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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1982

CYC MEMBERSHIP NOW STOOD AT OVER 63 000 FROM ABOUT 540 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE STUDENTS, RANGING IN AGE FROM 10 TO 18, PARTICIPATED IN ACTIVITIES INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION.

THEIR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE VISITS, DEBATES, SEMINARS, COMPETITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS RELATING TO CONSERVATION, FIRÉ PREVENTION, CONSUMER EDUCATION, ANTI-CORRUPTION, ROAD SAFETY, KEEPING HONG KONG CLEAN AND ANYTHING WHICH WILL MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AT THE OCCASION, MR LEUNG ALSO PRESENTED DISTRICT COMMITTEE FLAGS TO EIGHT CYC DISTRICT COMMITTEES AND PURPLE BADGES TO 17 MEMBERS - THE TOP AWARD UNDER THE CYC MERIT AWARD SCHEME FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

CHONG HING HIKING SCHEME

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A HONG KONG-WIDE HIKING SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT -- WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR CHARLES YEUNG.

THE SCHEME, SPONSORED BY THE LIU CHONG HING BANK AND LASTING FOR ONE YEAR, WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN TWO STAGES.

TO MARK THE OPENING, SOME 1 500 PEOPLE THIS MORNING GATHERED IN THE SPORTS GROUND OF LUNG CHEUNG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN WONG TAI SIN TO TAKE PART IN A SIX-KILOMETRE WALK TO MACLEHOSE TRAIL.

IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS, MR YEUNG SAID THAT HONG KONG WITH A LARGE POPULATION AND LIMITED SPACE, ORGANISED HIKING WAS THE MOST IDEAL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY FOR PEOPLE.

HE PRAISED LIU CHONG HING BANK FOR SUPPORTING THE SCHEME AND URGED OTHER INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BODIES TO SUPPORT SIMILAR ACTIVITIES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE FIRST CHONG HING HIKING SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED 14 MONTHS AGO AND IT PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR.

+THE NUMBER OF ROUTES OF THE COMING SCHEME HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM 16 TO 32,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+IT WILL BE IN TWO PHASES, WITH THE FIRST STARTING ON FEBRUARY 14 AND LASTING UNTIL THE END OF JUNE. THE SECOND PART WILL BEGIN IN EARLY JULY AND END IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR.

+DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THIS ACTIVITY, WE ARE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS BY 100 PER CENT FROM 5 000 TO 10 000, HE SAID.

THERE WILL BE 400 HIKES ALL OF WHICH WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAYS.