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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1994
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATING IN THE BOUNDABOUT KOWLOON TONG IN LATE SEPTEMBER.
WAS THE ONLY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT 94 HELD AT ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL IN
A TOTAL OF 42 ORGANISATIONS TOOK PART IN THE EVENT AND THEY TOGETHER RAISED MORE THAN $600,000 FOR THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL.
IT WAS THE SECOND YEAR THAT MARINE OFFICERS, SURVEYORS, COXWAINS, LAUNCH ASSISTANTS AND CLERICAL OFFICERS OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT FORMED A TEAM TO TAKE PART IN THE EVENT.
WITH THE SUPPORT FROM THEIR COLLEAGUES AND BUSINESS THE TEAM RAISED SOME $21,000 FOR THE SCHOOL.
CONTACTS,
HUNDREDS JOIN CROSS TOLO SWIM
THE 25TH CROSS TOLO HARBOUR SWIM TOOK PLACE IN TAI PO THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING, ATTRACTING 795 SWIMMERS.
THE SWIMMERS INCLUDED 637 MEN AND 158 WOMEN. NINE YEARS OLD AND THE OLDEST 76.
THE YOUNGEST WAS
THEY STARTED THEIR COURSE FROM SHA LAN BEACH IN SHUEN WAN TO THE TAI MEI TUK WATER SPORTS CENTRE, COVERING A DISTANCE OF 2,400 METRES.
THE RACE WAS ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND CO- SPONSORED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD..
TAI PO'S DISTRICT OFFICER MISS SHIRLEY YUEN OFFICIATED AT THE STARTING CEREMONY AND THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES), MISS CHRISTINE CHOW, PRESENTED PRIZES TO THE WINNERS.
TROPHIES WERE AWARDED TO THE FIRST 10 WINNERS IN THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SECTIONS RESPECTIVELY WHILE 760 SWIMMERS WHO COMPLETED THE FULL COURSE WITHIN 90 MINUTES RECEIVED COMMEMORATIVE CERTIFICATES.
THE CHAMPION IN THE MEN'S SECTION WAS MR TANG WING-HING WHILE MS CHEUNG MAN-YIU CAME FIRST IN THE WOMEN'S SECTION.
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CLINIC SERVICE TO BE SUSPENDED ON CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL
THE
THERE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TODAY (SUNDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT WOULD BE NO GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINIC SERVICE ON CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL (OCTOBER 13).
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