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FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1982

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ROTARY THANKED FOR DONATION OF VESSEL

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MEMBERS OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST WERE PRAISED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THIS AFTERNOON, FOR THE IR +SPIRIT OF SERVICE ABOVE SELF, TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.

THE OCCASION WAS THE OFFICIAL HANDING-OVER BY THE CLUB OF A MEDICAL LAUNCH, THE ROTARY, WHICH SIR MURRAY SAID +WILL GREATLY IMPROVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE OUTLYING ISLANDS AND LESS ACCESSIBLE COASTAL VILLAGES.+

+THIS MOST GENEROUS DONATION IS THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE CLUB HAD, OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, DONATED MEDICAL FACILITIES AND GRANTED ASSISTANCE TO MANY MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS, HAD SUPPORTED SERVICES TO THE DISABLED AND ELDERLY AND HAD ENCOURAGED CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

+ALL THESE PROJECTS HAVE MET SPECIAL AND CAREFULLY IDENTIFIED NEEDS,+ HE SAID.

SIR MURRAY SAID HONG KONG WAS +FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO MANY OF ITS CITIZENS WHO ARE ALWAYS SO GENEROUS WITH THEIR TIME AND MONEY IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

+THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE ROTARIAN SPIRIT OF 'SERVICE ABOVE SELF.' IT IS A PROUD MOTTO. LET IT NEVER FAIL, HE SAID.

HE CONGRATULATED THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST FOR REALISING YET ANOTHER AND MOST WORTHWHILE PROJECT AND WISHED ITS MEMBERS SUCCESS. + WOULD THANK YOU AGAIN MOST SINCERELY FOR THE SPLENDID VESSEL, SIR MURRAY TOLD THEM.

THE 14-METRE LONG VESSEL WAS BUILT BY THE HIP HING CHEUNG SHIPYARD, AND COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. IT HAS SINCE THEN BEEN OUTFITTED WITH MEDICAL FACILITIES BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

IT WILL BE ADDED TO THE OTHER TWO MEDICAL LAUNCHES IN SERVICE TO THE OUTLYING ISLANDS AND DISTRICTS, PROVIDING MORE CLINICAL SESSIONS FOR THE PEOPLE IN THOSE AREÁS, AND HELPING RELIEVE THE TIGHT SCHEDULE NOW COVERED BY THE OTHER TWO VESSELS.

THE 'ROTARY' WILL MAKE ITS FIRST CALL TO THE OUTLYING DISTRICTS ON MA WAN AND TUNG CHUNG ON MONDAY MORNING.

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