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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1986

APPLICANTS WERE ALSO REMINDED TO ASCERTAIN THEIR YEARS OF BIRTH BEFORE VISITING AN ISSUE OFFICE.

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+ IF IN DOUBT, THEY SHOULD BRING ALONG TRAVEL DOCUMENTS SUCH AS PASSPORTS OR CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY, HE SAID.

+THOSE WHO MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY IN GIVING THEIR EXACT ADDRESSES VERBALLY SHOULD ARRANGE TO HAVE THEM WRITTEN OUT BEFOREHAND, + HE ADDED.

CIVIC EDUCATION ORIENTEERING COMPETITION

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AN ORIENTEERING COMPETITION INCORPORATING THE MESSAGE OF CIVIC EDUCATION WILL BE HELD BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE HONG KONG ORIENTEERING CLUB AT THE WAN CHAI GAP PLAYGROUND ON SUNDAY (JULY 27).

PARTICIPANTS, DIVIDED INTO TEAMS, WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH MAPS AND COMPASSES TO COMPETE ALONG A COURSE AROUND BLACK'S LINK AND MIDDLE GAP ROAD.

EIGHT CHECK POINTS WILL BE SET UP ALONG THE 4 500-METRE ROUTE AND PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS REALTING TO THE THEME OF CIVIC EDUCATION BEFORE THEY CAN PROCEED TO THE NEXT CHECK POINT.

THE COMPETITION WILL BEGIN AT 8.30 AM AND THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 11.30 AM IN THE ST. JAMES PRIMARY SCHOOL AT 110 KENNEDY ROAD.

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR KEVIN MAK, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, A MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, MR MAK HOI-WAH, PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG ORIENTEERING CLUB, MR LEE MAN-WAI, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD, MR LO KAM-WAH.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE ORIENTEERING COMPETITION ON SUNDAY AT 8.30 AM AT WAN CHAI GAP PLAYGROUND, COOMBE ROAD, AND THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT 11.30 AM IN ST. JAMES PRIMARY SCHOOL AT 110 KENNEDY ROAD.

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