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Friday, March 2, 1973

NEARLY $90,000 RAISED BY 2 SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICERS

For Community Chest

Two Senior Education Officers who serve schools in the New

Territories raised more than $89,200 as a result of their participation

in last Sunday's Walk for a Million.

They are Mr. David Leung and Mr. Tang Yan, Mr. Leung, who is

responsible for the western area of the New Territories, was sponsored

for over $47.150 while Mr. Tang, who looks after the eastern area, was

backed for nearly $42,100.

The pledges for these amounts have been received. Money for

a small number of outstanding pledges is still coming in.

The sponsors of these two officers were supervisors, head teachers

and students from more than 200 schools as well as prominent leaders

in the New Territories.

Mr. Leung and Mr. Tang walked the full distance of 22 miles in

the fund raising drive on behalf of the Community Chest. They were joined

by at lease 30 headmasters and headmistresses of New Territories schools who

walked part of the full distance.

The walk by these two officers was sparked off by a challenge

from Mr. Cheung Chi-fan, Chairman of the New Territories Schools Sports

Association. Although Mr. Cheung himself did not join in, he supported

the two officers.

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