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Sunday, January 11, 1976
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SEVEN NEW RECORDS SET
IN PWD SPORTS DAY
Joyce Yuen and R.H. Lloyd today established themselves as the best
athletes in the Public Works Department in an exciting sports meet which saw
seven new records set.
For Lloyd, an engineer with the Civil Engineering Office, it was the
second successive win of the best athlete cup. This year he ran away with
three gold medals and two bronze to retain the title.
In the
process he smashed the longstanding record of 11.80 sec. for
the men's 100 m race
Ordinance Office
held since 1971 by Chiang Kwok-kwan of the Buildings
by completing the distance in a creditable 11.58 sec.
Joyce Yuen of the Electrical and Hechanical Office also won three
golds and set new times for the ladies' 100 m sprint (15.28 sec.) and for the
ladies' 60 m dash (9.11 sec.).
Other records were set by Ning Ming-tak of the Architectural Office
who cleared 1.61 m in high jump; Chan Kan-to of the Electrical and Mechanical
Office who bettered his own 1970 record in hurdles with 16.52 sec.; Mok Tit-keung
of Architectural Office who improved on his 1972 record in shot put with a
final 11.57 m; and Shum Shee-tak of Highways Office who completed the 80mm race
for men over 40 years in 10.81 sec.
The sports day, held at the South China Athletic Association Stadium,
was the eighth organised by the department. Its main objective is to promote
sportsmanship and physical recreation among PWD staff.
/This year's