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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1990
BIG NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS JOINED CROSS TOLO HARBOUR SWIM
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THE 23RD CROSS TOLO HARBOUR SWIM TOOK PLACE IN ΤΑΙ PO THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING, ATTRACTING 1,011 SWIMMERS.
THE SWIMMERS INCLUDED 843 MEN AND 168 WOMEN. THE
12 YEARS OLD AND THE OLDEST 70.
THEY SWAM FROM SHA LAN BEACH IN SHUEN WAN TO THE WATER SPORTS CENTRE, COVERING A DISTANCE OF 2,400 METRES.
YOUNGEST WAS
TAI ΜΕΙ TUK
THE RACE WAS ORGANISED BY THE TAI Ро SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD AND A BREWERY.
AT THE
THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR THOMAS YIU, OFFICIATED STARTING CEREMONY AND THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU, PRESENTED PRIZES TO THE WINNERS.
AND
TROPHICS WERE AWARDED TO THE FIRST 10 WINNERS IN THE MEN'S
SECTIONS WOMEN'S
RESPECTIVELY WHILE 981 SWIMMERS WHO COMPLETED THE FULL COURSE WITHIN 90 MINUTES RECEIVED COMMEMORATIVE CERTIFICATES.
SECTION THE CHAMPION IN THE MEN'S
WAS MR MISS CHENG HOI-YAN CAME FIRST IN THE WOMEN'S SECTION.
NG MING-KIT
NOTE TO EDITORS:
WHILE
23RD
CROSS TOLO HARBOUR SWIM WILL BE
A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM GIS DUTY OFFICER.
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NOMINATIONS INVITED FOR "OUTWARD BOUND SCHOLARSHIP"
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YOUTH
LOCAL ORGANISATIONS OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME (SYP)
MAKE
OF OUTSTANDING то INVITED
NOMINATIONS ACTIVITIES ARE LEADERS FOR THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOLARSHIPS.
THE SCHOLARSHIP, FUNDED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, MANAGED BY THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME COMMITTEE.
IS
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMITTEE EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS
YOUTH
SYP LEADERS OF
IN
THEIR RECOGNITION TO OUTSTANDING
AND THEIR SERVICES RENDERED TO THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROGRAMME
AN AWARD
OF
COMMUNITY.
/"ORGANISATIONS ARE