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Friday, March 2, 1973
NEARLY $90,000 RAISED BY 2 SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICERS
For Community Chest
Two Senior Education Officers who serve schools in the New
Territories raised more than $89,200 as a result of their participation
in last Sunday's Walk for a Million.
They are Mr. David Leung and Mr. Tang Yan, Mr. Leung, who is
responsible for the western area of the New Territories, was sponsored
for over $47.150 while Mr. Tang, who looks after the eastern area, was
backed for nearly $42,100.
The pledges for these amounts have been received. Money for
a small number of outstanding pledges is still coming in.
The sponsors of these two officers were supervisors, head teachers
and students from more than 200 schools as well as prominent leaders
in the New Territories.
Mr. Leung and Mr. Tang walked the full distance of 22 miles in
the fund raising drive on behalf of the Community Chest. They were joined
by at lease 30 headmasters and headmistresses of New Territories schools who
walked part of the full distance.
The walk by these two officers was sparked off by a challenge
from Mr. Cheung Chi-fan, Chairman of the New Territories Schools Sports
Association. Although Mr. Cheung himself did not join in, he supported
the two officers.
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