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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1985

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LADY YOUDE VISITS CAS CAMP

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LADY YOUDE VISITED THE CIVIL AID SERVICES' YUEN TUN CAMP IN TSUEN WAN THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING TO OPEN A MAN-MADE LAKE AND TO SEE TRAINING ACTIVITIES THERE.

SHE WAS MET BY CAS CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, MR JOHN FORTUNE, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS AND WAS BRIEFED ABOUT THE LAYOUT OF THE CAMP.

LADY YOUDE FIRST TOURED THE CAMP SITE WHERE TRAINING ON SITUATION APPRECIATION, FOOTDRILL INSTRUCTION AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT PRACTICE WERE IN PROGRESS.

SHE WAS THEN INVITED TO UNVEIL A PLAQUE TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE LAKE AND TO CUT A RIBBON FOR THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF A PAVILION.

LADY YOUDE THEN SAW OFFICERS UNDERGOING ROPE COURSE TRAINING AND TWO CADET UNITS PLAYING VOLLEYBALL AND CANOE POLO.

SHE ALSO VISITED THE 250-YEAR-OLD YUEN TUN VILLAGE WHICH HAD BEEN RENOVATED AND PRESERVED AS PART OF HONG KONG'S HERITAGE.

THE VILLAGE, LOCATED SOME 200 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL WITHIN THE CAMP SITE, WAS ABANDONED YEARS AGO. MAJOR RENOVATION WAS COMPLETED IN 1981, WITH THE OLD VILLAGE RESTORED TO WHAT IT WAS 250 YEARS AGO AND SET UP AS A FOLK MUSEUM.

INSIDE THE MUSEUM, LADY YOUDE SAW A COLLECTION OF LOCAL HISTORICAL DISPLAYS, INCLUDING FURNITURE AND FARMING EQUIPMENT.

BEFORE LEAVING THE CAMP, LADY YOUDE ALSO SAW CAMPING ACTIVITIES BY CADETS.

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