SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1983
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500 TAKE PART IN SWIMMING GALA
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MORE THAN 500 STAFF OF THE LANDS AND WORKS GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS TOOK PART IN THE FIRST ANNUAL SWIMMING GALA AT ABERDEEN SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX TODAY.
KEEN COMPETITION WITH CLOSE FINISHES IN A NUMBER OF EVENTS AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM SPECTATORS HELPED MAKE THE GALA A SUCCESS.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY'S EVENTS WAS THE 4 X 50 METRES INVITATION RELAY WHICH ATTRACTED TOP SWIMMERS FROM EIGHT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, SAID THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAD HELD 15 SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL SWIMMING GALAS BEFORE IT WAS DEFEDERALISED LAST YEAR.
+ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST SWIMMING GALA OF THE LANDS AND WORKS GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS, IT HAS BEEN RECOGNISED AS AN IMPORTANT ANNUAL FUNCTION OF THE GROUP, HE SAID.
+BOTH SPECTATORS AND PARTICIPANTS HAVE A CHANCE TO FORGET THE IR DAY TO DAY CHORES, RELAX AND INDULGE THEMSELVES IN THIS FESTIVE EVENT.+
AT THE END OF THE DAY, PRIZES WERE PRESENTED TO WINNERS BY MRS CHAN AND THE DIRECTORS OF THE SIX DEPARTMENTS.
EXHIBITION ON NT CLEANING CAMPAIGN
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THE WORK OF THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC AT AN EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN TAI PO FROM FRIDAY TO MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 9 TO 12).
THE FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WILL BE HELD AT THE EXHIBITION HALL OF THE TAI PO COMMUNITY CENTRE AT HEUNG SZE WUI ROAD.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM DAILY, AND ADMISSION IS FREE.
IT WAS HOPED THAT THE EXHIBITION WOULD MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE, AN NTSD SPOKESMAN SAID.
TWO SIMILAR EXHIBITIONS WERE HELD IN TSUEN WAN AND YUEN LONG LAST YEAR WITH ENCOURAGING RESULTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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