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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1976

SCHOOLS CANOEING AND SAILING FINALS ******

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE BOYS AND 69 GIRLS FROM 21 SCHOOLS HAVE ENTERED FOR THE HEATS OF THE FIRST ANNUAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS CANOEING CHAMPIONSHIPS ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE HEATS WILL BE CONDUCTED ON APRIL 10 AT TAI MEI TUK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHILE THE FINALS WILL BE HELD FOUR DAYS LATER AT THE SAME PLACE.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT FOLLOWING THE HEATS ABOUT 100 BOYS AND GIRLS WILL BE LEFT TO COMPETE IN FINAL EVENTS.

AS THIS +1 AM QUITE HAPPY WITH THE RESPONSE FROM SCHOOLS. WILL BE THE FIRST ANNUAL CANOEING CHAMPIONSHIPS, I EXPECT MORE PARTICIPANTS NEXT YEAR,+ SAID THE ORGANISER, MR. FRANCIS CHIU, INSPECTOR (PHYSICAL EDUCATION).

THE CANOEING CHAMPIONSHIPS COINCIDE WITH THE FINALS OF THE INTER-SCHOOLS SAILING EVENTS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SAILING ASSOCIATION AT TAI MEI TUK ON APRIL 14.

BOYS FROM SIX SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE TAKING PART IN THE FINALS OF THE SAILING EVENTS,

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE WILL START THE FINAL RACE OF THE SAILING EVENTS AT 3.25 P.M. ON THAT DAY,

FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER SIR MURRAY WILL WATCH SOME OF THE CANOEING ACTIVITIES BEFORE GOING ASHORE TO OPEN THE SCHOOLS SAILING AND CANOEING CENTRE WHERE HE WILL BE WELCOMED BY A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MR. POON WAI-TONG, WHO IS SENIOR MASTER OF VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

THE GOVERNOR WILL THEN PRESENT THE WINNERS CUP FOR SAILING AND THE LOSERS SHIELD TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SCHOOLS CONCERNED. SIR NURRAY WILL ALSO PRESENT TO THE WINNERS OF THE CANOEING CHAMPIONSHIPS THE CHALLENGE SHIELD FOR BOYS AND THE CHALLENGE CUP FOR GIRLS,

-BEFORE SIR MURRAY LEAVES THE CENTRE, ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MR. TONG KAI-HONG, AN EDUCATION OFFICER WILL MAKE A SPEECH OF THANKS. MR. TONG IS CHIEF INSTRUCTOR OF THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SAILING ASSOCIATION.

NOTE TO ED I TORS 1

YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE SAILING AND CANOEING EVENTS JOVERED ON APRIL 14. THE GOVERNOR WILL ARRIVE AT TAI MEI TUK NEW TERRITORIES, AT 3.15 P.M. ON THAT DAY,

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