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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1980

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SIR MURRAY VISITS CUSTOMS TRAINING SCHOOL

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THE GOVERNOR SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY VISITED THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE'S TRAINING SCHOOL IN TAI LAM CHUNG, AND ITS HEADQUARTERS IN RUMSEY STREET.

ARRIVING BY HELICOPTER, SIR MURRAY WAS MET AT THE TRAINING SCHOOL BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND CONTROLS, MR DOUGLAS JORDAN- SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT, MR P.L. WONG, AND THE SCHOOL COMMANDANT, MR H.L. KWONG.

SIR MURRAY FIRST WATCHED REBEL AND DEWARS, TWO DOGS DEMONSTRATING THEIR ABILITY TO DETECT NARCOTICS HIDDEN IN SUITCASES AND BOXES.

HE THEN TOURED THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AND SAW INSPECTOR AND CUSTOMS OFFICER RECRUITS UNDERGOING THEIR INDUCTION TRAINING, WHICH INCLUDES SHOOTING PRACTICE ON THE PISTOL RANGE, LIFE-SAVING, UNARMED COMBAT, FOOTDRILL, IN ADDITION TO TRAINING IN TECHNICAL SUBJECTS.

AFTER TOURING THE SCHOOL'S MUSEUM, WHICH HOUSES A VARIETY OF INGENIOUS SMUGGLING DEVICES, NARCOTICS PARAPHERNALIA AND DISTILLING APPARATUS, THE GOVERNOR LEFT BY HELICOPTER FOR THE SERVICE'S HEADQUARTERS IN CENTRAL DISTRICT, WHERE HE MET SENIOR OFFICERS BEFORE LUNCHING WITH THEM IN THE MESS.

TSUEN WAN TO SPEND $1.3 MILLION ON

CULTURE AND RECREATION

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TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD IS TO SPEND MORE THAN HALF ITS FUNDS ON PROMOTING CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR.

AT A RECENT BUDGET MEETING, THE BOARD AGREED TO SPEND NEARLY $1.3 MILLION ON THESE ACTIVITIES OUT OF A TOTAL $2 MILLION ALLOCATED BY THE GOVERNMENT,

A FURTHER $527 000 IS TO BE SPENT ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE SAID THE ALLOCATION OF SUCH A LARGE PROPORTION OF FUNDS TO CULTURE AND RECREATION SHOWED THE IMPORTANCE BEING ATTACHED IN TSUEN WAN TO STIMULATING INTEREST IN THESE ACTIVITIES.

HE SAID THE BOARD HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING A RICH AND VARIED CULTURAL LIFE TO THE COMMUNITY OF TSUEN WAN.

AMONG THE MAJOR PROJECTS OF THE BOARD THIS YEAR ARE AN ARTS AND A SPORTS FESTIVAL.

/THE ARTS