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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1988

ANOTHER RECENT PARTICIPATING IN THE

EXAMPLE WAS THE CLUBS' ACTIVE ROLE IN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION'S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME, "TOWARDS A FULLER LIFE",

MR JACOBS POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG HAD A LONG HISTORY OF ASSOCIATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUBS.

FROM THREE CLUBS AND 85 MEMBERS 28 YEARS AGO, TRE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303, HONG KONG AND MACAU, HAD EXPANDED TO 36 LIONS CLUBS, FIVE LIONESS CLUBS AND 11 LEO CLUBS

WITH A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF OVER 1,600.

NOTING THAT THE LOCAL DISTRICT WAS HOSTING THE FORUM FOR FOURTH TIME IN ITS 28 YEARS, MR JACOBS SAID THE SPIRIT OF LIONISM TRULY INTERNAT LONAL.

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"THIS ANNUAL FORUM OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EXCHANGES ON LIONISTIC MATTERS AMONG THE SEVEN DISTRICT MEMBERS IN THE REGION, HE SAID.

"AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF USEFUL THINGS TO DISCUSS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE PROGRESS IN SO MANY AREAS THAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS SINCE HONG KONG LAST HOSTED A FORUM.

IN IS SPEECH, MR JACOBS ALSO REFERRED TO HONG KONG'S VIRTUES AS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY WITH ITS TRADITIONS OF OPEN AND FAIR OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT.

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I AM HAPPY TO ADD THAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO PLAY HOST TO A RECORD LEVEL OF FIVE-AND-A-HALF MILLION VISITORS THIS YEAR ALMOST EQUIVALENT TO OUR TOTAL POPULATION," HE ADDED.

FREE CHECK-UPS FOR TAI PO ELDERLY ON SUNDAY

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ABOUT 600 SENIOR RESIDENTS OF TAI PO WILL

FREE HEALTH CHECK-UPS THIS SUNDAY (DECEMBER 11) AS PART OF THE ΤΑΙ PO DISTRICT BOARD'S ON-GOING PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.

THE CHECK-UPS WILL BE HELD IN THE HALL OF ΤΑΙ PO COMMUNITY CENTRE, HEUNG SZE WUI STREET, TAI PO MARKET FROM 9.45 AM TO 5 PM.

THE EVENT IS ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE OF TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO ARE AGED 60 OR ABOVE.

THE ELDERLY WILL HAVE THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE,

AND HEARING CHECKED.

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HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL WILL ALSO EXPLAIN GENERAL

HEALTH TO PARTICIPATING ELDERLY PEOPLE.

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