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Royal Marines host Children's Charity Challenge
Royal Marines fast-roping from a helicopter, music from the Band of the Royal Logistic Corps, a Royal Air Force Wessex helicopter on display - these are just a taste of what is on offer at Kings Park Sports Ground, Kowloon, on Sunday (May 19), when the Royal Marines host a Children's Charity Challenge.
While the 10-man detachment from the Royal Navy's Base at HMS Tamar, Stonecutters Island, entertains over 80 children from local schools, members of the public are invited to join in the fun and help raise money for the Hong Kong Branch of the Save The Children Fund.
Admission to the event, which kicks off at 10 am on Sunday, costs $20 for adults, free of charge for children, and visitors will be able to enjoy a variety of entertainment including trampolining, a bouncy castle, paintballing, target golf and beat the goalkeeper.
Prizes of a "White-knuckle" ride in a Royal Navy Fast Pursuit Craft, a helicopter flight over Hong Kong and dinner in some of the territory's top restaurants will also be up for grabs in a grand prize draw.
The Royal Marines, who are based at 42 Cdo, Plymouth, in the United Kingdom, are nearing the end of their four-month detachment to Hong Kong and are following in the fund-raising footsteps of their predecessors who, earlier in the year, took part in Rent-A-Royal in aid of the Save The Children Fund.
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Dredging at East of Sha Chau
The Civil Engineering Department (CED) is inviting tenders for dredging works at east of Sha Chau.
The works comprise the dredging of about nine million cubic metres of uncontaminated mud from pits IIIc, IIId and IIIe at east of Sha Chau.
These mud pits, when ready, will be used for the disposal of contaminated mud arising from the forthcoming reclamation and dredging projects.
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