FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1979
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SOCCER TOURNAMENT TO PROMOTE ARMY-TSUEN WAN COMMUNITY RELATIONS
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THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ARMY AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOLDING A MINI-SOCCER MARATHON TOURNAMENT AT GALLIPOL I LINES, FANLING, ON SUNDAY.
MORE THAN 400 PLAYERS FROM 24 TEAMS WILL COMPETE FOR THE GURKHA SOCCER CUP 1979 DONATED BY THE ARMY.
AMONG THE TEAMS, 22 ARE FROM VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE TSUEN WAN COMMUNITY, INCLUDING SCHOOLS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. THE REMAINING TEAMS ARE REPRESENTING THE 7TH DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES.
THE TOURNAMENT IS ONE OF A SERIES OF SPORTING COMPETITIONS FOR GURKHA CUPS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE CLOSER CO-OPERATION AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE ARMED SERVICES AND THE PEOPLE OF TSUEN WAN.
THESE GOOD-WILL SPORTING EVENTS WERE FIRST STARTED IN NOVEMBER 1976 AND HAVE NOW BECOME A PERMANENT FEATURE IN THE SPORTING CALENDAR OF THE NEW TOWN.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER MR. DAVID TSUI, THE COMMANDING OFFICER, 7TH DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MILES HUNT-DAVIS AND THE CHIEF RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MISS BETTY MAIR, WILL PRESENT THE GURKHA SOCCER CUP AND OTHER PRIZES TO THE WINNING TEAMS.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE GURKHA SOCCER CUP TOURNAMENT ON SUNDAY.
THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. DAVID TSUI, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION AT GALLIPOLI LINES, FANLING AT 4 P.M.
PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VAN, AM 2086, WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER, TSIM SHA TSUI, AT 2 P.M. FOR FANLING.
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