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ACP Exhibition Centre to close during Christmas holidays

The Airport core Programme (ACP) Exhibition Centre in Ting Kau, the New Territories, will close during the Christmas holidays on Wednesday and Thursday.

It will also close on New Year's day and during the Lunar New Year holidays from February 6 to 8, 1997.

After these holidays, the exhibition centre will open as usual from 10 am to 5 pm from Tuesday to Friday, and 10 am to 6.30 pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. But it will close on Monday, except it is a public holiday.

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Advanced welfare payment for Christmas holidays

Recipients of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) under the bank payment system will receive their payments tomorrow (December 24) if their pay days fall on the coming Christmas holidays (December 25 and 26).

"Special payment arrangements will also be made for recipients of Social Security Allowance whose pay days fall within this period," a Social Welfare Department spokesman said today (Monday).

"Those who have bank accounts in Hongkong Bank or Hang Seng Bank can receive their payments on December 24 whereas those with accounts in other banks will get their payments on December 27," he added.

In case of doubt, recipients are advised to contact their respective social security field units.

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