SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1981
GOVERNOR OPENS PO LEUNG KUK HOLIDAY CAMP IN SAI KUNG
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THE DRIVE TO ENCOURAGE USE OF THE COUNTRYSIDE FOR RECREATION OR LEISURE HAS CONTINUED WITH MARKED SUCCESS.
THIS WAS SAID BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WHEN OPENING THE PO LEUNG KUK HOLIDAY CAMP PROJECT AT PAK TAM CHUNG, SAI KUNG, TODAY (SATURDAY).
+THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CAMP BY THE PO LEUNG KUK ON THE EDGE OF SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK IS AN IMAGINATIVE AND A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THIS MOVEMENT, SIR MURRAY SAID.
+ IT IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF CO-OPERATIVE ENTERPRISE BETWEEN VERNMENT WHICH PROVIDED THE SITE, THE LOTTERIES FUND AND THE
AL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WHICH HAVE MADE SUBSTANTIAL GRANTS, AD ABOVE ALL YOU IN THE PO LEUNG KUK WHOSE ENTHUSIASM FOR THE FROJECT HAS RAISED THE BULK OF THE FUNDS AND CO-ORDINATED DEVELOPMENT.
+I AM DEEPLY IMPRESSED BY THE INITIATIVE AND IMAGINATION THAT THE CHAIRMAN, HIS PREDECESSORS AND COLLEAGUES HAVE DISPLAYED
CARRYING THE IDEA THROUGH TO FRUITION.
+ IT IS A PROJECT IN THE FINEST TRADITION OF THE PO LEUNG KUK AND A SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF THE RANGE OF ITS ACTIVITIES.+
SIR MURRAY CONGRATULATED THE 1980/81 CHAIRMAN OF THE PO LEUNG KUX BOARD, MR CHIU CHUN-BONG, AND BOARD MEMBERS ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL TERM OF OFFICE.
+YOUR RECORD-BREAKING FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES ARE A CLEAR REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNITY'S ENERGY.
+TO THIS ADD MY OWN THANKS ON BEHALF OF ALL THOSE WHO WILL ENJOY THEIR STAY AT THIS CAMP IN THE YEARS AHEAD.+
MR CHIU SAID IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT $25 MILLION IN CAPITAL FUNDING WOULD BE CALLED FOR TO BRING THE CAMP TO FULL COMPLETION.
AT PRESENT ABOUT $7 MILLION WAS NEEDED FOR SHORING PROTECTION, LANDSCAPING AND DEVELOPMENT OF A ONE HECTARE GARDEN.
+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT, WITH THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC, THE INCOMING BOARD WILL FIND NO DIFFICULTIES IN BRINGING THE PROJECT TO PERFECTION, MR CHIU SAID.
HE SAID THE CAMP COULD ONLY BE A SUCCESS IF ITS FACILITIES WERE PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND FULLY USED.
HE HOPED IT WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO PROVIDE YET MORE RECREATIONAL SERVICES IN THE FORM OF NON-PROFIT MAKING HOLIDAY CAMPS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
HE PRAISED THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE LOTTERES FUND AND THE +GENEROUS DONATION OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, AND, JUST AS IMPORTANT, THE ENCOURAGING SUPPORT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.+
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