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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1981
MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN TEAM AND LOCAL DIVERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS.
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH THE OCEAN PARK FOR PRESS MEMBERS TO ENTER THE PARK AND TO TAKE THE CABLE CAR UP TO THE HEADLAND FREE OF CHARGE ON THE PRODUCTION OF THEIR PRESS CARDS.
A MEMBER OF THE GREAT AMERICAN HIGH DIVING TEAM WILL MEET PRESS MEMBERS AT 2 PM AT THE HEADLAND CABLE CAR TERMINAL.
A PRESS POSITION HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AT THE FRONT CENTRE OF THE SPECTATOR STAND.
TV CREWS WISHING TO BRING THEIR EQUIPMENT UP TO THE OCEAN THEATRE CAN CONTACT MRS RIDDELL-SWAN (5-538111 EXT. 116) SO THAT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ACCESS MAY BE MADE.
ENQUIRIES ON THIS EVENT CAN BE MADE TO MR 1.B.I. PETERSEN
OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DIVISION AT 5-951944.
NEW DISTRICT JUDGE APPOINTED
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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR PATRICK MICHAEL RATTIGAN AS DISTRICT JUDGE.
MR RATTIGAN WAS BORN IN IRELAND IN 1930. HE WAS EDUCATED AT BLACKROCK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, AFTER BEING CALLED TO THE BAR IN 1962, HE WENT TO MALAWI WHERE HE ENGAGED IN PRIVATE PRACTICE.
HE JOINED THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1972 AND WAS PROMOTED SENIOR MAGISTRATE IN 1978. HE HAS SAT AS A TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE ON MANY OCCASIONS.
MR RATTIGAN WILL TAKE UP HIS APPOINTMENT ON MARCH 16.
MONEY RAISED IN NT WALKS PRESENTED TO COMMUNITY CHEST
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CHEQUES TOTALLING $2.41 MILLION, RAISED DURING THE EIGHT NEW TERRITORIES COMMUNITY CHEST WALKS IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND JANUARY, WERE PRESENTED TO THE CHEST TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE CHEQUES WERE RECEIVED BY MR WILLIAM MA, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST WALKS FOR MILLIONS SUB-COMMITTEE.
PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHO LED FOUR OF THE WALKS- THE DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER NEW TERRITORIES, MR MIKE ILLINGWORTH- AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT WALKS, MR LAU WONG-FAT.
MR LAU SAID THE SUCCESS OF THE WALKS WAS A TRIBUTE TO THE JOINT EFFORTS OF VARIOUS VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
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