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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1984

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'ORIENTEERING' CATCHES ON HERE

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AN +ORIENTEERING TRIM COURSE+ SET UP BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IN POK FU LAM COUNTRY PARK WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

MR HOWARD YOUNG, PATRON OF THE ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG AND AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.

THOUGH NEW HERE, ORIENTEERING IS FAST BECOMING A POPULAR SPORT WITH LOCAL PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY YOUNGSTERS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE POK FU LAM COUNTRY PARK NEAR POK FU LAM RESERVOIR ROAD AT 2.30 PM.

A 14-SEATER VAN WILL BE PROVIDED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS. IT WILL LEAVE THE OPEN CAR PARK BY THE SIDE OF THE CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393 CANTON ROAD AT 1 PM SHARP. INFORMATION OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS,

CHILDREN TO CLEAN UP COUNTRY PARK

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ABOUT 80 CHILDREN WILL TAKE PART IN A DRAWING COMPETITION AND WILL HELP CLEAN UP TWISK COUNTRY PARK TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING AS PART OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.

THE DRAWING COMPETITION WILL START AT 10 AM AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE CLEAN-UP EXERCISE.

THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT CLEAN HONG KONG COMMITTEE HAS ALSO ORGANISED OTHER ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS THE CLEANING OF BUILDINGS AND RURAL AREAS, AND A TREE PLANTING EXERCISE AS PART OF ITS PROMOTIONAL DRIVE TO INSTIL THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEANLINESS IN THE DISTRICT.

/THE ASSISTANT