THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1976
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LADY MACLEHOSE SEES CAMPERS AT WORK
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LADY MACLEHOSE BRAVED THE RAIN THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING TO VISIT THE SCHOOL FORESTRY WORK CAMP AT WONG NEI CHÚNG FOREST OFFICE.
THE SIX-DAY CAMP, ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, FORMS PART OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.
TWO TEACHERS AND 18 PUPILS OF THE BUDDHIST SIN TAK COLLEGE ARE TAKING PART AND THE PURPOSE OF THE CAMP IS TO PROVIDE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION IN COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIC AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG.
LADY MACLEHOSE WAS MET ON HER ARRIVAL BY MRS. L. MOK, DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR, AND MR. K.K. LAI, SCIENCE INSPECTOR, BOTH FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT- MR. K.C. IU AND MR. K.K. YEUNG, FORESTRY OFFICERS OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, AND MRS. LAM MOK SAU-HING, PRINCIPAL OF THE BUDDHIST SIN TAK COLLEGE.
LADY MACLEHOSE BEGAN HER TOUR BY VISITING THE BARRACK-TYPE ACCOMMODATION. SHE TALKED TO THE TEACHER AND PUPIL CAMPERS AND ENQUIRED ABOUT THEIR DOMESTIC DUTIES.
SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO WONG NEI CHUNG FOREST PLANTATION TO SEE CAMPERS AT WORK.
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