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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1976

GOVERNOR VISITS YOUTH LEADERSHIP COURSE

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY VISITED A YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMP NEAR PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR AND CONFESSED THAT HE WAS TEMPTED TO STAY AND JOIN THE GROUP.

SIR MURRAY ARRIVED BY HELICOPTER AT 3 P.M. IN BRILLIANT SUNSHINE AND EXTENDED HIS SCHEDULED HALF-HOUR STAY BY NEARLY 15 MINUTES.

SIXTY YOUNG MEN AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 25 ARE TAKING PART IN THE FOUR-DAY CAMP WHICH HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO SIX DISTRICTS YOUTH RECREATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE.

SIR MURRAY WAS GREETED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, TAI PO, MR. CLIVE OXLEY, WHO INTRODUCED HIM TO THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR. RAYMOND PANG HANG-YIN, AND OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND LOCAL DIGNITORIES.

SIR MURRAY SPENT THE FIRST PART OF THE VISIT CHATTING TO INSTRUCTORS FROM THE FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUP WHO WERE TEACHING THE THEORY OF CANOEING.

THEN HE WALKED TO THE BANKS OF TOLO HARBOUR WHERE ANOTHER GROUP WAS CANOE ING SOME OF THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AFTER WATCHING THE YOUNGSTERS GO THROUGH THEIR PACES, AND TAKING A +PADDLES UP+ SALUTE FROM THEM, SIR MURRAY TOLD LOCAL OFFICIALS: +THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY ENJOYING THEMSELVES. IT'S A TEMPTATION TO STAY TO HAVE A SWIM, OR GO SAILING.+

BUT WITH HIS BUSY SCHEDULE PRESSING, THE GOVERNOR INSTEAD HAD TO RE-BOARD HIS HELICOPTER FOR ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT.

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