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SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1993

LIVE?.

"WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS? WHY ARE YOU ALONE HERE? WHERE DO

YOU

THE BOY HELD HIS TONGUE AND GAZED AT THÊM DULL AND UNINSPIRING, ONLY KEPT ON MURMURING TO HIMSELF.

"WE THOUGHT HE MAY BE MENTALLY DISTURBED AND WE DECIDED ΤΟ TAKE HIM TO THE POLICE,' LIK-HANG SAID.

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BUT THE BOY PUT UP A STRUGGLE AND STAYPUT.

JUST THEN HE HEARD BEEPS FROM RICKY'S ALARM WATCH.

THIS WORKS A MIRACLE. HE WAS AMAZED. RICKY IMMEDIATELY GAVE HIM THE WATCH. THEY THEN TOOK TURN TO CARRY HIM TO THE TSEUNG KWAN POLICE STATION, WITH THE OTHER PULLING THE TROLLEY ALONG THE WAY.

THIS WAS A TUMBLING AND DISCOURAGING JOURNEY. IT TOOK THEM 25 MINUTES TO GET TO THE STATION.

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AND RESTLESS TOO,

"HE WAS VERY HEAVY WAS ONLY EIGHT YEARS HIS SENIOR.

LIK-HANG CONFESSED, HE

BUT THEIR EFFORTS BORE FRUIT. THE BOY'S FATHER WAS ALREADY WAITING AT THE POLICE STATION.

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YAU TSIM OUTSTANDING STUDENTS HONOURED

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TEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS IN THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT WERE PRESENTED WITH THE "OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AWARD" TODAY (SATURDAY).

THEY HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FROM 35 NOMINEES FOR THEIR SOUND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY, YAU TSIM DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BART IRELAND, SAID THE AWARD SCHEME WAS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC PURSUIT AS WEL1. AS ENHANCING THEIR CIVIC AWARENESS AND ENTHUSIASM IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

HE PRAISED THE ORGANISER, THE SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE, FOR PROMOTING EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND CIVIC EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS.

MR IRELAND SAID THE COMMITTEE, FORMED UNDER THE DISTRICT OFFICE, HAD ESTABLISHED CLOSE LINKS AMONG SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT AND HAD ENABLED PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS TO SHARE EXPERIENCE ON ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN.

HE HOPED THAT MEMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE WITH SELFLESS ENTHUSIASM SO THAT A HEALTHIER AND BETTER OF SOCIETY CAN BE REALISED.

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