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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1977
+ THE DEMAND FOR THE SCHEME SEEMS PROVED SINCE I UNDERSTAND THAT APPLICATIONS FOR ENROLMENT EXCEEDS THE CAPACITY MANY TIMES OVER.
+I SHOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY GENERALLY FOR TAKING THIS INITIATIVE TO SOLVE ITS SKILLED MANPOWER PROBLEMS. CERTAINLY THE DEMAND ON THE BUILDING INDUSTRY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WILL BE EXCEPTIONALLY HEAVY, AND THE PROBLEM OF MEETING THEM WILL NOT BE SOLVED WITHOUT VIGOROUS AND IMAGINATIVE ACTION.
+MANY PEOPLE HAVE WORKED HARD TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A REALITY. I AM SURE YOU WOULD WISH ME TO REMEMBER THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY THE LATE MR. T.S. WONG. | CONGRATULATE YOU, MR. YEH, AND MEMBERS OF YOUR TRAINING AUTHORITY FOR YOUR DEDICATED EFFORTS IN BRINGING THIS CENTRE INTO EXISTENCE SO SPEED ILY.
+I HAVE THE GREATEST PLEASURE IN DECLARING OPEN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE.+
NT FUND RAISING DRIVE FOR SPORTS CENTRE
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A MASSIVE DRIVE WILL SOON BE LAUNCHED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO RAISE FUNDS AS THE NEW TERRITORIES PEOPLE'S CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE COST OF THE SILVER JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE PROJECT.
A NEW TERRITORIES-WIDE +WALK FOR A MILLION IS PLANNED TO TAKE PLACE SOMETIME BEFORE NOVEMBER. THE TARGET IS $2 TO $2.5 MILLION.
OTHER FUND RAISING MEANS WILL ALSO BE DEVISED TO BOOST THE NEW TERRITORIES' FINANCIAL SHARE OF THE SPORTS CENTRE WHICH IS TO BE BUILT IN SHA TIN NEXT YEAR.
A CENTRAL COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO CO-ORDINATE THESE FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES. THE CHAIRMAN IS THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE DRAWN FROM THE HEUNG YEE KUK AND A WIDE SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICT OFFICES.
TWO SUB-COMMITTEES WERE ALSO SET UP. ONE IS CHARGED WITH THE TASK OF PLANNING THE TERRITORY-WIDE CHARITY WALK, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF MR. CHEUNG YAN LUNG, WHO IS THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK. AND THE OTHER WITH ORGANISING OTHER FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF MR. CHAN YAT SUN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KUK.
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