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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1977
SIR MURRAY OPENS RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE EXHIBITION
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY HE WAS SURE THAT THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, LIKE OTHERS CATERING FOR. YOUTH AND SPORT, WOULD GROW RAPIDLY IN THE YEARS AHEAD AND THAT IT IS OF GREAT SOCIAL VALUE.
SIR MURRAY WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AT THE CITY HALL.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF SIR MURRAY'S SPEECH
+THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, WHICH IS MOUNTING THIS EXHIBITION, WAS SET UP ONLY 2-1/2 YEARS AGO. THIS WAS DONE ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT AND THE SERVICE'S CONNECTION WITH THE COUNCIL CONTINUES TO BE CLOSE. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT IDEA AND THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE OF THE PUBLIC SHOWED THAT IT WAS MEETING A LONG FELT NEED.
+SINCE THEN, UNDER ENERGETIC LEADERSHIP, IT HAS DEVELOPED WITH REMARKABLE SPEED AND NOW COVERS 17 DISTRICTS AND OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES IN WHICH MANY THOUSANDS PARTICIPATE EVERY DAY.
+ IN ADDITION TO ITS OWN ACTIVITIES, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL IN JOINTLY PROMOTING AND ORGANIZING NUMEROUS EVENTS IN THE URBAN AREAS. IT ALSO HAS CLOSE WORKING RELATIONS WITH THE NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS IN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING SPORTS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES.
+THE OBJECT OF THIS EXHIBITION IS TO SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE IS DOING, WHAT ACTIVITIES IT CAN OFFER, AND WHO TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THEM.
+ AM SURE THAT THIS SERVICE, LIKE OTHERS CATERING FOR YOUTH AND SPORT, WILL GROW RAPIDLY IN THE YEARS AHEAD AND THAT IT IS OF GREAT SOCIAL VALUE.
+1 NOW TAKE PLEASURE IN OFFICIALLY DECLARING OPEN THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE.+
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