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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1977
+WALK FOR SPORT+ SPONSORSHIP FORMS AVAILABLE
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PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SPONSOR THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS IN THE SILVER JUBILEE +WALK FOR SPORT+ ON NOVEMBER 6 IN TSUEN WAN WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
THE SPONSORSHIP FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN KOWLOON, DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL IN FAN LING.
THE FORMS, IN TRIPLICATE, CONTAIN A PAY-IN SLIP WHICH IS TO BE USED FOR DEPOSITING SPONSORSHIP MONEY AT ANY BRANCH OFFICE OF THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.
IF PAYMENT IS BY CHEQUE, IT SHOULD BE CROSSED AND MADE OUT TO +THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE FUND (N.T.)+.
THE WALK IS PART OF AN EXTENSIVE DRIVE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO RAISE $2.5 MILLION TOWARDS THE SILVER JUBILEE APPEAL FUND TO HELP FINANCE THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE PROJECT IN SHA TIN.
THE 14-MILE WALK WILL START AND FINISH AT THE TAI WO HAU PUBLIC PLAYROUND ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD, NEAR THE TSUEN WAN POLICE STATION.
IT WILL COVER A CIRCULAR ROUTE NORTH OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD SIMILAR TO THE ROUTE FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST WALK ALONG KWOK SHUI ROAD, YAU MA HOM ROAD, SHING MUN ROAD, CATCHWATER ROAD, ON YUK ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
ALTHOUGH THE OFFICIAL START WILL TAKE PLACE AT 9 A.M. REGISTRATION OF WALKERS WILL BEGIN AT 8 A.M. UNTIL 11 A.M. AT THE STARTING POINT.
IN AN OPEN LETTER TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WALK FOR SPORT+ SUB COMMITTEE, MR. CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, TODAY APPEALED TO THEM TO SUPPORT THE WORTHWHILE PROJECT BY TAKING PART IN THE WALK.
+YOU MAY HAVE COMPLAINED TO YOURSELVES ABOUT THE LACK OF A PROPER TRAINING VENUE FOR HONG KONG'S SPORTSMEN, BUT NOW SUCH A PROJECT IS TO BECOME A REALITY, HE SAID.
MR. CHEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE WOULD BE A PROJECT OF PERMANENT VALUE FOR ALL PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, AND THAT ANY SUPPORT FROM ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WOULD BE MOST WELCOMED.
THE SPORTS CENTRE WILL BE BUILT NEXT YEAR ON 41 ACRES OF RECLAIMED LAND AT SHA TIN DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
IT WILL BE A COMPLEX OF TOP CLASS SPORTING FACILITIES WHERE THE MOST PROMISING AND OUTSTANDING OF HONG KONG'S SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN CAN BE TRAINED TO INTERNATIONAL AND OLYMPIC STANDARD BY COACHES OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTE.
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