NOTE TO EDITORS:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1980
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LADY MACLEHOSE TO OPEN EXTENSION OF SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE
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LADY MACLEHOSE WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE NEW EXTENSION OF THE SHENG KUNG HUI LADY MACLEHOSE CENTRE IN KWAI CHUNG ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 10).
IT IS THE ONLY COMMUNITY CENTRE IN THE DISTRICT PROVIDING A MULTITUDE OF SERVICES -- RANGING FROM GROUP WORK TO INDUSTRIAL SOCIAL WORK, AND CATERING TO NEW-BORN BABIES AS WELL AS THE ELDERLY.
THE NEW EXTENSION WILL HAVE FACILITIES FOR A SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY AND A DAY CRECHE AND NURSERY FOR CHILDREN FROM THREE MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS OLD.
THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6 PM AT THE CENTRE AT 22 WO YI HOP ROAD, NORTH KWAI CHUNG.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE CEREMONY. LADY MACLEHOSE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT 5.40 PM.
LIFE GUARDS COMMENDED *****
SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES TODAY HIGHLY COMMENDED ALL LIFE GUARDS WHO HAD PERFORMED DUTIES ON HOLIDAYS AND WHO, IN THE COURSE OF THEIR DUTY, HAD CARRIED OUT RESCUES.
MR AKERS-JONES WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION OF AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES TO MEMBERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES BRANCH OF HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB.
THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
+MEMBERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES BRANCH, BY VOLUNTARY DUTIES AT BEACHES OUTSIDE THE URBAN AREA AND ON THE ISLANDS, ARE ON HAND TO SAVE LIVES AND GIVE HELP IN ANY EMERGENCY, AND BY THEIR PRESENCE REASSURE ALL SWIMMERS AT THESE BEACHES.+
THE NEW TERRITORIES BRANCH HAD A SHORT HISTORY OF EIGHT YEARS. MEMBERSHIP WAS GROWING AND THE RECORDS SHOWED WHAT A GREAT DEAL HAD BEEN DONE FOR THE PUBLIC.
IN PARTICULAR, THE NEW CENTURY LIFE SAVING CLUB WHICH IS AFFILIATED TO THE BRANCH HAD RENDERED OUTSTANDING SERVICE ON NEW TERRITORIES BEACHES IN 1980, COMPLETING 223 DUTIES.
ANOTHER, THE FLYING DRAGON LIFE GUARD CLUB HAD THE GREATEST NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON DUTY DURING THE YEAR AND THE NEW TERRITORIES BRANCH HAD DECIDED TO HONOUR BOTH GROUPS IN RECOGNITION OF THE IR DEDICATION AND SERVICE.
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