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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1992

PUBLIC ENCOURAGED TO ENJOY COUNTRYSIDE

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ENTHUSIASTIC TRAIL WALKERS TODAY (SUNDAY) WENT OUT IN FULL FORCE TO MARK THE LAUNCHING OF THE "ENJOY COUNTRYSIDE DAY".

AMONG THEM, ABOUT 700 WENT HIKING ON THE FAMILY WALK IN PAK TAM CHUNG, SAI KUNG.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CENEMONY OUTSIDE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK VISITOR CENTRE, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, SAID THE EVENT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE "ENJOY COUNTRYSIDE SCHEME" ORGANISED BY THE SIR DAVID TRENCH FUND COMMITTEE (SDTFC).

UNDER THE SCHEME, FUNDS ARE GRANTED TO ORGANISATIONS FOR ORGANISING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF URBAN DWELLERS.

MR SO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE SIR DAVID TRENCH FUND WHICH HAD GRANTED NEARLY $50 MILLION TO FINANCE ABOUT 4,000 PROJECTS DURING THE PAST TWO DECADES.

THE PROJECTS INCLUDED PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL, SPORTING, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

HE SAID TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY YOUNGSTERS,

HAD BENEFITED FROM THE SIR DAVID TRENCH FUND.

CHAIRMAN OF

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD, MR CARLOS CHEUNG AND THE CHAIRMAN OF KA-KUI.

SDTFC, MR CHAN

AFTER THE CEREMONY, MR SO, OFFICIATING GUESTS AND MEMBERS OF THE RTHK-2 "TAKE IT EASY" PROGRAMME, ALSO JOINED THE HIKING ON THE FAMILY WALK.

LAUNCHED LAST YEAR, THE ENJOY COUNTRYSIDE SCHEME HAD ALREADY ALLOCATED ABOUT $480,000 TO SUBSIDISE 45 GROUPS IN ORGANISING HIKING, CAMPING, ORIENTEERING COMPETITION AND WATER SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

BOTH THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE URBAN COUNCIL ALSO SOME 20 PROGRAMMES TO SUPPORT THE SCHEME.

ORGANISED

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