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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1984 »**
SPEAKING ABOUT THE WALK TODAY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WALK'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE, CHIEF HOUS INNG MANAGER MOK YIU-KWONG SAID: +I THINK IT IS A GREAT SUCCESS JUDGING FROM THE LARGE AMOUNT OF DONATIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR.
+WE HAVE ALREADY COLLECTED $250 000 AND I EXPECT THAT
MORE WILL COME FROM PLEDGES MADE BY SPONSORS.
+1 AM MOST GRATEFUL TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE - SUCCESS OF THIS WORTHWHILE EVENT.+
VALUE OF VOLUNTARY HELP STRESSED
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COMMUNITY RECREATION AND SPORT ACTIVITIES HAD BECOME A NECESSITY AND THE IR STANDARD OF SERVICE DEPENDED HEAVILY ON THE PARTICIPATION AND HELP OF VOLUNTEERS, MR DICKEN YUNG, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, SAID TODAY.
MR YUNG SAID THAT THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES FOR MASS PARTICIPATION THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF VOLUNTEERS.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE RSS FOR PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS IN RECREATION AND SPORTS HELD AT THE HARBOUR VIEW HOLIDAY INN TODAY (SUNDAY).
HE SAID THAT THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED IN THE PROMOTION OF SPORT WAS THE YARDSTICK FOR THE STANDARD OF SPORT.
HE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WAS STILL ROOM OF IMPROVEMENT IN SPORTS IN HONG KONG, THE SERVICE RENDERED BY VOLUNTEERS AS COACHES, LEADERS, DIRECTORS AND OTHERS HAD HELPED PROMOTE THE STANDARD OF SPORTING ACTIVITIES AND HAD MADE THESE ACTIVITIES ACCESSIBLE TO THE MASSES.
AFTER THE SEMINAR, THE RSS SERVICE AWARD+ WAS PRESENTED TO 20 MEN AND WOMEN VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS ON BEHALF OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT BY MR GRAHAM BARNES, DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
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