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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1978
SNT PRESENTS PRIZES TO SWIMMING GALA WINNERS
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (SUNDAY) EXPRESSED HOPE IN SEEING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SWIMMING POOL IN ISLANDS DISTRICT FOR COMPETITIVE RACES AND TRAINING IN BASIC SWIMMING SKILLS.
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE
THIRD ISLANDS SWIMMING GALA AT THE ABERDEEN SWIMMING POOL IN WONG CHUK HANG, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID: THERE ARE PROPOSALS IN THE WIND TO HAVE A TRAINING POOL ON CHEUNG CHAU AND I SHALL FOLLOW THIS PROPOSAL WITH INTEREST.+
HE ADDED THAT BEACHES IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT WHICH ARE ENJOYED BY SO MANY HOLIDAY MAKERS FROM TOWN, ARE ALSO AN EXCELLENT TRAINING GROUND FOR MANY YOUNG SWIMMERS IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT.
TODAY'S SWIMMING GALA WAS A JOINT EFFORT OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, THE EIGHT RURAL COMMITTEES AND THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE.
+ IT IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY MUTUAL CO-OPERATION, SAID MR. AKERS-JONES, WHO ALSO PRAISED THE SWIMMING GALA'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THAT HE WAS GLAD TO LEARN THAT THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD HAS ALTOGETHER VOTED $160,000 FOR 27 RECREATIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THIS KIND THIS YEAR AND THAT THE WORK OF THE BOARD WAS ALREADY REACHING OUT TO A GREAT MANY PEOPLE.
MORE THAN 200 COMPETITORS COMPRISING MAINLY STUDENTS AND YOUNG WORKERS FROM OUT-LYING ISLANDS TOOK PART IN TODAY'S SWIMMING GALA,
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