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SUNDAY,

ARY 30, 1983

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POTENTIAL BIDDERS WHO MUST BE OVER 21 SHOULD BRING ALONG THEIR IDENTITY CARDS AND FIVE PHOTOGRAPHS TO THE AUCTION VENUE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS, THE HAWKERS AND MARKETS SECTION OF THE YUEN LONG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE MAY BE CONTACTED BY TELEPHONING 0-792261 EXT. 112, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

CHONG HING HIKING SCHEME

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THE FINAL WALK OF THE 1982/83 CHONG HING HIKING SCHEME WAS HELD THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING IN TSUEN WAN TOGETHER WITH A CLOSING

MR CEREMONY OFFICIATED BY A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, ANDREW SO.

DURING THE CLOSING CEREMONY WHICH WAS HELD AT A PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL'S PLAYGROUND AND ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 2 000 PEOPLE, PRIZES WERE AWARDED TO OUTSTANDING PARTICIPANTS OF VARIOUS AGES.

IN HIS SPEECH, MR SO SAID THE CHONG HING HIKING SCHEME WAS A POPULAR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AND BENEFICIAL TO PARTICIPANTS.

THE SCHEME - ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT WAS SPONSORED BY THE LIU CHONG HING BANK. THE BANK'S VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR LIU LIT-FOR ALSO ATTENDED THE CLOSING CEREMONY AND HIKE.

DURING THE YEAR, 400 HIKING ACTIVITIES WERE ORGANISED FOR RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG. THESE WALKS COVERED 32 DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND OUTLYING ISLANDS,

TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE HAD SUCCEEDED IN JOINING THE SCHEME AND EACH INDIVIDUAL HAD AT LEAST TAKEN PART IN FIVE TREKS, MR JOHNNY CHAN, RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER IN CHARGE OF OUTDOOR PURSUITS, SAID.

+ THERE IS A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WE CAN ACCOMMODATE IN THESE WALKS, HE SAID.

+OF COURSE WE WISH TO TAKE IN MORE PEOPLE, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A PROBLEM OF TRANSPORT AND GETTING ENOUGH MANPOWER TO LEAD THE GROUPS.

→THE SCHEME WAS THE SECOND IN TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS, AND THE NUMBER WE ACCEPTED, OUT OF A TOTAL OF 25 000 APPLICANTS, WAS A 100 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE 1981 SCHEME.+

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