SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1981
SNT WALKS FOR A GOOD CAUSE
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SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING JOINED OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN A +WALK FOR A GOOD CAUSE+ AT THE HONG KONG STADIUM.
THE FUND RAISING EVENT, ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, WAS FIRST HELD LAST YEAR.
THE TARGET FOR THIS YEAR'S WALK IS $500 000, MOST OF WHICH WILL GO TOWARDS FUNDING GIRL GUIDE ACTIVITIES TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE 24 PARTICIPATING TEAMS, EACH WITH 10 MEMBERS, WERE HEADED
OTHER SPONSORS BY A TEAM CAPTAIN, WHO DONATED A MINIMUM OF $10 000. INCLUDED SPECTATORS AND WALKERS.
THE EVENT TOOK THE FORM OF A RELAY ROUND THE STADIUM'S RUNNING TRACK WITH EACH MEMBER COMPLETING A CIRCUIT EITHER BY WALKING OR JOGGING.
TO ENTERTAIN THE WALKERS AND SPECTATORS, A 15-MINUTE PROGRAMME WAS PROVIDED BY TVB ARTISTES AND 30 GIRL GUIDES WHO PERFORMED A CHINESE DANCE.
THE OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TAKING PART INCLUDED THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR L.M. DAVIES- THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JOHN GRIFFITHS- THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR E.P. HO- THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS- THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR MARTIN ROWLANDS- THE SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, MR ALAN SCOTT- AND THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION, MR KEN TOPLEY.
LAST YEAR, THE EVENT ATTRACTED 1 200 PARTICIPANTS AND RAISED JUST OVER $520 000.
THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, WHICH WAS FORMED IN 1916, HAS MORE THAN 18 000 MEMBERS RANGING IN AGE FROM 7 - 21.
ONE MILLIONTH WATER CONSUMER
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THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR WILLIAM TUCKER, WILL OFFICIATE AT A SUPPLY +TURNING ON+ CEREMONY TO ANNOUNCE THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT'S 1 000 000TH REGISTERED CONSUMER AT THE YAU OI ESTATE IN TUEN MUN TOMORROW (MONDAY) AT 3.45 PM.
THE CEREMONY WILL BE ATTENDED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (KOWLOON) OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, MR LAU KWAN-YUEN.
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY.
OFFICIAL TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO USE THE TRANSPORT FACILITY SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER NOT LATER THAN 2.15 PM TOMORROW (MONDAY). INFORMATION OFFICERS FROM THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WILL ASSIST THE PRESS.
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