TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1993
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DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD GIVES PURPOSE TO LIFE
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TAKING PART IN THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME GIVES PURPOSE AND FULLNESS TO LIFE, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE GOLD AWARD PRESENTATION OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD, MR PATTEN SAID THE SCHEME HELPED PEOPLE FIND THEIR DREAMS AND REALISE THEM THROUGH COMMITMENT, PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE.
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"BACH ONE OF THE AWARDS IS THE RESULT OF A HUGE AMOUNT OF EFFORT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, HE SAID. "IT COMMENDS AND ENCOURAGES THE INSPIRATION AND THE ASPIRATIONS THAT LIE BEHIND PERSPIRATION.
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THE SCHEME ENABLES PARTICIPANTS TO TEST THEIR ABILITIES AND CHARACTER, MR PATTEN SAID.
HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME BECAME WELL-ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.
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A HECTIC DAY OF DRAGON BOAT RACES
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ABOUT 900 ROWERS TOOK PART IN THE ANNUAL CHAI WAN DRAGON BOAT RACES AT THE CHAI WAN CARGO HANDLING BASIN TODAY (TUESDAY).
AMONG THEM WERE FISHERMEN, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, CIVIL SERVANTS AND OFFICE WORKERS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE DISTRICT, THE PHOENIX BOAT RACES, WHICH ARE MEANT FOR FEMALE PLAYERS, WERE ALSO HELD.
A TOTAL OF 35 TEAMS, SIX TEAMS MORE THAN THAT OF LAST YEAR, COMPETED IN VARIOUS RACES TODAY.
THE EVENT WAS ORGANISED BY THE CHAI WAN FISHERMEN'S RECREATION CLUB AND SPONSORED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, WITH THE HELP THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
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NO NOMINATION TODAY FOR LEGCO BY-ELECTION
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GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED NO NOMINATION FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY-ELECTION IN RESPECT OF THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL ELECTORAL DIVISION TODAY (TUESDAY).
ONLY ONE NOMINATION HAS SO FAR BEEN RECEIVED FROM MR JAMES TIEN PEI-CHUN, 46, MANAGING DIRECTOR, ON JUNE 16.
NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FROM JUNE 11 TO 25. THE BY-ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON JULY 15 TO FILL THE VACANCY LEFT BY THE LATE STEPHEN
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