SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1978
GOVERNMENT TAKES THE LEAD IN PROMOTING
COMMUNITY RECREATION
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERALL POLICY OBJECTIVE WAS TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVE RECREATIONAL PURSUITS AND TO ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE FACILITIES WERE PROVIDED AND PROPERLY MANAGED AND MAINTAINED.
+THE AIM IS TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES WITHIN EASY REACH OF MAIN CENTRES OF POPULATION FREE OR AT MINIMAL CHARGE AND TO ENABLE THE ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE PUBLIC IN AS SAFE AN ENVIRONMENT AS POSSIBLE,+ SIR MURRAY EXPLAINED.
THE GOVERNOR WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE +RECREATION AND SPORTS FOR PEOPLE-IN-EMPLOYMENT+ CONFERENCE AT THE CONVENTION CENTRE, CAUSEWAY BAY.
BECAUSE HONG KONG IS SO CROWDED AND GEOGRAPHICALLY SO RESTRICTED, IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY TO PLAY A MUCH MORE POSITIVE PART THAN ELSEWHERE - PROVIDING, GUIDING, AND PLANNING FOR THE PUBLIC'S USE OF LEISURE, SIR MURRAY SAID.
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ADDRESSING THE 250 REPRESENTATIVES FROM MANAGEMENTS OF 150 FIRMS, FACTORIES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TAKING PART IN THE DAY-LONG CONFERENCE, SIR MURRAY SAID: IT IS IN MEETING THIS NEW CHALLENGE THAT I SEEK YOUR FURTHER INTEREST.+
+ENLIGHTENED MANAGEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD RECOGNISED THAT TENSION AND FATIGUE FOR THOSE EMPLOYED IN MODERN HIGH PRESSURE INDUSTRIAL PROCESS CAN BE ALLEVIATED BY PROGRAMMES OF RECREATION. PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, PRODUCTIVITY, EFFICIENCY, EVEN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, CAN ALL BE AFFECTED, SIR MURRAY SAID.
THE GOVERNOR URGED EMPLOYERS WHO ACCEPT THIS VIEW TO HELP BY ASSISTING AND ENCOURAGING THEIR EMPLOYEES TO BENEFIT FROM RECREATION PROGRAMMES AND BY SHOWING THEM PUBLICITY MATERIAL ABOUT THE PROGRAMMES WHICH ARE BEING ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
HE SAID FORMATION OF SPORTS AND RECREATION AND WELFARE CLUBS IN FACTORIES AND BUSINESS HOUSES ALSO CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS INVOLVING EMPLOYEES AND MANAGEMENT TOGETHER IN PLANNING AND CARRYING OUT RECREATION PROGRAMMES, AND THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE WAS THERE TO HELP.
/IN RECENT