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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1985
+SINCE THE PATROLS WERE FOUNDED IN 1963, NOT A SINGLE STUDENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WHILE CROSSING THE ROAD UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF PATROL MEMBERS,+ SIR DAVID SAID.
+THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT RECORD, ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE CONSIDERS THAT OVER 300 000 STUDENTS COME UNDER THE CARE OF PATROLS EACH DAY,+ HE SAID.
LADY HOWE VISITS TAI PO ****
LADY HOWE, WIFE OF BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, WHO IS IN HONG KONG ON A PRIVATE VISIT, TOURED TAI PO TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO SEE DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT AND THE VARIOUS WELFARE FACILITIES PROVIDED.
ACCOMPANIED BY MRS EVELYN DOE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, LADY HOWE FIRST CALLED AT THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE WHERE SHE WAS BRIEFED BY MR THOMAS CHAN, TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.
SHE THEN VISITED TAI PO COMMUNITY CENTRE TO SEE THE FACILITIES PROVIDED, INCLUDING A GROUP WORK UNIT RUN BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, A DAY NURSERY OPERATED BY THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS AND A MULTI-SERVICES CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY RUN BY THE SALVATION ARMY.
LADY HOWE THEN TOURED THE LOK SIN TONG CHU TING CHEONG HOME FOR THE AGED AND TALKED TO THE RESIDENTS.
LATER ON SHE VISITED PELLETIER HALL ON CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, A RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR GIRLS RUN BY THE GOOD SHEPHERD SISTERS.
RSD SERVICES IN TUEN MUN DISTRICT
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SOME 130 000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN 355 RECREATION AND SPORTS PROJECTS ORGANISED BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR TUEN MUN RESIDENTS IN THE SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING ITS ESTABLISHMENT ON APRIL 1 THIS YEAR.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE DISTRICT LEISURE MANAGER (TUEN MUN), MR JIMMY CHOW, AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL TODAY.
/MR CHOW,