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ZATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1979

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GOVERNOR TO PRESENT DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL PRESENT THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S GOLD AWARD TO 54 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AT THE CITY HALL AT 6 P.M. ON MONDAY.

THE RECIPIENTS, INCLUDING STUDENTS, FACTORY WORKERS AND CLERKS, HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE AWARD BY GAINING OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES.

DURING THE CEREMONY, MR. ALEX WU, CHAIRMAN OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD HONG KONG COMMITTEE AND ALSO AN UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, WILL GIVE THE OPENING ADDRESS, AFTER WHICH SIR MURRAY' WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

NOTE TO EDITORS

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL PRESENT THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S GOLD AWARD TO 54 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THE EXHIBITION HALL OF THE CITY HALL LOW BLOCK AT 6 P.M. ON MONDAY.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESENTATION.

SPORTS-FOR-ALL DAY TO MARK QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY

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THE SPORTS-FOR-ALL DAY HELD TO MARK THE BIRTHDAY OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IS SO POPULAR THAT IT HAS BECOME AN EVENT WHICH THE COMMUNITY LOOKS FORWARD TO EVERY APRIL, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SIR JACK, WHO WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY SPORTS-FOR-ALL DAY IN MORSE PARK, KOWLOON, SAID THE EVENT ORIGINATED THREE YEARS AGO ON THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY.

+1 AM PERSONALLY DELIGHTED TO SEE MORE AND MORE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND SPORT BEING PROVIDED IN HONG KONG AND WHAT IS AVAILABLE HERE IN MORSE PARK PROVIDES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF SPORTING

INTERESTS COVERING FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL AND SWIMMING AS WELL AS INDOOR SPORTS SUCH AS BADMINTON, TABLE TENNIS AND GYMNASTICS WHICH TAKE PLACE IN THE INDOOR GAMES HALL,+ HE ADDED.

MEANWHILE CELEBRATIONS WERE HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY AT 10 DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG. THESE INCLUDED CONCERTS BY BANDS OF THE ARMY AND THE POLICE AND AN ORCHESTRAL CONCERT IN THE CITY HALL ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND ATTENDED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE.

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