SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1981
SCOUT TRAINING PATH IN TAI PO OPENED
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A ONE-KILOMETRE PATH IN THE SCOUT TRAINING CENTRE AT TUNG TSZ, TAI PO, WAS OPENED BY MRS JANE AKERS-JONES, WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES TODAY,
THE PATH WAS NAMED AFTER MADAM LEUNG SHING-TAK, WHO DONATED THE $20 000 BUILDING COSTS.
MADAM LEUNG IS CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPSITES AND PROPERTIES COMMITTEE, NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS, SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG.
PART OF THE PATH WAS BUILT BY SCOUTS THEMSELVES, WHILE MORE COMPLICATED PROJECTS WERE CARRIED OUT BY THE CONTRACTOR.
ALONG THE PATH THREE PLAY STRUCTURES, A ROPE BRIDGE AND A WATCH TOWER HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
ALSO PROVIDED ARE A NUMBER OF CAMP SITES.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MRS AKERS-JONES THANKED MADAM LEUNG FOR FINANCING THE PROJECT.
THE PATH WILL SERVE AS A TRAINING AND RECREATION VENUE FOR SCOUTS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
LAM TIN WATER CUT
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WATER SUPPLY TO LAM TIN WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM 10 PM ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 13) TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
THE AREA TO BE AFFECTED COVERS LAM TIN ESTATE AND PREMISES ALONG KAI TIN ROAD, ON TIN STREET, TAK TIN STREET, LEUNG TIN LANE, AND PING TIN STREET.
SAU MAU PING SALT WATER STATION AND CHINA LIGHT SUB-STATION ON JUNK BAY ROAD WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.
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