE 1986.
THE UK AWARD WAS OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WAS GIVEN TO CANDIDATES WHO EXCEL IN THE FIELDS OF ACADEMIC, ARTS, CATERING DEVELOPMENT, SERVICES FOR THE CHINESE COMMUNITY, CHINESE CULINARY ART, ENTERPRISE, FINANCE, PROFESSIONALS, RETAIL AND SERVICES FOR THE UK COMMUNITY.
COMMENTING ON THE AWARD, MR MA SAID IT WAS A RECOGNITION OF THE EFFORTS OF TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN WORKING WITH DEDICATION FOR THE CHINESE COMMUNITIES IN THE UK.
THEY WERE THE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES IN THE LONDON OFFICE AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS WORKING IN CHINESE COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
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HE HOPED THE NEXT RECIPIENTS OF THE LEADERSHIP AWARD WOULD GO TO THESE VOLUNTEERS WHOSE CONTRIBUTION AND COMMITMENT SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
AGED 44, MR MA JOINED HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN 1968. HE HAS BEEN A SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN THE LONDON OFFICE SINCE 1989 AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIAISON WORK WITH THE CHINESE AND THE UK COMMUNITIES.
THE AWARDS PRESENTATION DINNER WAS HELD IN LONDON CHINATOWN. COMMISSIONER, MR JOHN YAXLEY, WAS ALSO PRESENT AS A GUEST OF
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A GROUP OF 174 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (TUESDAY) RETURNED VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
COMPRISING 58 MEN, 44 WOMEN, 41 BOYS AND 31 GIRLS, THEY THE 144TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
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THE GROUP BROUGHT то 707 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.
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