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FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1976

P.W.D. TO HOLD EIGHTH SWIMMING GALA

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THE EIGHTH P.W.D. SWIMMING GALA WILL BE HELD AT THE MORRISON HILL SWIMMING POOL BETWEEN 2 P.M. AND 5 P.M. TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

OVER 150 FINALISTS WILL TAKE PART IN THE SWIMMING GALA WHICH WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. WILLIAM BELL.

SWIMMERS WILL COMPETE IN OVER 20 RACES INCLUDING MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FREESTYLE, BREASTSTROKE, BACKSTROKE AND BUTTERFLY EVENTS.

SPECIAL RACES HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED FOR VETERAN SWIMMERS OVER THE AGE OF 40 AND FOR CHILDREN UNDER 16.

THE FINAL EVENT OF THE DAY WILL BE THE INVITATION MEN'S 4 X 50 METRES DEPARTMENTAL FREESTYLE RELAY.

APART FROM THE COMPETITIVE EVENTS, THE P.W.D. GALA WILL INCLUDE A SWIMMING DEMONSTRATION BY OLYMPIC GAMES SWIMMERS OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION.

MISS ROWENA LAM, MISS HONG KONG 1976, WILL DRAW THE LUCKY P.W.D. RAFFLE TICKET AT 5 P.M. AND TROPHIES AND PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED TO WINNERS BY P.W.D. DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.

MUSIC WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE PIPES AND DRUMS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE OCCASION BETWEEN 2 P.M. AND 5 P.M. AT MORRISON HILL SWIMMING POOL.

LIBERATION DAY CEREMONY AT CITY HALL

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HONG KONG WILL OBSERVE THIS YEAR'S LIBERATION DAY WITH

A WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AT THE CITY HALL ON MONDAY (AUGUST 30) AT 11 A.M.

DURING THE 15-MINUTE CEREMONY, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG PRISONERS OF WAR ASSOCIATION AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) WILL LAY WREATHS AT THE SHRINE IN MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS WHO DIED DURING THE BATTLE OF DECEMBER 1941 OR LATER AS PRISONERS OF WAR.

THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE SOUNDING OF THE LAST POST BY A TRUMPETER, A TWO-MINUTE SILENCE AND REVEILLE, AND THE FIRING OF THREE VOLLEYS OF SALUTE.

THE FIRING PARTY AND TRUMPETER WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE REGIMENT.