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Tuesday, October 31, 1972
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR MORE SPORTING EVENTS
A sum of $160,000 has been earmarked by the Government to
promote sports in Hong Kong during the remaining part of the current
financial year.
The money will be used to meet applications from various local
sports associations for funds to help enable them to organise sports
events in Hong Kong or to participate in overseas competitions.
Announcing this today, a Government spokesman said that an
allocation committee, comprising representatives of the Finance and the
Social Services Branches of the Colonial Secretariat, has been set up
to consider such applications.
"The creation of a separate vote to be administered by the
allocation committee is intended to expedite the processing of applications
and to enable assistance to be given to more sporting events than in the
past," he added.
The spokesman pointed out that for many years financial assistance
in the form of grants has been given to local sports associations.
All applications will be routed through the Education Department
whose advice will be taken into account by the allocation committee.
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