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THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1981

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LOW-BUDGET HOLIDAY RESORT OPENS AT SAI KUNG

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LADY MACLEHOSE OPENED HONG KONG'S FIRST FAMILY HOLIDAY VILLAGE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK TODAY.

ATTENDING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE LADY MACLEHOSE HOLIDAY VILLAGE WERE THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AND SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, WHO HAS MADE A DONATION OF $2 MILLION TOWARDS THE COST OF THE FIRST STAGE OF THE HOLIDAY VILLAGE.

AT THE CEREMONY, LADY MACLEHOSE UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO SIGNIFY THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE WELL-EQUIPPED HOLIDAY RESORT FOR HONG KONG'S OVERCROWDED MILLIONS.

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SHE RECEIVED A PLEASANT SURPRISE AFTER THE OPENING. THE GUESTS, MRS CHAN MOK WING-CHUN, PRESENTED HER A CHEQUE FOR $10 000 TO BE USED FOR EQUIPMENT FOR THE HOLIDAY VILLAGE.

MRS CHAN TOLD OFFICERS OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE THAT SHE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE LADY MACLE HOSE VILLAGE AND WISHED TO MAKE A PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION.

LADY MACLEHOSE THANKED MRS CHAN FOR HER GENEROSITY AND ACCEPTED THE CHEQUE ON BEHALF OF THE RSS.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS MR DENIS BRAY SAID THE PROJECT WAS THE RESULT OF A HAPPY SERIES OF EVENTS INVOLVING INITIATIVE, INGENUITY AND GENEROSITY.

+THE BUILDINGS WERE ORIGINALLY PUT UP FOR THE ENGINEERS ENGAGED IN BUILDING THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR JUST OVER THE HILL. IT WAS ITSELF THE LARGEST AND MOST IMAGINATIVE OF THE MANY WORKS UNDERTAKEN IN HONG KONG TO PRODUCE WATER. THE ENGINEERS LIVED HERE FOR A FEW YEARS BUT THE BUILDINGS PUT UP FOR THEM ARE STILL DURABLE, THE SECRETARY SAID.

HE SAID THE IDEA OF CONVERTING THE ENGINEERS' BUNGALOWS INTO A HOLIDAY CAMP WAS NOT THE FAR-FETCHED SCHEME IT WOULD HAVE SEEMED EVEN FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO BUT A PRACTICAL AND USEFUL PLAN WANTING ONLY FUNDS FOR FULFILMENT.

HE THANKED SIR SHIU-KIN TANG FOR HIS $2 MILLION DONATION.

+EVEN THOSE OF US WHO KNOW HIM WELL FIND DIFFICULTY IN RECALLING THE MANY VALUABLE SCHEMES HE HAS HELPED THROUGH HIS DONATIONS,

+LAST YEAR ALONE HE GAVE OVER $12 MILLION TOWARDS A WHOLE SERIES OF IMPORTANT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.

+'SECOND UNCLE' WE CALL HIM. I AM SURE THIS TERM OF AFFECTION AND RESPECT WILL SPRING READILY TO THE MINDS OF THOSE WHO WILL ENJOY THIS CAMP,+ MR BRAY SAID.

'THE HOLIDAY