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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1977
THOUSANDS ENJOY IN N.T. CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES
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FUN AND RELAXATION REIGNED SUPREME THROUGH THE NEW TERRITORIES TODAY WHEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES SHARED ENJOYMENT IN A WIDE VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT, RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN CELEBRATION OF THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY AND SILVER JUBILEE.
THEY TREKKED IN CROSS-COUNTRY WALKS, WATCHED PERFORMANCES OF TRAMPOLINING, ROLLER-SKATING, CYCLING, MARTIAL ARTS, DRAGON AND LION DANCES, MODELLING, DANCES AND CHINESE ORCHESTRA, AND LISTENED TO FOLK SONGS AND BRASS BAND CONCERT.
ENTHUSIASTIC YOUNG PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS DISTRICTS COMPETED IN VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, MINI-30CCER, TABLE-TENNIS AND BADMINTON GAMES, WHILE CHILDREN HAD FUN IN A SERIES OF POTTED SPORTS.
THE EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN VARIOUS SPORTS GROUNDS AND PLAYGROUNDS IN TSUEN WAN, TAI PO, YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN, SHA TIN, SAI KUNG AND OUTLYING ISLANDS.
IT WAS ORGANISED BY DISTRICT OFFICES, THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE, THE HEUNG YEE KUK, RURAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO GIVE THE YOUNG AND OLD A DAY OF FUN.
THIS MORNING AT THE YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTS GROUND IN TSUEN WAN THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, DECLARED OPEN A SERIES OF SPORTS EVENTS ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE FOR PEOPLE FROM THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS PLACING FAR GREATER EMPHASIS ON THE PROVISION OF RECREATION AND SPORTS FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS, IN VIEW OF PEOPLE'S INCREASING LEISURE TIME.
HE SAID THAT THE NEXT TWO YEARS WOULD SEE IN TSUEN WAN ALONE .THE COMPLETION OF A NEW ATHLETIC FIELD, AN INDOOR GAMES HALL WITH
ACCOMPANYING OPEN-AIR SPORTS GROUNDS, AND A MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM.
THE YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTS GROUND WILL ALSO BE UP-GRADED TO A STADIUM WITH SPECTATOR CAPACITY FOR 10,000, HE SAID.
*WITH THESE AND OTHER SIMILAR PROVISIONS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK FORWARD TO A BETTER AND MORE BALANCED COMMUNITY LIFE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, HE SAI,
THIS AFTERNOON AT THE FAN LING SPORTS GROUND, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES (GENERAL), ME. MORRIS MORGAN, DECLARED OPEN ANOTHER SERIES OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR
· PEOPLE FROM THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
/VR. MOHGAN