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FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1983

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GOVERNOR ATTENDS VOLUNTEERS' FOUNDATION DAY DINNER

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING ATTENDED A DINNER RECEPTION AT THE HILTON HOTEL IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FOUNDING OF THE HONG KONG VOLUNTEERS IN MAY 1854.

THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME SIR EDWARD ATTENDED A DINNER FUNCTION OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE AS THE QUEST OF HONOUR SINCE HE BECAME GOVERNOR.

ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOTEL, THE GOVERNOR WAS GREETED AT THE HAIN ENTRANCE BY THE HONORARY AIR COMMODORE OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, AIR COMMODORE ROSS PENLINGTON, AND THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT, LIEUTENANT COLONEL MIKE BARNABY.

SIR EDWARD MET THE SENIOR OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT AND THE AUXILIARY AIR FORCE IN THE HOTEL'S BALL ROOM BEFORE JOINING THEM FOR DINNER.

AFTER A TOAST TO THE QUEEN, THE GOVERNOR JOINED THE VOLUNTEERS IN A TOAST TO THE 99+ IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS.

ON MAY 30, 1854, 99 RESIDENTS OF HONG KONG FORMED A VOLUNTEERS CORP TO HELP BOLSTER THE DEFENCES AT A TIME WHEN MARAUDING PIRATES WERE STILL A HAZARD ALONG THE CHINA COAST.

3INCE THEN, THEY HAVE BEEN REMEMBERED AT THE FOUNDATION DAY DINNER HELD ON THE LAST FRIDAY OF MAY EVERY YEAR.

LABOUR COMMISSIONER VISITS PINEKILL VILLAGE

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR NEIL HENDERSON, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE WHO IS DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BUREAU, THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING VISITED THE PINEHILL VILLAGE IN TAI PO, WHERE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN ARE BEING EDUCATED AND TAKEN CARE OF.

OPERATED BY THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, PINEHILL VILLAGE IS MADE UP OF THREE SCHOOLS, A PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE AND AN ADVANCED TRAINING CENTRE. TOGETHER, THEY HAVE A MAXIMUM CAPACITY FOR OVER 300 CHILDREN.

APART FROM PINEHILL VILLAGE SCHOOL WHICH IS A DAY SCHOOL, THE OTHER FOUR PROJECTS ALSO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR THE IR STUDENTS.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PINEHILL VILLAGE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MRS SHIRLEY CHEUNG, AND THE SUPER INTENDENT, MISS NORA WONG, MR AND MRS HENDERSON FIRST VISITED THE PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE WHICH IS A RESIDENTIAL NURSERY FOR MILDLY AND MODERATELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN THREE AND SIX. THE CHILDREN OD HOME ON SATURDAYS AND RETURN TO THE CENTRE ON MONDAY AFTERNOONS.

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