TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1975
N.T. WALK # SPONSORSHIP ENCOURAGED
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ORGANISATIONS IN TSUEN WAN WHO WISH TO SPONSOR PARTICIPANTS IN NEXT MONTH'S NEW TERRITORIES WALK BUT WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW THEY MAY DO SO, HAVE BEEN INVITED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICÉ, TSUEN VAN.
THE INVITATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED BY MR. JIMMY HAYES, DISTRICT OFFICER, TSUEN VAN, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE N.T. WALK,
MR. HAYES SAID DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WOULD BE HAPPY TO ACT AS +MIDDLEMEN+ BY PUTTING SPONSORS IN TOUCH WITH GROUPS OF WALKERS AND VICE VERSA.
HE HOPED THAT THIS WOULD ENCOURAGE BOTH SPONSORS AND WALKERS TO COME FORWARD.
HE STRESSED HOWEVER THAT THE DISTRICT OFFICE WAS ONLY ONE
OF SEVERAL ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WITH SPONSORSHIP.
*WE WOULD NOT LIKE POTENTIAL SPONSONS TO BE LEFT OUT SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT THEY SHOULD DO, MR. HAYES SAID.
WE INVITE THEM TO CONTACT US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.+
HE ADDED THAT THROUGH SPONSORSHIP IT WAS HOPED THAT LAST YEAR'S FIGURE OF $422,000 RAISED FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST BY 31,000 WALKERS WOULD BE +VELL AND TRULY DEATEN.+
MR. HAYES HAS WRITTEN TO OTHER DISTRICT OFFICES SUGGESTING SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS TO ENCOURACE SPONSORS AND GROUPS OF WALKERS,
THE WALK WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 18), STARTING AND ENDING AT TAI WO HAU PARK, TSUEN VAN. THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE START AND ALSO TAKE PART.
TODAY (TUESDAY), STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, COMMUNITY CHEST OFFICIALS AND POLICE OFFICERS WILL GO OVER THE ROUTE TO SEE WHERE IMPROVEMENTS MIGHT BE MADE. A CONTRACTOR HAS AGREED TO CARRY OUT THE IMPROVEMENTS FREE OF CHARGE.
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