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SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1981

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$600 000 RAISED IN TWO NT WALKS

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TWO CHARITY WALKS HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES THIS MORNING HAVE RAISED A FURTHER $600 000 FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST.

THE FIRST WALK, OVER A 16-KILOMETRE COURSE FROM TSUNG TSAI YUEN TO TAI PO MARKET, WAS STARTED BY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING WERE MISS HONG KONG, WANDA TAI TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICHOLAS NG AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WALK ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR STEPHEN WONG.

MORE THAN 1 000 PEOPLE, MOSTLY LOCAL RESIDENTS, TOOK PART IN THE WALK, THE ENTIRE COURSE OF WHICH WAS WITHIN THE SCENIC TAI PO KAU NATURE RESERVE AREA.

OVER $100 000 WAS RAISED FROM THIS EVENT.

ABOUT 20 000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE TSUEN WAN WALK OVER A 12-KILOMETRE COURSE IN THE SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK, WHICH RAISED $500 000.

THE STARTING CEREMONY AT CHEUNG SHAN ESTATE WAS PERFORMED BY TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WALK ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MRS IVY WU AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.

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SO FAR SIX WALKS HAVE BEEN HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE CURRENT YEAR FROM WHICH OVER $1.8 MILLION HAS BEEN RAISED.

THE REMAINING TWO NT WALKS WILL BE HELD IN SHA TIN AND NORTH DISTRICT NEXT SUNDAY (JANUARY 18).

ANTI-CRIME BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

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AN ANTI-CRIME BASKETBALL COMPETITION FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, LAI CHI KOK AREA COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT'S RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICE WILL BE HELD FROM MARCH 1 TO 29 AT CHEUNG SHA WAN INDOOR GAMES HALL AND MONG KOK STADIUM.

THE COMPETITION IS DIVIDED INTO A MEN'S AND A LADIES' SECTION.

IT IS SPECIALLY ORGANISED TO EDUCATE THE INDUSTRIAL YOUTHS AGAINST CRIME AND TO PROVIDE LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR THEM.

YOUNG WORKERS AND FACTORY MANAGEMENTS ARE INVITED TO OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM THE RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICE (SHAM SHUI PO) AT 299 LA CHI KOK ROAD, KOWLOON, OR THE SHAN SHUI PO CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, MEI FOO SUB-OFFICE, AT 20B NASSAU STREET, STAGE V, MEI FOO SUN CHUEN, BEFORE FEBRUARY 18.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE TO BE RETURNED TO THE SAME OFFICES.