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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1981

TOLO HARBOUR CANOE RACES TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY

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THE EIGHTH TOLO HARBOUR CANOE RACES ORGANISED BY THE OUTWARD BOUND (ALUMNI) ASSOCIATION (OBAA) ARE TO BE HELD TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE ANNUAL EVENT IS SPONSORED BY TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE.

RACES STAR" AT 9 AM AND INCLUDE A LONG DISTANCE EVENT FOR MEN, A LONG DISTANCE EVENT FOR WOMEN, SHORT DISTANCE EVENTS, MIXED DOUBLES, SINGLÈS, SENIOR, JUNIOR AND OPEN EVENTS, AND A 30-KILOMETRE RACE.

THE 30-KILOMETRE RACE COURSE WILL BE FROM ISLAND HOUSE TO NAI CHUNG, LAI CHI CHONG, TAI MEI TUK, MA SHI CHAU AND BACK TO ISLAND HOUSE.

THE COURSES FOR OTHER EVENTS WILL VARY FROM 500 METRES TO 21 KILOMETRES.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR ALLEN LEE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY AT 4 PM. ALSO ATTENDING WILL BE THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICKY LO.

WINNERS WILL BE AWARDED PRIZES AND SOUVENIRS AND THE TEAM WITH THE HIGHEST POINTS WILL RECEIVE THE OBAA CUP.

LAST YEAR, 320 CONTESTANTS TOOK PART IN THE RACES, AND THE WINNER OF THE CUP WAS KWUN TONG SWIMMING CLUB.

THE OBAA, FORMED IN JANUARY 1971, ORGANISES A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CANOEING, ROCK-CLIMBING, HIKING, CAMPING, SAILING AND ORIENTEERING.

MR AKERS-JONES IS HONORARY ADVISER OF THE ASSOCIATION WHICH HAS MORE THAN 500 MEMBERS.

PUBLIC HELPS IN BIG LITTER PICK UP EFFORT *****

PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WILL BE DEMONSTRATED TOMORROW (SUNDAY) WHEN MORE THAN 1 000 MEMBERS OF ORGANISED HIKING GROUPS WILL HELP THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY COLLECT LITTER ALONG THE POPULAR MACLEHOSE TRAIL.

THE VOLUNTEERS FROM SOME 20 ORGANISED HIKING GROUPS WILL PICK UP LITTER FROM THE 100-KILOMETRE HIKING TRAIL,WHICH STRETCHES ACROSS EIGHT COUNTRY PARKS FROM TUEN MUN TO SAT KUNG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE EFFORT IS PART OF THE +CARE FOR THE COUNTRY PARKS+ PROJECT ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.

AFTER SUNDAY'S