SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1981
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THERE WILL BE ANOTHER POSITION AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE FOR THE UNVEILING OF THE PLAQUE AT ABOUT 3.20 PM AND DEPARTURE, MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE THERE WITH GIS STAFF NOT LATER THAN 3 PM.
GIS PHOTOGRAPHS OF PARTS OF PRINCE PHILIP'S TOUR OF THE HOSPITAL WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS, NEWS AGENCIES AND PERIODICALS.
DEPARTURE FOR AUSTRALIA
PRINCE PHILIP IS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE BY CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS FOR MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, AT 11.30 PM THE SAME DAY (TUESDAY). MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WHO WISH TO COVER THIS EVENT SHOULD ASSEMBLE IN THE PRESS ROOM AT THE AIRPORT AT 10 PM.
$10 MILLION BIRTHDAY GIFT ****
WELL-KNOWN PHILANTHROPIST SIR SHIU-KIN TANG HAS MADE A $10 MILLION DONATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ON HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE DONATION, PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL BE USED TO BUILD AND EQUIP A ́GAMES HALL IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.
THE GAMES HALL WILL BE BUILT BETWEEN SHEK YAM AND LE! MUK SHUE ESTATES, AND WORK IS EXPECTED TO START BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1983.
THE TWO ESTATES HAVE A COMBINED POPULATION OF 70 000 PEOPLE. THE GAMES HALL WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO THE 1 000 RESIDENTS OF NEARBY TAI PAK TIN, SHEUNG KWAI CHUNG, DA CHUEN PING AND CHUNG KWAI CHUNG VILLAGES.
THE GAMES HALL WILL HAVE PROVISION FOR BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, BADMINTON, TABLE TENNIS, SQUASH, GYMNASTICS AND OTHER INDOOR SPORTS.
ALSO AT THE PRESENTATION AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TODAY WERE THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY AND THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES.
THE DONATION IS THE THIRD SIR SHIU-KIN HAS MADE TO THE NEW TERRITORIES DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS. IN MAY, HE DONATED $2 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SPORTS GROUND IN TUEN MUN AND IN NOVEMBER, $3 MILLION FOR A SPORTS GROUND IN SAI KUNG, IN ADDITION TO PREVIOUS DONATIONS FOR SQUASH COURTS IN YUEN LONG AND THE LADY MACLEHOSE HOLIDAY VILLAGE AT PAK TAM CHUNG.
IN MAKING THESE DONATIONS SIR SHIU-KIN SAID, +1 AM VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THESE RECREATIONAL PROJECTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND I HOPE THAT MANY OTHERS WILL ALSO GIVE THEIR SUPPORT ..
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