THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1976
MR. AND MRS. HADDON-CAVE VISIT STUDIES AND
RECREATION
CAMP
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THE ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY, MR. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, AND HIS WIFE TODAY (THURSDAY) PAID A 90-MINUTE VISIT TO THE SCHOOL FIELD STUDIES AND RECREATION CAMP AT THE SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE.
THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. DENIS BRAY AND THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. COLVYN HAYE.
THE VISITORS WERE MET ON ARRIVAL BY PROFESSOR L.B. THROWER, CHAIRMAN OF THE AD HOC WORKING PARTY ON +FIELD STUDIES CENTRE+ AND MR. A.J. REEVE, ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS).
AFTER BEING BRIEFED ON THE ORGANISATION OF THE CAMP, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND EVER ORGANISED FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, MR. HADDON-CAVE AND THE PARTY PROCEEDED TO THE LABORATORY TO SEE CAMPERS CARRYING OUT PRACTICAL LABORATORY WORK ON GRASSLAND FLORA AND FAUNA.
THE VISITORS ALSO SAW THE BARRACK-TYPE ACCOMMODATION MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE CAMPERS.
THE FIVE-DAY CAMP, ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE SCIENCE SUBJECT SECTION AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, FORMS PART OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.
SOME 30 STUDENTS FROM WA YING COLLEGE AND PO LEUNG KUK C.F.A. NO. 1 COLLEGE ARE TAKING PART IN THE CAMP WHICH ENDS TOMORROW,
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