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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1984
GOVERNOR TO INSPECT CSD ANNUAL PARADE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL INSPECT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL PARADE ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 20) AFTERNOON AT THE PARADE GROUND OF THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.
HE WILL ALSO PRESENT COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDALS TO 32 OFFICERS FOR 18 YEARS' EXEMPLARY SERVICE.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL START AT 4 PM.
PRESS TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AT GUARDIAN HOUSE, 32 OF KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT 3 PM SHARP.
TSUEN KING CIRCUIT PLAYGROUND OPENED
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THE OPENING OF TSUEN KING CIRCUIT PLAYGROUND MARKED THE COMPLETION OF ANOTHER BADLY-NEEDED RECREATION FACILITY FOR THE LARGE TSUEN WAN TOWNSHIP IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, MR HEYWOOD SAID THE 1.25-HECTARE PLAYGROUND CONTAINED FOUR TENNIS COURTS, A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND WITH BOATING POOL AND REST GARDEN.
+THUS IT CATERS FOR ALL AGES AND BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATION,+ HE SAID.
THE PROJECT COST MORE THAN $5 MILLION, OF WHICH $1 MILLION WAS DONATED BY THE SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES GROUP, HE SAID.
HE THANKED THE COMPANY'S DIRECTOR FOR THE DONATION AND SAID TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS WOULD DERIVE THE RECREATIONAL BENEFIT FROM IT.
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+AS ALWAYS, IT IS OUR PLEASURE AND OUR PRIVILEGE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE LOCAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES SUCH AS THIS FOR THE BETTER ENJOYMENT OF LOCAL RESIDENTS, HE SAID.
HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE YOUNGER PEOPLE WOULD ENJOY THE PLAYGROUND, AND THE MORE ATHLETIC MEMBERS WOULD ENJOY THE TENNIS COURTS, AND THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE ELDER, WOULD ENJOY THE REST GARDEN.
JOINING MR HEYWOOD AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY WERE THE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER OF SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES GROUP, MR WALTER KWOK: THE CHAIRMAN OF RECREATION AND SPORTS COMMITTEE OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD. MR CHAU HOW-CHEN: AND THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER OF TSUEN WAN, MÀ A.H. KSU.
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