FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1989
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STAFF MEMBERS TEST AQUATIC SKILLS
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AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT STAFF TURNED OUT IN FORCE THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON TO TEST THEIR AQUATIC SKILLS AT THE ANNUAL SWIMMING GALA AT THE LAI CHI KOK PARK SWIMMING POOL.
MORE THAN 200 MALE AND FEMALE STAFF MEMBERS TOOK PART IN THE 11 EVENTS OF THE GALA, THE 18TH ORGANISED BY THE AFD STAFF CLUB.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY'S EVENTS WAS AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL INVITATION RELAY, IN WHICH TEAMS FROM THE FIRE SERVICES, WATER SUPPLIES, HOUSING AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS COMPETED.
THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDELL- SWAN, PRESENTED PRIZES AND SOUVENIRS TO WINNERS AT INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.
SECOND MOBILE LIBRARY FOR NON-URBAN AREA OPENED
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RESIDENTS IN THE NON-URBAN AREA WILL HAVE BETTER LIBRARY SERVICE FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) WHEN THE SECOND MOBILE LIBRARY OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT COMES INTO OPERATION.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING TODAY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, DR HO MAN-WUI, SAID THERE WERE AT PRESENT 15 PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND ONE MOBILE LIBRARY SERVING THE NINE DISTRICTS IN THE NON-URBAN AREA.
TO COMPLEMENT THE SERVICES OF THE STATIC LIBRARIES, THE DEPARTMENT INTRODUCED A MOBILE LIBRARY IN 1981.
*WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND POPULATION GROWTH IN THE NEW TOWNS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THERE IS AN INCREASING NEED TO EXTEND THE MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE, HE SAID.
REFERRING TO THE NEW LIBRARY, HE SAID IT COULD HOLD SOME 4 000 BOOKS - SEVERAL HUNDRED MORE THAN THE EXISTING ONE. ITS WIDE RANGE OF CHINESE AND ENGLISH BOOKS WOULD BE REPLENISHED DAILY FROM A COMPREHENSIVE STOCK OF OVER 26 000 VOLUMES AT ITS TSUEN WAN BASE.
FOR THE COMFORT OF USERS, THE MOBILE LIBRARY WOULD BE AIR- CONDITIONED WHEN STATIONARY, DR HO SAID. AS FROM TOMORROW, THE NEW LIBRARY WOULD BE JOINING THE EXISTING ONE TO CALL AT 24 STOPS IN THE NON-URBAN AREA.
HE THANKED