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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1981

FIRING PRACTICE REMINDER

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FIRING PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE HA TSUEN/CASTLE PEAK RANGE BETWEEN 8 AM AND 5 PM FROM TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 24) TO THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 26).

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WARNED NOT TO ENTER THE AREA WHEN RED FLAGS ARE FLYING DURING PRACTICE TIMES.

FORTY COOKS COMPETE AT TAI PO

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A 51-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OF EIGHT, MADAM CHAN LAI, IS THE COOKING CHAMPION OF TAI PO.

SHE WAS ONE OF 40 ENTRANTS IN A LOCAL COOKING COMPETITION THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE CONTESTANTS WERE ASKED TO PREPARE SIMPLE, EVERYDAY DISHES IN BOTH THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL SECTIONS.

ALL COOKING FACILITIES AND INGREDIENTS WERE PROVIDED BY THE ORGANISERS - TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE, LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS.

MOST OF THE ENTRANTS WERE HOUSEWIVES WHO WERE ACCOMPANIED

AND SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES.

THE OLDEST ENTRANT WAS AGED 69 AND THE YOUNGEST 18.

MADAM CHAN LAI RECEIVED THE FIRST PRIZE, A REFRIGERATOR.

THE FIRST RUNNER-UP, TAM SO-NGOR AGED 30, WON A WASHING MACHINE- AN ELECTRIC OVEN WAS WON BY THE SECOND RUNNER-UP, YU OI-YI WHO WAS 26 YEARS OLD.

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