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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1979

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SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES TO VISIT FORESTRY WORK CAMP

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THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR. J.W. CHAMBERS, AND A STEWARD OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, MR. G.M. MACWHINNIE, WILL VISIT A FORESTRY WORK CAMP AT PAK TAM AU COUNTRY PARK, SAI KUNG, TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE CAMP JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IS PART OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME. IT IS PARTICIPATED BY 18 STUDENTS FROM BEREA ENGLISH COLLEGE.

A TOTAL OF 75 SUCH CAMPS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED IN 12 MANAGEMENT CENTRES OF VARIOUS COUNTRY PARKS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.

MR. CHAMBERS AND MR. MACWHINNIE WILL ARRIVE AT THE CAMP BY HELICOPTER AT 3 P.M. AND WILL STAY THERE FOR AN HOUR.

NOTE TO EDITORS

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE VISIT TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.

PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A NINE-SEATER VAN

(NO. AM 2080) WILL DEPART FROM THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER, TSIM SHA TSUI, FOR PAK TAM AU COUNTRY PARK AT 1.30 P.M.

TWO APPOINTED TO MTR BOARD

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, HAS APPOINTED THE HON. LYDIA DUNN, AND MR. G.M. MACWHINNIE, AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION ORDINANCE AND ARE FOR A PERIOD OF 21 MONTHS FROM AUGUST 1, 1979.

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