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THURSDAY, NOVEMBE..
NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO SPORT COUNCIL
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FOUR NEW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR RECROATIUS AND SPORT WHICH WAS SET UP BY THE GOVERNMENT TWO YEAR: ACO ! PhoOTE AND EXPAND THE USE OF RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING FACILITIES IN HONG KONG.
THE NEW MEMBERS ARE MR. CHAM SIU-LUEN, A PROMINENT LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION= FR. WAI KEE-SHUN, PUBLISHER OF THE TIN TIN YAT PO, WHO TAKES A KEEN INTEREST IN SPORT AND MR. YEUNG SIU-CHO, A SOLICITOR WHO HAS CLOSE CONNECTION WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES. ONE NEW OFFICIAL MEMBER HAS BEEN APPOINTED. HE IS MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, WHO IS THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. DENIS BRAY, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS THE SECRETARIES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND ENVIRONMENT, THE DIRECTORS OF URBAN SERVICES AND EDUCATION, THE DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY, M. A. DE 0. SALES AND MR. H.K. HU-HAVE ALL BEEN REAPPOINTED BY THE COVERNOR FOR ANOTHER PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.
SINCE ITS FORMATION, THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVERAL PROJECTS TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
ONE OF THE PROJECTS INITIATED BY THE COUNCIL WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE SCHEME.
THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS SCHEME WAS IMPLEMENTED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR WITH THE POSTING OF QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL STAFF FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO VARIOUS DISTRICTS TO ORGANISE PHYSICAL RECREATION AND SPORT AND TO MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE USE OF ALL THE SPORTS FACILITIES, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON IDENTIFYING AND THEN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE SCHEME HAS HAD TREMENDOUS RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC AND IN MANY INSTANCES THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN OVERSUBSCRIBED.
THE SCHEME IS BEING GRADUALLY EXPANDED TO OTHER DISTRICTS AS RESOURCES BECOME AVAILABLE.
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