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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1983

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ORGANISERS OF THE COMPETITION INCLUDED THE DISTRICT BOARD'S INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE, THE FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIES IN TSUEN WAN, AND THE HONG KONG CHESS ASSOCIATION.

MR TAM SAID THE INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE HAD BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN ORGANISING RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL WORKERS.

+LAST YEAR, THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL CHESS COMPETITION WAS HELD WITH VERY ENCOURAGING RESPONSE, HE SAID.

+ I BELIEVE IT CAN ACHIEVE SIMILAR RESPONSE THIS YEAR

AND

I HOPE THE WORKERS WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE PART IN LOCAL ACTIVITIES.+

ABOUT 100 WORKERS HAVE ENTERED THE TOURNAMENT. AFTER TODAY,

AND FRIDAY AT THE GAMES WILL BE HELD EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY 7.30 PM AT THE SHENG KUNG HUI LADY MACLEHOSE CENTRE IN KWAI CHUNG.

WINNERS WILL BE AWARDED TROPHIES AND CASH PRIZES RANGING FROM $100 TO $2 000.

VOLUNTEERS TO GET UK TRAINING

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PART-TIME SOLDIERS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) NOW HAVE BETTER CHANCES TO BOOST THEIR MILITARY KNOWLEDGE AND PROFESSIONALISM THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OF LOCAL AND OVERSEAS TRAINING.

THE ANNUAL OVERSEAS TRAINING PROGRAMME PROVES ESPECIALLY VALUABLE AS IT OFFERS VOLUNTEERS THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AS THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE REGULAR ARMY, TO RECEIVE THEORETICAL AS WELL AS PRACTICAL TRAINING FROM INSTRUCTORS OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION.

SENIOR WARRANT OFFICER, C.C. LEUNG, IS ONE OF THE FIVE SENIOR VOLUNTEERS RECENTLY SENT TO UNITED KINGDOM FOR RECONNAISSANCE TRAINING.

DURING AN INTERVIEW BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE, MR LEUNG SAID HE WAS EAGERLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS NEW EXPERIENCE.

A HOUSING MANAGER IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S SQUATTER CONTROL UNIT, MR LEUNG FINDS HIS MILITARY LIFE CHALLENGING AND REWARDING.

+I JOINED THE REGIMENT 21 YEARS AGO, BEING ATTRACTED BY THE CHANCE TO HANDLE FIRE-ARMS, AND THINKING IT WOULD BE A NICE BREAK FROM THE DULL AND BORING OFFICE ROUTINE,+ MR LEUNG SAID.

+BUT AS I STAYED ON, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS FAR MORE TO IT; APART FROM ACQUIRING NEW SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE, I GOT SATISFACTION FROM CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

/MR LEUNG