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WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1979

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ACTING GOVERNOR TO VISIT FORESTRY WORK CAMPS

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER, WILL VISIT TWO SCHOOL FORESTRY WORK CAMPS IN THE TAI MO SHAN AREA TOMORROW.

SIR JACK, ACCOMPANIED BY LADY CATER, WILL VISIT THE CAMPS AT TWISK COUNTRY PARK MANAGEMENT CENTRE AND CHUEN LUNG COUNTRY PARK MANAGEMENT CENTRE WHERE SOME 35 STUDENTS WILL BE CONSTRUCTING FOOTPATHS, MAINTAINING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND TENDING TO FOREST PLANTATIONS.

THE SUMMER PROGRAMME, ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, IS BEING ATTENDED BY 1,500 STUDENTS AT 75 CAMPS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER SIR JACK CATER'S VISIT AT THE TWISK COUNTRY PARK MANAGEMENT CENTRE, 12-1/2 MILESTONE ON ROUTE TWISK AT 10 A.M. ON THURSDAY. OFFICIAL TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 8.45 A.M. PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ASSIGNED TO COVER THE VISITS ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE PIER 15 MINUTES EARLIER.

APPOINTMENT OF SIR Y.K. KAN, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ****

SIR Y.K. KAN HAS BEEN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WITH EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 1, A GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HE SUCCEEDS MR. T.K. ANN, WHO HAS HELD THE POST SINCE OCTOBER 1975, AND IT MARKS A RENEWAL OF SIR Y.K.'S LONG ASSOCIATION WITH THE COUNCIL.

SIR Y.K. HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE T.D.C. FROM 1970 TO 1975.

THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1966 AS A STATUTORY BODY TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP HONG KONG'S OVERSEAS TRADE.