SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1980
SUPPORT URGED FOR SEA ACTIVITY CENTRE
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SAI KUNG'S DISTRICT OFFICER MR COLIN BOSHER CALLED FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT TODAY (SATURDAY) TO ENSURE THAT THE SEA ACTIVITY TRAINING CENTRE AT PAK SHA WAN IS READY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MR BOSHER WAS SPEAKING AT A MEETING OF THE SEA ACTIVITY TRAINING COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG SCOUT ASSOCIATION, EAST KOWLOON REGION, AT WHICH FOURTH TERM OFFICE BEARERS WERE
INAUGURATED.
THE 2 000 SQUARE METRES SITE ON WHICH THE CENTRE IS BEING BUILT WAS GRANTED BY PRIVATE TREATY BY GOVERNMENT TO THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION IN APRIL.
IT WILL BE USED FOR ROWING AND CANOEING.
FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE A BOAT HOUSE FOR CANOES AND SAMPANS, A HOSTEL TO ACCOMMODATE 48 PEOPLE, AN ASSEMBLY HALL, A CANTEEN, AN ACTIVITY ROOM, LECTURE ROOMS AND OFFICES.
WORK ON SITE FORMATION HAS ALREADY STARTED. PHASE I OF THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES BUILDING THE BOAT HOUSE, A SEA WALL AND A SLIPWAY, WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT APRIL. THERE ARE TWO FURTHER PHASES.
THE WHOLE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1983.
MR BOSHER SAID THE WELL-EQUIPPED CENTRE WOULD PROVIDE EXCELLENT TRAINING FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND HE APPRECIATED VERY MUCH THE EFFORTS AND CONCERN BY THE PUBLIC
IN THE PROJECT.
+THE COMMUNITY WILL BENEFIT JUST AS MUCH FROM THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CENTRE AS WILL THE YOUNGSTERS WHO ATTEND THE COURSES OFFERED, HE SAID.
THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION HAS SO FAR RECEIVED DONATIONS OF $200 000 FOR THE PROJECT.
A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN
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HONG KONG'S FISHERMEN ARE ADVISED TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR HEALTH.
A MARINE LAUNCH WILL BE MOORED AT THE YAU MA TEI AND LEI YUE MUN TYPHOON SHELTERS DURING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL WHEN VACCINATIONS WILL BE GIVEN TO CHILDREN OF THE FISHING COMMUNITY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID THIS WAS ONE OF THE MEASURES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO IMMUNISE THE BOAT DWELLING POPULATION IN HONG KONG AGAINST DISEASE.
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