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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1983

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NTSD THANKED FOR RIVER CLEAN-UP WORK

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RESIDENTS OF TWO SAI KUNG VILLAGES TODAY THANKED NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT CLEANSING WORKERS FOR THEIR TIMELY EFFORT IN CLEANING UP A STREAM COURSE BEFORE TYPHOON ELLEN STRUCK.

THE TAI CHUNG HAU TSUEN VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE, MR YUNG TAK, EXPRESSED THANKS TO THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR MÁ TU-KI IN A CALL AT HIS OFFICE THIS MORNING.

THE CLEAN-UP WAS CARRIED OUT EARLY THIS MONTH AND REMOVED A LARGE QUANTITY OF RIVER-BORNE REFUSE AND DISCARDED VEGETABLES THAT BLOCKED THE FLOW OF WATER AT A STREAM COURSE RUNNING THROUGH BOTH TAI CHUNG HAU TSUEN AND FUNG ON TSUEN.

+ IF THE CLEARANCE HAD NOT BEEN CARRIED OUT, THE STORM WOULD HAVE CAUSED HAVOC IN BOTH VILLAGES,+ MR YUNG SAID AT A BRIEF CEREMONY AT THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICE OF SAI KUNG.

MR YUNG ALSO PRESENTED A BANNER TO MR MA ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGERS.

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES SWIMMING GALA ****

MORE THAN 200 STAFF MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT INSTITUTIONS TOOK PART TODAY IN AN ANNUAL SWIMMING GALA HELD AT MORRISON HILL SWIMMING POOL IN WAN CHAI.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY INCLUDED A 25-METRE FREESTYLE RACE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE, AS WELL AS INTER-INSTITUTIONAL AND INTER-DEPARTMENTAL RELAYS.

MR LI KWOK-WAI AND MR WONG KWOK-KEUNG OF STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE SHARED THE TITLE OF VICTOR LUDORUM WHILE THE VICTRESS LUDORUM WENT TO BOTH MISS KAM CHOW-WAN OF TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND MISS HO SIU-MAN OF STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE= NEW RECORDS WERE SET.

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MRS BEVERLEY GARNER, WIFE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, PRESENTED THE PRIZES TO THE WINNERS.