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SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1984

WALKERS RAISE $100 000 FOR SCOUT BUILDING

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ABCUT $100 000 WAS RAISED AT THIS MORNING'S WALK ALONG THE TEN MUN TRAIL BY MORE THAN 300 MEMBERS FROM LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS' CORPORATIONS, VILLAGERS, STUDENTS AND FACTORY WORKERS.

THE MONEY IS FOR THE EXPANSION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE DIAMOND JUBILEE MEMORIAL BUILDING OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT SCOUT ASSOCIATION.

SPEAKING AT THE START-OFF CEREMONY, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR JAN MACPHERSON, SAID THAT THE BUILDING, OPENED A YEAR AGO, HAD PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED FACILITIES FOR MORE THAN 700 MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.

+ IN KEEPING WITH RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN AND ITS EXPANDING SCOUT POPULATION, THE BUILDING HAS SINCE BEEN PUT TO A WIDE RANGE OF USES, PROVIDING PLENTIFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO YOUNGSTER, HE SAID.

IT IS NOW THE TRAINING BASE FOR MORE THAN A THOUSAND

SCOUTS.

+ALL THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE FOUNDER BENEFACTORS, WHO DONATED $350 000 TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION COST, AND THE VALUABLE TIME AND EFFORT THAT OUR SCOUT LEADERS HAVE OFFERED ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.

+1 AM GLAD TO LEARN THAT YOU ARE NOW ACTIVELY PLANNING TO EXPAND THE EXISTING FACILITIES AS PART OF THE DISTRICT ASSOCIATION'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME. +

STARTING OFF AT 9 AM, PARTICIPANTS WALKED ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE RECENTLY-OPENED TUEN MUN TRAIL, PASSING FU TEI SERVICE RESERVOIR, WONG FUNG LENG AND LIT TO HANG BEFORE THEY REACHED THE FINISHING POINT AT THE RURAL TRAINING COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOOL AT TSENG TAU SHEUNG TSUEN.

THE WALK TOOK ABOUT TWO HOURS.

THE TUEN MUN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GERALD CAVANAGH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT SCOUT ́ASSOCIATION, MR LAU WONG-FAT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION, MR TANG TUNG-CHIU, AND THE ASSOCIATION'S DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR LEE SAU-LING ALSO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.

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