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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1975
UNIQUE SPORT PROJECT FOR ESTATE DWELLERS
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THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL LAUNCH A MASSIVE AND LONG-TERM PROJECT TO BRING SPORTS AND RECREATION WITHIN CLOSER REACH OF RESIDENTS IN DENSELY-POPULATED HOUSING ESTATES.
UNDER A PILOT SCHEME TO BE LAUNCHED IN KWUN LUNG LAU OF KENNEDY TOWN ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 22), OVER 12,000 PEOPLE FROM 2,000 FAMILIES WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR THEM ON ROOFTOPS, OPEN SPACES IN DETWEEN FLOORS AND EVEN STAIRCASES.
MR. DICKEN YUNG, ACTING CHIEF RECREATION AND SPORTS OFFICER EXPLAINED THAT THIS PROJECT AIMS AT PROVIDING SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR ESTATE-DWELLERS BY MAKING MAXIMUM USE OF EXISTING FACILITIES WITHIN THE ESTATES,
+IT IS ALSO HOPED THAT THROUGH THESE SPORTIVE EVENTS IT MAY BE ABLE TO FOSTER FRIENDSHIP AMONGST RESIDENTS AND A SPIRIT OF MUTUAL AID,+ HE ADDED.
KWUN LUNG LAU HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS PILOT SCHEME AS IT IS WELL-EQUIPPED IN TERMS OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES SUCH AS AN OPEN-AIR HALL AND PLAYING AREA FOR BASKETBALL AND BADMINTON.
THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE FOR KWUN LUNG LAU CATER FOR ALL AGES. THEY INCLUDE LONG-TERM PROGRAMMES LIKE TAI CHI CLASSES, MORNING FITNESS PROGRAMME AND SPORTS COACHING COURSES AND A NUMBER OF ONE-DAY EVENTS SUCH AS EXPEDITIONS TO THE JUDILEE RESERVOIR, CHILDREN POTTED SPORTS DAY AND STAIRCASE RACES FOR THE YOUNG.
+ IF THE RESPONSE IS GOOD,+ MR. YUNG SAID, WE WILL INTRODUCE THE SCHEME TO KWUN TONG GARDEN ESTATE WHICH HAS ABOUT 20,000 RESIDENTS.+
THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, WITH 'MASS PARTICIPATION' AS ITS MOTTO, WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR TO PROMOTE RECREATIONAL AND SPORT ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.
SIX RECREATION AND SPORTS OFFICERS ARE AT PRESENT POSTED IN SIX DIFFERENT DISTRICTS= EASTERN DISTRICT AND WESTERN DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND SHAM SHUI PO, KWUN TONG AND WONG TAI SIN IN KOWLOON AND YUEN LONG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MR. YUNG SAID THAT HOPEFULLY THEY COULD HAVE OFFICERS APPOINTEJ! TO TSUEN WAN AND KOWLOON CITY IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOINED IN THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE SERVICE WILL REACH 100,000.
+IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS NUMDER WILL INCREASE TO 140,000 DY THE END OF MARCH NEXT YEAR, A NUMBER MUCH MORE THAN EXPECTED,+ MR. YUNG SAID.
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