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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1978

GOVERNOR VISITS HOLIDAY CAMP AT TAI O ******

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SPENT AN HOUR TODAY VISITING THE HOLIDAY CAMP ORGANISED BY THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT TAI O PUBLIC SCHOOL, LANTAU ISLAND.

THE GOVERNOR ARRIVED AT LANTAU BY HELICOPTER AT 10 A.M. WHERE HE WAS MET BY AN OFFICIAL RECEPTION PARTY. ONCE AT THE CAMPSITE, ABOUT 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE HELICOPTER LANDING AREA, THE 134 CAMPERS CHEERED AND APPLAUDED THE GOVERNOR IN WELCOME.

THE OCCASIONAL SHOWER AT THE TIME DID NOT PUT A DAMPER ON THE GOVERNOR'S ENTHUSIASM IN SEEING HOW THE PARTICIPANTS ENJOYED THEIR CAMP LIFE.

LATER HE WATCHED THE CAMPERS, MADE UP OF 117 GIRLS AND 17 BOYS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 15 AND 21, PLAY THEIR COMPETITIVE GAMES TO THEIR HEARTS CONTENT,

HE TALKED AND SHARED A FEW JOKES WITH THE CAMPERS WHO WERE STUDENTS OF GOVERNMENT EVENING SCHOOLS AT TIN KWONG ROAD AND QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL CENTRES.

SINCE MOST OF THEM WERE WORKERS FROM TEXTILE AND ELECTRONIC FACTORIES, THEY HAD TO TAKE TIME OFF TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TWO-DAY CAMP.

THIS WAS THE FIRST HOLIDAY CAMP ORGANISED FOR GOVERNMENT EVENING SCHOOL STUDENTS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN 1969.

IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THEIR ACTIVITIES WERE MAINLY CONFINED TO EXCURSIONS, VISITS AND HIKING.

ALTHOUGH THEY HAD TO SPEND THE IR NIGHT IN CLASSROOMS AND SLEEP OVER DESKS PACKED TOGETHER, THEY LIKED THE OUTING EXPERIENCE SO MUCH THAT MOST OF THEM SUGGESTED THAT THE CAMPING PERIOD SHOULD BE EXTENDED IN FUTURE.

THE GOVERNOR LEFT AT 11 A.M.

THE OFFICIAL PARTY COMPRISED MR. NORMAN DEI, CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR YOUTH RECREATION- MR. RAYMOND BIRD, PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (PHYSICAL EDUCATION) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MR. Y.H. YU, SUPERVISOR OF TAI O PUBLIC SCHOOL MR. C.S. TANG, MR. L.F. YIM, MR. K.C. KAM AND MR. T.K. LUI OF THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

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