THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1976
RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL FOR WONG TAI SIN
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RECREATION AND SPORT ARE A GOOD WAY TO ENGENDER A SENSE OF BELONGING AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL SO THAT FAMILIES CAN CO-OPERATE WITH THEIR NEIGHBOURS IN A SPIRIT OF COMRADESHIP AND MUTUAL AID, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION, MR. DENIS BRAY, SAID TONIGHT.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL FOR WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT, HE SAID A GREAT DEAL WAS ALREADY BEING DONE AND, +UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, A FAR FREER EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND AN IMPROVED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS AND GOVERNMENT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE EVIDENT EVERYDAY.+
MR. BRAY, WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THE ACTIVE GAMES AREAS BEING OPENED UP IN MORSE PARK.
+HERE WITH THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL TURFED FOOTBALL PITCH IN HONG KONG AND THE LATEST INDOOR GAMES HALL, A WHOLE NEW RECREATIONAL CONCEPT HAS BECOME AVAILABLE, HE SAID.
+ IT IS NOW ESSENTIAL TO PUT THESE FACILITIES TO PROPER
THEY MUST BE UTILISED FAIRLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR YOUNG
NOT AS PLACES WHERE THEY CAN BE INFLUENCED BY UNDESIRABLE ELEMENTS.
USE. PEOPLE
+WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE PAST THAT MERE PROVISION OF FACILITIES DOES NOT BRING SOCIAL WELL BEING. HE POINTED OUT.
HE NOTED THAT PLAYGROUNDS HAD ACQUIRED A BAD REPUTATION AS A GATHERING GROUND FOR BULLIES AND YOUNG HOODLUMS.
THIS REPUTATION, HE EMPHASISED, COULD ONLY BE CHANGED BY CHANGING WHAT WENT ON AT PLAYGROUNDS, BY RUNNING PROPERLY ORGANISED GAMES AND COMPETITIONS.
+ IT WILL BE FOR YOU TO STIMULATE HEALTHY USE OF THESE PLAYGROUNDS AND EITHER DISLODGE ROUGH TOUGHS WHEN THEY ARE FOUND OR REFORM THEM,+ HE ADDED.
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