THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1983
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PEOPLE PRAISED FOR CHARITY WALKS
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HONG KONG PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE PRIDE IN THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY CHEST'S WALKS FOR MILLIONS WHICH ARE LISTED IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS AS THE WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN. THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
HE SAID THE SUCCESS OF THESE WALKS HAD DEMONSTRATED LOCAL PEOPLE'S HIGH DEGREE OF SOCIAL AWARENESS AND CONCERN TOWARDS THE LESS FORTUNATE.
MR LAM WAS SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST'S KOWLOON WALK 1983-84 COMMITTEE OF WHICH HE IS THE CHAIRMAN.
EVERY HONG KONG CITIZEN SHOULD TAKE PART IN THIS MEANINGFUL CAMPAIGN WHICH WOULD BENEFIT MORE THAN 80 WELFARE ORGANISATIONS AND 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE, HE SAID.
MR LAM NOTED THAT LAST YEAR MORE THAN $7 MILLION WAS RAISED FROM THE SERIES OF WALKS, OF WHICH $2 MILLION WAS FROM THE KOWLOON WALK WITH 35 000 PARTICIPANTS.
THIS YEAR'S KOWLOON WALK WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 15, AND COVERS A 15-KILOMETRE ROUTE FROM KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND VIA LEI YUE MUN ROAD, RENNIE'S MILL, PO LAM ROAD AND JUNK BAY ROAD BACK TO THE RECREATION GROUND.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WILL START THE WALK AT 9 AM.
MR LAM APPEALED TO MEMBERS OF ALL THE DISTRICT BOARDS, AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS CORPORATIONS, SCHOOLS, ASSOCIATIONS, KAIFONGS AND EMPLOYERS AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL UNDERTAKINGS IN KOWLOON TO TAKE PART IN THE WALK.
HE SAID THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND ITS DISTRICT OFFICES WOULD RENDER FULL SUPPORT TO THIS WALK.
+LET US DO THE FIRST MOST MEANINGFUL THING IN THE FIRST MONTH OF THE NEW YEAR TAKE PART IN THE KOWLOON WALK FOR MILLIONS,+ HE SAID.
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