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SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1986

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WALK A GOOD EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT

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THE CHARITY WALK IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL EXTENSION PROJECT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE SPIRIT OF CIVIC- MINDEDNESS AND OF PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE WALK WITH OUR HEART+, MR CHAU SAID HE HOPED THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT COULD BE CONTINUED AND FURTHER DEVELOPED IN KWUN TONG UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, WHICH ORGANISED THE WALK, AND VARIOUS DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS,

MORE THAN 5 000 PEOPLE IN KWUN TONG JOINED THE WALK THIS MORNING WHICH TOOK THEM ROUND THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL.

THE WALKERS, INCLUDING TEAMS FROM ABOUT 70 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, WERE THERE TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR A MAJOR EXTENSION PROJECT OF THE DISTRICT'S ONLY HOSPITAL.

THE WALK WAS ALSO THE OPENING ACTIVITY OF THE YEAR-LONG CAMPAIGN CO-ORDINATED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD TO RAISE $5 MILLION FOR THE HOSPITAL'S EXTENSION PROJECT.

THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, ALSO THE FUND-RAISING ORGANISING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR LAM HANG-FAI, SAID HE HOPED AS A WALKER KEEPS UP HIS ENERGY TO COMPLETE HIS JOURNEY, THE PEOPLE IN KWUN TONG WILL ALSO KEEP UP THEIR EFFORTS IN MAKING THE FUND-RAISING EXERCISE A SUCCESS.+

MR LAM THEN THANKED THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE FOR ASSISTING IN THE CAMPAIGN.

AT THE CEREMONY MR CHAU ALSO PRESENTED FLAGS TO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 14 AREAS IN KWUN TONG TO SIGNIFY THE OPENING OF THE WHOLE FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING WERE THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE UNITED CHRISTIAN MEDICAL SERVICE, REVEREND KWOK NAI-WANG AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FUND-RAISING COMMITTEE, MRS JUNE LI.

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