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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1980
PERMISSION MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE BEFORE ANY WALKATHON CAN BE HELD. A PERMIT FROM THE COMMISSIONER FOR TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING IS ALSO REQUIRED IF THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
A STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS, EXPENSES AND DISPOSAL OF NET PROCEEDS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION FOR REFERENCE WITHIN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
+ALL FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES MUST BE ON AN ENTIRELY FREE AND VOLUNTARY BASIS, AND IN COMMUNICATIONS TO PARENTS THERE MUST BE NO SUGGESTION THAT A STUDENT'S OR APPLICANT'S STANDING IS IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE CONTRIBUTION THE PARENTS MIGHT MAKE, NOR SHOULD ANY PARTICULAR AMOUNT BE SUGGESTED, THE CIRCULAR STATED.
SNT STARTS CHARITY WALK IN TSUEN WAN
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SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (SUNDAY) STARTED A CHARITY WALK AT THE SHING MUN RESERVOIR, TSUEN WAN, TO RAISE MONEY FOR JOINT SCHOOL ACTIVITIES LOCALLY.
THE FUND-RAISING WALK WAS ORGANISED BY THE ZONTA CLUB OF KOWLOON AND THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
MONEY RAISED FROM THE WALK WILL GO TOWARDS FUNDING JOINT SCHOOL ACTIVITIES IN TSUEN WAN, SIMILAR TO THE GEOGRAPHY AND SCIENCE EXHIBITIONS HELD THERE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
A TOTAL OF 2 000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THIS MORNING'S WALK, MOST OF WHOM WERE MEMBERS OF TSUEN WAN COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUBS.
THE WALK WAS OVER A SEVEN-KILOMETRE COURSE AND WAS COMPLETED IN ABOUT TWO HOURS.
ABOUT $100 000 ARE EXPECTED TO BE RAISED.
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