SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1981
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NT CHARITY WALKS RAISE $2.2 MILLION
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THE COMMUNITY CHEST HAS RAISED $2.2 MILLION FROM EIGHT CHAIRTY WALKS HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, $200 000 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
NEARLY 40 000 PEOPLE JOINED THE WALKS WHICH ARE A MAJOR PART OF THE ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EFFORT.
THE CHEST'S TARGET THIS YEAR IS $23 MILLION.
THE LAST OF THE WALKS TOOK PLACE IN SHA TIN AND SHEUNG SHUI TODAY (SUNDAY) AND RAISED $200 000.
OFFICIATING AT SHA TIN WAS SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES.
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, SIR JOHN ARCHER, AND LADY ARCHER, THE DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR JOHN TISDALL, AND THE DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER NEW TERRITORIES, MR MIKE ILLINGWORTH, ALSO TOOK PART IN THE WALK.
ABOUT 5 000 PEOPLE COMPLETED THE 12-KILOMETRE CIRCULAR COURSE STARTING AND FINISHING AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB SPORTS GROUND.
THE SHEUNG SHUI WALK WAS STARTED BY DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT- AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.
NEARLY 5 000 PEOPLE WALKED THE NINE-KILOMETRE COURSE STARTING FROM FUNG KAI SECONDARY SCHOOL.
WATER CUT ***
FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN CENTRAL DISTRICT WILL BE CUT OFF FOR SEVEN HOURS FROM 11 PM ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 20) TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR A LEAKAGE TEST.
AFFECTED WILL BE ALL PREMISES AT POTTINGER STREET, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, WING WO STREET, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, MAN YEE LANE, PIER ROAD AND HARBOUR VIEW STREET, INCLUDING THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION.