FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1978
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GOVERNOR OFFICATES FOUNDATION STONE LAYING
CEREMONY OF HOLIDAY CAMP
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY (FRIDAY) OFFICIATED AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF PO LEUNG KUK'S PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP IN SAT KUNG THE FIRST SUCH CENTRE UNDERTAKEN BY THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, SIR MURRAY SAID IT WAS +MOST HEARTENING+ TO SEE THE KUK EXTENDING ITS SERVICES AGAIN AND THIS TIME INTO THE FIELD OF RECREATION.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO NOTED THAT IT WAS A FITTING PROJECT TO CROWN THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS OF THE KUK'S SERVICE TO HONG KONG.
SIR MURRAY POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WERE OVER 30 CAMPS AND YOUTH HOSTELS PROVIDING OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION FOR CAMPERS, THE SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE RUN BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE WAS THE ONLY ONE PROVIDING A WIDE VARIETY OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMES FOR CAMPERS UNDER CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISION IN A COUNTRY SETTING.
*THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO PROVIDE TWO MORE SUCH CENTRES WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, ONE AT TSO KUNG TAM IN TSUEN WAN THE OTHER ONE AT TSAK YUE WŰ NOT FAR FROM HERE IN THE SAI KUNG PENINSULA, + SIR MURRAY SAID.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.
IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO LAY THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE PO LEUNG KUK PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP. IT IS MOST HEARTENING TO SEE THE KUK EXTENDING ITS SERVICES YET AGAIN- THIS TIME INTO THE FIELD OF RECREATION BECAUSE THERE IS AN OUTDOOR RECREATION BOOM FOR WHICH HONG KONG IS RELATIVELY UNEQUIPPED.
+MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING THEIR INCREASED LEISURE IN THE COUNTRY-SIDE, AND WHENEVER POSSIBLE SPEND A FEW DAYS IN A COUNTRY SETTING. FOR ITS PART THE COUNTRY PARKS SERVICE IS MAKING RAPID STRIDES IN OPENING UP THE COUNTRYSIDE TO VISITORS.
+BUT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE OVER 30 CAMPS AND YOUTH HOSTELS PROVIDING OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION FOR CAMPERS, THE SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE RUN BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE IS THE ONLY ONE WHICH PROVIDES A WIDE VARIETY OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMES FOR CAMPERS UNDER CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISION, IN A COUNTRY SETTING.
+THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO PROVIDE TWO MORE SUCH CENTRES WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, ONE AT TSO KUNG TAM IN TSUEN WAN, THE OTHER ONE AT TṢAK YUE WÙ NOT FAR FROM HERE IN THE SAI KUNG PENINSULA. BUT THE DEMAND IS BOUND TO GROW FAST.
+THE PO LEUNG KUK'S PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP IS THE FIRST SUCH CENTRE UNDERTAKEN BY THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND IT DOES, AS THE CHAIRMAN SAID, MARK A SIGNIFICANT AND VERY TIMELY NEW DEPARTURE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE KUK, AND I HOPE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR.
IN THE PLANNING
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