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SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1986
INFORMATION CHIEF VISITS EXPO
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ON THE EVE OF THE FIRST VANCOUVER DRAGON BOAT RACES TO BE HELD THIS WEEKEND (JUNE 14 AND 15) IN CANADA, THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR JOHN CHAN, HAS FLOWN THERE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO JOIN IN THE FESTIVITIES.
MR CHAN HAS JUST CONCLUDED HIS MONTH-LONG TRIP TO AMERICA AS A GUEST OF THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY'S INTERNATIONAL VISITORS PROGRAMME,
ON THE INVITATION OF THE RACE ORGANISERS, THE VANCOUVER CHINESE CULTURAL CENTRE, HE WILL OFFICIATE AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY TO BE HELD ON JUNE 15 WHEN THE GRAND CHAMPION TEAM HAS EMERGED.
WHILE IN VANCOUVER, MR CHAN VISITED THE HONG KONG PAVILION AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PAVILIONS AT EXPO '86.
HE ALSO MET WITH THE HONG KONG PAVILION STAFF WHO BRIEFED HIM ON THE HONG KONG DAY CELEBRATION PROGRAMME SCHEDULED FOR JULY 18.
THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF THE PAVILION, MR EDWARD HUNG, TOLD MR CHAN THAT THE PAVILION HAS BEEN WELL-RECEIVED BY VISITORS OF THE WORLD EXPOSITION AND FEW DAYS AGO, THE VANCOUVER SUN RATED THE HONG KONG SHOW AS EXCELLENT BY GIVING FOUR STARS TO IT OUT OF A MAXIMUM OF FIVE.
MR HUNG ALSO ADDED THAT THE NUMBER OF VISITORS WHO HAVE SEEN THE HONG KONG EXHIBITORY HAS TOPPED OVER 320 000.
YOUTH VOLUNTEERS TO HELP CLEAN BEACHES
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SIX HUNDRED SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WILL PATROL BEACHES THIS SUMMER AS PART OF AN URBAN COUNCIL EFFORT TO DISCOURAGE LITTERING BY BEACHGOERS.
THE FORM FOUR AND FIVE STUDENTS RECRUITED FROM 29 SCHOOLS WERE TODAY (SATURDAY) INDUCTED INTO THE COUNCIL'S SEVENTH AUXIL TARY LITTER WARDEN (ALW) SCHEME.
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