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DATE

TIME

2.

MONDLY

MORNING

PL.CE

1) MORSE PARK

May 5th

ii) OI MAN ESTATE

iii) POLICE CADEF

SCHOOL

iv) QUEEN'S HILL

C.MP

▼) OUTWARD BOUND

SCHOOL

NOTES

This park, very popular in Kowloon, is named after Sir Arthur Morse, a former Chairman of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, a sportsman him- self and a patron of sport. The pool was opened on December 4th, 1970. It is surrounded by housing estates, and its facilities are extensively used.

Oi Man means in English "Love the people." It is the 53rd estate built by the Government since 1954. Even- tually it will house 46,000 people in 6,236 flats. It has four 'firsts,' the first in the new 10-year plan, and the first to have a communal antenna, piped gas, and a commercial complex.

Set up in September 1973, it is temporarily housed at a former army camp in Fanling. There are 300 cadets in training, and the emphasis is on basic education, character formation and physical fitness. Recruits come from lower-income middle class families. They are all enthusiastic. Though not required solely to join the police force on graduation they can also join other disciplinary forces most opt to do so.

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The original camp was built in 1951 to house a Gurkha battalion and its families. The present occupants are the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, The camp was rebuilt in 1969 to replace the old hutted accommodation. Improvements were initiated in 1972, and further improvements will begin this June.

This is Hong Kong's first Outward Bound School. It opened in 1970 with the help of the Hong Kong Government and the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club. It is situated in challenging country- side, combining sea, mountain and rugged terrain. More than 600 people of both sexes, young and old, complete the courses annually.

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