FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1975
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HONG KONG COMMISSIONER PLAY
HOST TO GOLD AWARD HOLDERS X X X X X X
BRITISH HOLDERS OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S GOLD AWARD WERE GUESTS AT A LUNCH GIVEN BY THE COMMISSIONER, MR. S.T. KIDD, AT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) ON THE EVE OF THEIR THREE-VEEK EXPEDITION TO HONG KONG.
THE FIVE BRITISHI MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITION WERE JOINED BY FIVE GOLD AWARD HOLDERS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH WHO ARE EN ROUTE TO HONG KONG. THE EXPEDITION WILL UNITE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 21 COMMONWEALTH TERRITORIES WITH GOLD AWARD WINNERS FROM HONG KONG.
MR. KIDD, HOSTING A LUNCH FOR THE BRITISH CONTINGENT, SAID HE HOPED THE HOSPITALITY OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S LONDON OFFICE WOULD BE A PORTENT OF THE WARM VELCOME AWAITING THEM IN HONG KONG.
+HONG KONG IS A WONDERFUL PLACE AND FULL OF VITALITY,+ MR. KIDD TOLD THEM. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.+
THE BRITISH GOLD AWARD HOLDERS ARE: MISS CAROL CARTWRIGHT, HEAD OF THE DIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT A NOTTINGHAN COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL MISS MAUREEN STEWART, A SERGEANT IN THE WOMEN'S ROYAL AIR FORCE- MI. RAY ADAMS, A JIG AND TOOL DESIGNER MR. DRIAN GOODHAND, A TRAINEE DISPENSING OPTICIAN AND MR. ANTHONY CLAVELL, AN ACCOUNTANCY ARTICLED CLERK.
OTHER GOLD AWARD HOLDERS PRESENT WERE MR. VICTOR CHANDLER, FROM THE BAHAMAS, MR. DERRON SMITH, FROM JAMAICA, MR. JOIN HURST, FROM LESOTHO, MISS PAULA GODDARD, FROM ST. LUCIA, AND MR. SERGE URANIE, FROM MAURITIUS.
REPRESENTING THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME WERE SIR ALEX ABEL SMITH, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRUSTEES, MR. GUY BASSETT SMITH, TRUSTEE, MRS. PHYLLIS GORDON-SPENCER, SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND COMMANDER DAVID CODB RN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR (UK).
SIR ALEX ABEL SMITH SAID HE WAS SURE THAT THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WOULD WISH TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH HIS THANKS TO MR. KIDD FOR GIVING THE PARTY SUCH A SPLENDID SEND OFF.
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EARLIER, MR. GUY SMITH SAID: +HONG KONG IS THE MOST THRILLING PLACE IN THE WORLD..+
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