WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1978
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+NEW LOOK+ SPORTING FACILITIES IN N.T.
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THE GOVERNMENT AIMED TO PROVIDE, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AN OUTDOOR STADIUM FOR EVERY HALF A MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN THE DEVELOPED AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN TODD SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE SAID GAMES HALLS AND RUNNING TRACKS WERE ALSO PLANNED TO CATER FOR EVERY 300,000 PEOPLE TO BRING A TOTALLY NEW LOOK TO THE SPORTING FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES+.
MR. TODD WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY OF THE 19TH ANNUAL INTER-DISTRICT PRIMARY SCHOOL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION IN THE TSUEN WAN SPORTS GROUND.
HE SAID THE AIM OF THE PROGRAMME WAS TO BUILD THREE INDOOR STADIA AT TSUEN WAN, TWO AT SHA TIN, TWO AT TUEN MUN AND ONE EACH AT TAI PO AND FAN LING.
THERE WILL BE SIX OUTDOOR STADIA, TWO AT TSUEN WAN AND ONE EACH AT SHA TIN, TUEN MUN, TAI PO AND FAN LING AS WELL AS AN INDOOR SPORTS STADIUM AT TSUEN WAN.
AT THE CENTRE OF THIS CO-ORDINATED EXPANSION, MR. TODD WENT ON, WAS THE SILVER JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE AT SHA TIN - A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
+THIS MAGNIFICENT PROJECT+, HE SAID, +WILL PROVIDE THE SPECIALISED TRAINING AND COACHING FOR ALL OF THOSE YOUNG ASPIRING SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN OF POTENTIAL INTERNATIONAL STANDARD WHO WILL 'GRADUATE' FROM THE RANGE OF FACILITIES NOW UNDER PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION.
+WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT ALL THE NEW FACILITIES WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS PROVIDING A STEADY STREAM OF SUCH SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN FOR SPECIALISED AND EXPERT TRAINING AT THE CENTRE.
AT KWAI CHUNG, MR. TODD NOTED, A SPLENDID NEW SPORTS STADIUM WAS OPENED ONLY TWO WEEKS AGO AND CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER INDOOR GAMES HALL WOULD BEGIN NEXT YEAR.
+AND I HOPE THAT A START WILL ALSO BE MADE ON CONVERTING THE YEUNG UK ROAD FACILITY INTO A FULLY-EQUIPPED OUTDOOR STAD FUM.+
MR. TODD PRAISED THE ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THE PAST 19 YEARS IN ORGANISING NUMEROUS SPORTS MEETINGS FOR ASPIRING YOUNG ATHLETES FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+THEY CAN LOOK BACK WITH A SENSE OF PRIDE AND ACHIEVEMENT IN BRINGING SO MUCH STIMULATION AND SPIRIT OF GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, HE ADDED.
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