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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1993

SPECIAL HAND-BACK

MA TAU WAI DAY COVER";

LOCAL PHILATELISTS WILL WISH TO NOTE THAT SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 31) AT THE POST OFFICE FOR UNREGISTERED FULLY POSTAGE PREPAID "LAST AND ON MONDAY (JANUARY 3) AT THE NEW ΤΟ KWA WAN POST OFFICE FOR UNREGISTERED FULLY POSTAGE PREPAID "FIRST DAY COVER"

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THESE PRIVATELY PREPARED COVERS WILL BE ACCEPTED OVER THE COUNTER,

IMPRESSED WITH THE NORMAL POST OFFICE DATESTAMP AND HANDED BACK TO THE PERSON PRESENTING THEM.

EDUCATION CHIEF COMMENTS ON NEW CAC APPOINTMENT

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ON THE APPOINTMENT OF MR ANDREW SO KWOK-WING AS THE NEW COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC S W WONG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY):

"MR SO IS EMINENTLY SUITABLE TO BE THE NEW COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS. HE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SERVICE ON GOVERNMENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, AND HAS WON GREAT RESPECT FOR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

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"HE HAS ESTABLISHED CLOSE CONTACTS WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AND IS EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Ι WISH LUCK AND SUCCESS IN HIS NEW APPOINTMENT.

"UNFORTUNATELY, MR SO'S APPOINTMENT WILL MEAN GREAT LOSS FOR THE EDUCATION SECTOR, SAID MR WONG.

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"WE NEED TO START SEARCHING FOR SUITABLE PERSONS то REPLACE HIM AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND OP THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL."

WORLD'S LARGEST POSTER ENTERS GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS

THE CREATION BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB (CYC) OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST POSTER ON OCTOBER 26 HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY ENTERED IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS.

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A CERTIFICATE, IN RECOGNITION OF THE 21,936-SQUARE-MÈTRE POSTER DEPICTING THE "IMPORTANCE OF THE FAMILY AND HERALDING THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE FAMILY, HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE LONDON HEADQUARTERS OF THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS.

ABOUT 1,500 CYC MEMBERS GATHERED AT THE VICTORIA PARK, IN WINDY AND GLOOMY WEATHER, TO ASSEMBLE THE POSTER WHICH COVERED SIX FOOTBALL PITCHES.

THEY WERE JOINED BY EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVES AND GUESTS.

DEPARTMENT

OFFICIALS,

SCHOOL

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