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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1977

SIR DENYS TO ACT AS GOVERNOR

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SIR DENYS ROBERTS, CHIEF SECRETARY, RETURNED TO HONG KONG LAST (SATURDAY) NIGHT. FOLLOWING THE GOVERNOR'S DEPARTURE FOR TALKS IN LONDON THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON, SIR DENYS

WILL ASSUME DUTY AS ACTING GOVERNOR WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY.

P.W.D. SWIMMING GALA A SUCCESS

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THREE RECORDS WERE BROKEN IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S NINTH SWIMMING GALA HELD AT THE ABERDEEN SWIMMING POOL TODAY.

THEY WERE THE LADIES' 25 METRES FREESTYLE, MEN'S 200 METRES BREASTSTROKE AND THE MEN'S 100 METRES BREASTSTROKE.

YEUNG WAI-KEUNG OF THE WATERWORKS OFFICE STOLE THE SHOW BY WINNING THE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE WON THE TEAM

CHAMPIONSHIP BY SCORING 220 POINTS.

SOME 300 SWIMMERS TOOK PART IN OVER 20 EVENTS.

MRS. BELL-

MR. WILLIAM BELL, ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS= MISS HONG KONG 1977, MISS LOLLETA CHU, AND DIRECTORS OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE P.W.D. PRESENTED TROPHIES TO WINNERS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE, MISS CHU FIRED A GUN TO START THE MEN'S 4 X 50 METRES DEPARTMENTAL FREESTYLE RELAY INVITATION RACE, WHICH WAS WON BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.

EARLIER, MRS. BELL AND MISS CHU JOINTLY OPENED THE SWIMMING GALA BY PERFORMING AT A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY.

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