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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1980
LADY MACLEHOSE VISITS SUMMER CAMP
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LADY MACLEHOSE THIS MORNING RECEIVED A SURPRISE GIFT WHEN SHE VISITED THE SUMMER CAMP OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION AT THE SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE.
IN ONE OF THE CAMP ROOMS WHERE SOME GIRL GUIDES WERE LEARNING SKILLS IN HANDICRAFT AND ARTWORK, A CAMPER PRESENTED A MAIL BAG SHE MADE HERSELF TO LADY MACLEHOSE AS A SOUVENIR.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, MRS SALLY LEUNG AND OTHER OFFICIALS OF THE ASSOCIATION, LADY MACLEHOSE TOURED THE CAMP SITE TO SEE OTHER GIRL GUIDES ENGAGED IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
SHE WAS AT THE ROLLER-SKATING RINK WHERE ABOUT 30 GUIDES WERE PRACTISING THE GAME UNDER THE INSTRUCTION OF THE CENTRE'S
INSTRUCTOR. SHE ALSO VISITED THE CENTRE'S SWIMMING POOL AND TALKED TO SEVERAL GIRLS SWIMMING THERE.
AT THE CENTRE'S ROPE-WALK AREA, LADY MACLEHOSE WAS SHOWN VARIOUS TYPES OF BALANCING EXERCISES PERFORMED BY THE GUIDES.
THE CAMP WAS ATTENDED BY 94 GIRL GUIDES BETWEEN 13 AND 17.
GROUP PROMOTING WORKERS' RECREATION IN TUEN MUN
HOLDING FIRST FUNCTION
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A GROUP FORMED IN TUEN MUN IN JUNE TO PROMOTE RECREATION AND SPORT AMONG YOUNG LOCAL WORKERS HAS ARRANGED ITS FIRST FUNCTION.
THE GROUP HAS ORGANISED A LAUNCH PICNIC THIS SUNDAY (AUGUST 24) FOR 250 WORKERS TO LONG KE WAN, SAI KUNG,
THE WORKERS, FROM 20 FACTORIES, WILL BE TAKEN BY COACH FROM TUEN MUN TO BLAKE PIER, CENTRAL, WHERE THEY WILL BOARD THE LAUNCH FOR A WHOLE DAY TRIP.
THE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CARITAS AND LOCAL FACTORIES, IS SUPPORTED BY TUEN MUN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD WHICH HAS VOTED $10 000 TOWARDS THE COST OF THE PICNIC.
A BOARD SPOKESMAN SAID MORE THAN 1 000 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE FUNCTION AND A MEETING HAD HAD TO BE HELD WITH FACTORY REPRESENTATIVES TO ENSURE THAT PLACES WERE EVENLY ALLOCATED.
THE SPOKESMAN