TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1976
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FINAL MATCHES OF ANTI-NARCOTICS CUP BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
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THE 1976 ANTI-NARCOTICS CUP AND E.P. HO CUP BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT REACHES ITS CLIMAX ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 19) EVENING WHEN THE LAST TWO MATCHES OF THE FINAL ROUND WILL BE PLAYED AT SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND, WAN CHAI.
THE FIRST MATCH, STARTING AT 7 P.M., WILL BE PLAYED BETWEEN THE TEAMS REPRESENTING EASTERN CITY DISTRICT AND CENTRAL/WESTERN CITY DISTRICT. THE SECOND MATCH BETWEEN THE TEAMS FROM YAUMATI AND KWUN TONG WILL BEGIN AT 8 P.M. ADMISSIONS WILL BE FREE.
THESE FOUR TEAMS, TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER ONE FROM THE WONG TAI SIN CITY DISTRICT, HAVE ENTERED THE FINALS AFTER ELIMINATING 79 OTHER TEAMS FROM 10 CITY DISTRICTS DURING THE PRELIMINARY AND SEMI-FINAL ROUNDS OF THE TOURNAMENT.
AT THE END OF THE MATCHES THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR. JOHN WALDEN, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR. E.1. LEE, WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO THE WINNING TEAM.
THE TWO-MONTH-LONG TOURNAMENT IS PART OF THIS YEAR'S DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMME OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN). IT IS ORGANIZED JOINTLY BY THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, THE HONG KONG AMATEUR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION AND ACAN.
THE PROGRAMME AIMS TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP A GREATER INTEREST IN SPORTS AS ALTERNATIVES TO DRUG ABUSE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS TO COVER THE MATCHES AND THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 19) EVENING. BOTH MATCHES WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE INDOOR BASKETBALL COURT OF SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND.