HONDAY, APRIL 15, 1974
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+THE SECOND ACTIVITY UNICH I WOULD LIKE TO
MENTION IS THE ANNUAL SUMER KNOCK-OUT FOOTBALL
COMPETITION WHICH NOW FORMS PART OF THE SUMMER YOUTH
PROGRAMME. LAST YEAR, 300 YOUNG HEN, 28 TEAMS
PARTICIPATED. THE ORGANISATION OF SUCH A COMPETITION
BY VOLUNTEERS IS NO MEAN TASK, AND I CONGRATULATE
ALL THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME AND
HONEY TO THIS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY YOUR
ASSOCIATION.
+THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CLUBHOUSE IS BY FAR
THE BIGGEST PROJECT YOU HAVE EVER UNDERTAKEN. IT
IS UNIQUE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, IF NOT IN HONG KONG.
THIS IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT FOR A COMMUNITY OF LESS
THAN 200,000 PEOPLE, AND, ON BEHALF OF THE MANY PEOPLE
WHO WILL BENEFIT, I THANK ALL THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
+1 SHOULD PARTICULARLY LIKE TO THANK MR. CHIU LUT-SAU,
MRS. CHEUNG UONG SIUGHING AND DR, CHỊU PAT-YEOK FOR
THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS OF $500,000 EACH MR. CHAN
PAK-KEUNG, YOUR HONORARY ARCHITECT, WHO HAS PROVIDED
HIS SERVICES FREE OF ANY CHARGE AND MR. VONG CHUNG-
CHUEN, YOUR CHAIRMAN, WITHOUT WHOSE ENERGY
AND ENTHUSIASM THIS PROJECT WOULD NEVER HAVE GOT OFF THE
GROUND.+
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