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IMPORTANT YEA URBAN COUNCIL PROJECTS INCLUDE A RECREATION CETNRE AT THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATIC TO BE COMPLETED IN THREE STAGES STARTING THIS YEAR, A TENNIS COMPLEX AT WONG NAI CHUNG GAP
HICH WILL BE READY NEXT YEAR AND FACILITIES FOR PLEASURE BOATING AT THE WONG NAI CHUNG RESERVOIR PARK.
IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BUILD 15 MORE SIMMING POOLS TWO ON HONG KONG ISLAND, TWO IN KOWLOON AND 11 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. TEN SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES ARE ALREADY OPERATING,
THESE POOLS ILL SUPPLEMENT 40 EXISTING GAZETTED BEACHES.
FACILITIES FOR FOOTBALL AND ATHLETICS ARE ALSO BEING EXPANDED WITH PROJECTS SUCH AS THE NEW HO MAN TIN STADIUM, ADDITIONAL SPORTS COMPLEXES AND MORE RUNNING TRACKS AND FOOTBALL PITCHES.
+SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN OCTOBER 1974, THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS DONE MUCH TO BOOST HEALTHY LEISURE ACTIVITIES, THE YEAR-BOOK SAYS.
+AS A MEASURE OF ITS IMPACT, MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES IN 1977 AND THE FIGURE IS EXPECTED TO TREBLE BY 1981.+
PROGRAMMES FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED ARE ALSO BEING
INITIATED.
A NEW PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED (PHAB) ASSOCIATION CAPP AND RECREATION CENTRE IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR NEAR THE POK FU LAM RESERVOIR. SPONSORED JOINTLY BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND PHAE, THE CAMP WILL BE THE SECOND OF ITS TYPE IN THE WORLD PROVIDING FACILITIES SUCH AS SWIMMING, HORSE-RIDING, ARCHERY, BADMINTON AND BASKETBALL.
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE JOCKEY CLUB ARE ALSO WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE AT SHA TIN WHICH WILL TRAIN AND COACH ATHLETES FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS.
+A TEAM OF COACHES OF INTERNATIONAL STANDING WILL TRAIN BOTH PROMISING SPORTSMEN AND SPORTSWOMEN AS WELL AS LOCAL COAHES, THE YEAR-BOOK SAYS.
+THIS, IN TIME, SHOULD RESULT IN VASTLY IMPROVED STANDARDS AND ECOST HONG KONG'S CHANCES OF MAKING AN INTERNATIONAL NAME FOR ITSELF IN SPORT+.
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IN ADDITION TO THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, TWO STADIA OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARD THE HUNG HOM STADIUM AND THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM ARE BEING BUILT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR MORE SPORTING COMPETITIONS.
+THERE HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE GROWTH OF PARTICIPATION. I RECREATION AMONG HONG KONG'S 4.5 FILLION PEOPLE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WE ARE MOVING AHEAD TO ESTABLISH MORE FACILITIES TO KEEP UP WITH THIS GROWING DEMAND, + MR. FRENCH SAID.
+ THE GOVERNMENT FEELS THAT RECREATION AND SPORT ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HONG KONG'S PROGRESS,+
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