SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1982
GOVERNOR STARTS MACLEHOSE TRAIL WALK
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THE MACLEHOSE TRAIL WALK, CONSIDERED THE MOST CHALLENGING OF THE SEVEN COMMUNITY CHEST WALKS FOR 1981/82, WAS STARTED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING,
ALSO PRESENT AT THE STARTS CEREMONY WERE THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES- THE DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR MIKE
ILLINGWORTH INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION COMMISSIONER, MR PETER WILLIAMS- AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT.
TAKING PART IN THE 20-KILOMETRE WALK WERE 550 EXPERIENCED WALKERS, EACH OF WHOM HAD SECURED MINIMUM SPONSORSHIP OF $1 000.
THE WALK, REPLACING THE PREVIOUS PAT SIN RANGE WALK, STARTED AND FINISHED AT THE PO LEUNG KUK HOLIDAY CAMP AT PAK TAM CHUNG. IT NORMALLY TAKES FIVE TO SIX HOURS TO COMPLETE.
WALKERS WHO COMPLETED THE WHOLE JOURNEY WERE EACH AWARDED A SOUVENIR.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE TARGET OF $500 000 WILL BE EXCEEDED BY $700 000.
BESIDES TODAY'S WALK. THE COMMUNITY CHEST HAS HELD FOUR WALKS DURING THE PAST TWO MONTHS AND RAISED OVER $3 MILLION.
OTHER WALKS TO BE HELD INCLUDE A SHA TIN WALK ON FEBRUARY 28 AND A KOWLOON WALK ON MARCH 7.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS STATISTICS FOR THIRD QUARTER ****
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) RELEASED DOMESTIC EXPORTS STATISTICS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1981.
THIS SERIES IS DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT COMMODITY EXPORT ITEMS UNDER THE PRESENT EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE COMMODITY ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED.
SINCE ITS SCOPE IS CONFINED TO MERCHANDISE TRADE, TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE NOT INCLUDED.
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