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SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1979

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THREE NEW DISTRICT JUDGES APPOINTED

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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. JAN ALLAN EVANS, MR. PATRICK GEORGE O'DEA AND MR. HENRY STANISLAUS DANIELL AS DISTRICT JUDGES.

MR. EVANS, 40, IS AT PRESENT AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

MR. O'DEA, 37, IS AN ASSISTANT REGISTRAR IN THE SUPREME COURT.

MR. DANIELL, 45, IS A SENIOR MAGISTRATE.

BOTH MR. O'DEA AND MR. DANIELL HAVE BEEN SITTING AS TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGES.

THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. NICHOLAS JOHN BARNETT AS PRESIDENT OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL.

WATER SPORTS CARNIVAL FOR NT YOUTHS

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TA! PO'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME TODAY (SATURDAY) STARTED WITH A +SPLASH+ WITH MORE THAN 2,000 YOUNGSTERS TAKING PART IN A WATER SPORTS CARNIVAL.

HELD AT THE FANLING SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, HUNDREDS OF THE DISTRICT'S SWIMMERS TOOK PART IN VARIOUS SWIMMING COMPETITIONS, LIFE-SAVING AND DIVING DEMONSTRATIONS. IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST SWIMMING GALAS EVER HELD IN THE FANLING COMPLEX SINCE ITS OPENING TWO YEARS AGO.

IT WAS PRECEDED BY A POOL-SIDE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY OFFICIATED BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN TODD.

IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS, MR. TODD SAID TAI PO DISTRICT WAS RAPIDLY EXPANDING AND THERE WAS NOW AN URGENT NEED TO BUILD UP A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG RESIDENTS BOTH OLD AND NEW.

+ IT IS MOST ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT MANY OF THE 200 ITEMS IN THE PROGRAMME ARE DEVOTED TO DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND SENSE OF SERVICE IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL BE TAKING PART.+

MR. TODD PRAISED THE DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE AND RURAL COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO JOINTLY ORGANISED THE FUNCTION FOR +A JOB WELL DONE.

+ I WOULD