THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1980
SNT SAYS WALKS FOR MILLIONS SET WORLD RECORDS
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THE WALKS FOR MILLIONS ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY CHEST HAVE SET WORLD RECORDS IN TWO WAYS: FIRSTLY BY ACHIEVING THE GREATEST AMOUNT RAISED BY A SINGLE WALK AND SECONDLY THE MOST PARTICIPANTS IN ONE CHARITY EVENT.
SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS TODAY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF WALKS TO BE HELD IN THE COMMUNITY CHEST'S CAMPAIGN FOR 1980/81.
+THEY ARE POPULAR IN HONG KONG BECAUSE HEALTHY CITIZENS CAN RAISE FUNDS EITHER AS WALKERS OR AS SPONSORS OR BOTH FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE AND HEALTHY.
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+THE WALKS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CHEST AND CONSTITUTE A GREAT PART OF THE ANNUAL FUND-RAISING INCOME.+
LAST YEAR, $5.5 MILLION WAS RAISED AND OVER 120 000 WALKERS PARTICIPATED.
THIS YEAR, THE HONG KONG WALK WOULD TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7. THERE WOULD BE A NEW ROUTE BECAUSE OF ROAD WORKS OVER STUBBS ROAD, THOUGH THE STARTING AND FINISHING POINTS WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED.
→THIS NEW ROUTE COVERING THE COUNTRY PARK AT TAI TAM IS A BIT SHORTER, BUT WALKERS WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AS IT IS MORE BEAUTIFUL AND ENJOYABLE,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
+ IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WE AIM TO HOLD A WALK IN EVERY NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT. THE YUEN LONG/TUEN MUN, PAT SIN, ISLANDS, SAI KUNG, TSUEN WAN AND FANLING WALKS WILL BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SHA TIN AND TAI PO AND ALTOGETHER THERE WILL BE EIGHT WALKS.
*THE NEW TERRITORIES WALKS HAVE AROUSED TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM AND CONGRATULATE AND THANK LOCAL SUPPORTERS AND ORGANISERS MOST SINCERELY FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
+JUDGING FROM THE RESPONSE ALREADY RECEIVED, I AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS YEAR'S WALKS WILL BREAK LAST YEAR'S RECORD OF $2 MILLION, + HE SAID.
TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS, A SPECIAL +WALK FOR THE DISABLED+ WOULD BE HELD ON JANUARY 25.
THE AIM OF THIS SPECIAL WALK WAS TO ENCOURAGE INTEGRATION OF THE DISABLED INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THE AMOUNT RAISED FROM THIS WALK WOULD BE SPECIALLY EARMARKED FOR REHABILITATION PROJECTS RUN BY MEMBER AGENCIES OF THE CHEST.
THE LAST WALK OF THE 1980/81 CAMPAIGN WOULD BE THE KOWLOON WALK WHICH WOULD BE HELD ON MARCH 1. THE ROUTE WILL BE THE SAME AS FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.