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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1980

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CLEAN UP DRIVE IN TUEN MUN

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A NOVEL WAY OF ENCOURAGING INTEREST IN KEEPING TUEN MUN DISTRICT CLEAN BY STAGING A FAMILY JIG-SAW PUZZLE COMPETITION WILL BE TRIED OUT TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE COMPETITION IS PART OF A KEEP YOUR ESTATE CLEAN DAY AND WILL BE HELD IN TAI HING ESTATE WHICH HAS 55 000 RESIDENTS.

A TOTAL OF 40 FAMILIES HAVE AGREED TO TAKE PART.

THE COMPETITION IS BEING ORGANISED BY TUEN MUN DISTRICT COMMUNITY BUILDING CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, WHOSE CHAIRMAN IS THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM.

THE FAMILY TAKING THE SHORTEST TIME TO COMPLETE THE PUZZLE WILL WIN. THE WINNING FAMILY AND RUNNERS-UP WILL RECEIVE PRIZES DURING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WEEK TO BE HELD EARLY NEXT YEAR.

OTHER ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CAMPAIGN TO KEEP TUEN MUN RUBBISH FREE ARE AN ANTI-LITTER DRIVE NEXT MONTH AND A YEAR-END CLEAN UP,

TUEN MUN NOW HAS MORE THAN 125 000 PEOPLE AND THIS FIGURE WILL GROW TO OVER 500 000 WHEN THE NEW TOWN IS FULLY COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE DECADE.

PRISON OFFICERS ATTEND ANNUAL DINNER

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ABOUT 500 PRISON OFFICERS ATTENDED THE IR ANNUAL DINNER LAST NIGHT AND BID FAREWELL TO THE IR DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, MR TOM ECOB WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 33 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

TO MARK MR ECOB'S RETIREMENT, THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR GARNER, ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES, PRESENTED HIM WITH A SOUVENIR AND WISHED HIM MANY YEARS OF HAPPY RETIREMENT.

MR GARNER ALSO PRESENTED THE +SO SHUI BOR CUP TO SUPER INTENDENT CHOW SAI-WING FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRISON OFFICERS' CLUB DURING THE PAST YEAR, THE CUP WAS DONATED BY DR J.H. YAP IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, MR SO SHUT BOR, A PRISON OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED DURING AN ESCAPE ATTEMPT IN 1958.

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