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SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1988

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CYC POSTER CONFIRMED AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST

YOUTH CLUB

THE FEAT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY (CYC) TO CONSTRUCT THE WORLD'S LARGEST POSTER FOR CHARITY HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED BY THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS.

THE GOOD NEWS CAME ON RECEIPT OF A CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS TO FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE CYC POSTER AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST POSTER.

IN A LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CYC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE DEPUTY EDITOR OF THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS, MR SHEELAGH THOMAS, OFFERED HIS CONGRATULATIONS ΤΟ "ALL INVOLVED IN THE MAGNIFICENT ACHIEVEMENT FOR BREAKING THE CURRENT RECORD"

THE 50.81 METRE BY 50.81 METRE POSTER, EQUIVALENT IN SIZE то 12 BASKETBALL COURTS, WAS MADE UP OF 15,000 PIECES OF CARDBOARD HAND PAINTED BY CYC MEMBERS TO MARK THE CLUB'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY AT THE VICTORIA PARK SEVEN WEEKS AGO.

THE POSTER IS 25 PER CENT BIGGER THAN THE ONE LISTED IN THE CURRENT EDITION OF THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS WHICH WAS MADE BY STUDENTS OF OSAKA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY IN JAPAN IN OCTOBER 1984.

THE CYC POSTER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CUT INTO 90,000 PIECES WHICH WERE SOLD AS CHRISTMAS CARDS TO RAISE $250,000 FOR THE ELDERLY.

THE PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED то ORGANISATIONS RUNNING HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY AT A CYC FUN DAY FOR THE AGED AT SHA TIN TOWN HALL TOWARDS THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PERIOD.

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FIGHT CRIME SHOW IN SHEUNG SHUI

AT

HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS IN SHEUNG SHUI ENJOYED VARIETY SHOW CARRYING THE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGE PLAYGROUND THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.

THEMSELVES AT A

THE SHEK WU HUI

ORGANISED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, THE SHOW WAS AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION AND REMINDING YOUNG PEOPLE NOT TO BECOME INVOLVED IN TRIAD ACTIVITIES.

PROGRAMMES OF THE VARIETY SHOW INCLUDED POPULAR SONGS BY LOCAL ARTISTES, MODERN DANCE AND DRAMA.

AMONG THE GUESTS OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF NORTH DISTRICT, MR TIM MILNES; COMMANDER (FRONTIER) OF THE POLICE FORCE, MR G.R. BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR RAYMOND PANG; AND CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR TAO MAN-KWONG.

DISTRICT

LLOYD;

DISTRICT

NORTH

DISTRICT

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