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SPORT AND RECREATION
Division crown was won by the Hong Kong Football Club. E. M. Remedios of the Filipino Club won the Men's Open Singles title and Miss Helen Kwong of Craigengower Cricket Club won the Ladies Singles championship for the fourth time.
The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, with a view to taking part in the 1964 Olympic Games, sent a team to the Far Eastern Yacht Racing Federation Regatta in Tokyo in October. Hong Kong's representatives were D. A. C. T. Hancock, Mrs Betty Hancock and Lieutenant Commander K. G. R. Hallam who sailed in the International Dragon Class events and Alan Stevens in the Finn Class.
The Hong Kong representatives performed creditably and the experience should stand the Colony team in good stead when the Games are held in October 1964.
Robert Loh, a student of King George V School dominated Colony swimming in 1963 and after a string of successes in the Colony championships, capped a fine season by winning the annual cross-harbour race. Miss Joan Liu Kin-wah, runner-up to Miss Juliet Sheldon in 1962, won the ladies' section of the race in which 349 swimmers competed.
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The Indonesian national hockey team visited Hong Kong in October and gave several fine displays. They opened their tour with a 5-0 win over Kowloon Cricket Club. They then defeated a combined Recreio and Macaenses team 3-0 before being held to a goalless draw by Hong Kong. In their final match, they were beaten 5-4 by Nav Bharat., Į
PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND OTHER AMENITIES
The management of parks and other public amenities in the urban areas is one of the responsibilities of the Urban Council, working through the Urban Services Department. In the New Territories these functions are the responsibility of the Urban Services Department working in consultation with the District Commissioner.
The shortage of land in the Colony's built-up areas means that the development of parks and playgrounds can only take place in keen competition with other forms of development. Before the