Mumbai Notes 8212; Interviews postponed

MUMBAI, June 11: The interviews to the post of pharmacist fixed on Wednesday in the Public Health department, Brihanmumbai Mahanagarpalika,...

MUMBAI, June 11: The interviews to the post of pharmacist fixed on Wednesday in the Public Health department, Brihanmumbai Mahanagarpalika, Boribunder are cancelled due to proposed Mass Casual Leave of motormen.

The said interviews will now take place on June 17 as per time fixed in the earlier letter sent to the candidates.

Health scheme

Cathay Pacific and UNICEF have launched their sixth annual Change for Good8217; programme, whereby small change is collected from international travellers flying the airline in aid of funding projects for underprivileged children. On all Cathay Pacific flights from June to October of this year, flight attendants will pass out envelopes to passengers for enclosing spare coins, which will be returned to the staff before leaving the aircraft. The foreign currency collected will be used to pay for immunisation programmes and other health care initiatives in 144 developing countries.

Workshop

To celebrate the 50th year of Indian Independence, a toy making workshop is to be held all over the world. People interested in sponsoring or co-ordinating the event may write to Deepak, 103, Munshi Bhavan, Swami Para, Merut city, UP.

Directory

The Mumbai-based publishing house, Strategic Communication is compiling a directory of Alternative Therapies and their practitioners. The listing will cover major healing systems- from Ayurveda, Homeopathy through Reiki to Zen Meditation. Practitioners and Institutions who desire to be listed in this Directory can furnish details on Tel. 022 2831337, 2023068.

Tourist package

Raj Travels will promote the Great Singapore Sale this year which is to be held on 27 June and 27 July, 1997. As part of the tourist package, Singapore Airlines is offering return tickets to Singapore from Mumbai at Rs 14,499 and also increasing the permissible amount of luggage per person to 30 kg from the usual 20 kg. For further details call 3676264/5/6/7. Strike calln THE Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti SSS, protesting the recommendations made by the 5th Central Pay Commission has threatened to go on an indefinite strike from June 14.