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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1984

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GOOD RESPONSE TO CHARITY WALKS

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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THIS MORNING TURNED UP IN FESTIVE MOOD AT SEVEN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES TO RAISE FUNDS IN AID OF THE ELDERLY.

THEY WERE TAKING PART IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S +CHARITY WALK FOR THE ELDERLY+ ORGANISED AS ONE OF THE HOUSING FESTIVAL '84 EVENTS CELEBRATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLIC HOUSING.

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AMONG THEM WERE HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS. LEGISLATIVE AND URBAN COUNCILLORS, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT.

THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR DAVID FORD, LED A HOUSING TEAM IN THE WALK ON ONE OF SEVEN ROUTES, AT SHA TIN, AFTER OFFICIATING AT AN OPENING CEREMONY.

OVER 200 ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOLS, KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS AND BANKS TOOK PART.

THE WALK BEGAN SIMULTANEOUSLY ON ALL SEVEN ROUTES, AT ON TING ESTATE IN TUEN MUN, POK HONG IN SHA TIN, KWA! SHING WEST IN TSUEN WAN, OI MAN IN HO MAN TIN, SHUN CHI COURT IN NGAU CHI WAN, WAN TSUÍ IN CHAI WAN AND WAH FU IN ABERDEEN.

APART FROM MR FORD, SIX OTHER DIRECTORATE OFFICERS OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WALKED ON THE SIX OTHER ROUTES.

THEY WERE DEPUTY DIRECTOR (ADMINISTRATION) MISS ELAINE CHUNG, IN TSUEN WAN DEPUTY DIRECTOR (ESTATE MANAGEMENT) MR FUNG TUNG IN NGAU CHI WAN: DEPUTY DIRECTOR (OPERATIONS) MR H.H.T. BARMA IN HO MAN TIN DEPUTY DIRECTOR (CONSTRUCTION) MR PANG YUK-LING IN CHAI WAN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (GENERAL) MR LIM YEW-GUAN IN WAH FUS AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (ESTATES) MR CHAN PAK IN TUEN MUN.

ON THE SHA TIN ROUTE, MR FORD WAS JOINED BY HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBER MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG AND COMMITTEE MEMBER MR WA! HON-LEUNG MISS CHUNG WAS JOINED ON THE TSUEN WAN ROUTE BY HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS MR CHARLES SIN AND MR ALAN SCOTT AND COMMITTEE MEMBER THE REV. SEAN BURKE.

OTHER HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE WALK WERE MR EDWARD HO, MR TSE KIT-TO, MR CHAU CHAM-SON, MRS MARGARET CARTER AND MR LAU WAH-SUM ON THE WAH FU ROUTE MR CHEUNG KIN-CHUNG AND MR CHAN YING-LUN, CHAI WAN ROUTE; MR TSO SHIU-WAI, TUEN MUN ROUTE; AND MRS LEE LO YUK-SIM, NGAU CHI WAN ROUTE.

UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR LAM HON-KEUNG TOOK PART ON THE WAH FU ROUTE.

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