WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1979
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YUEN LONG CELEBRATES A FAMOUS VICTORY
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING CALLED FOR SPECIAL ATTENTION ON YOUTH TRAINING TO ACHIEVE GREATER EXPANSION AND PROGRESS IN SOCCER.
MR. AKERS-JONES MADE THE APPEAL WHEN OFFICIATING AT A COLOURFUL PAGEANT AT THE YUEN LONG STADIUM TO CELEBRATE YUEN LONG'S RECENT F.A. CUP TRIUMPH.
ORGANISED BY THE YUEN LONG SPORTS ASSOCIATION, THE HOUR-LONG EVENT, FEATURING A VARIETY OF PERFORMANCES INCLUDING A 145-FOOT SILVER DRAGON, EIGHT LIONS AND TWO BRASS BANDS, PROVED TO BE A SPECTACLE FÖR SOME 30,000 LOCAL RESIDENTS.
THEY LINED BOTH SIDES OF THE YUEN LONG MAIN ROAD AND PACKED THE STADIUM TO SHARE THE COLOUR OF THE PROCESSION WITH PROMINENT LOCAL DIGNITARIES, CIVIC AND RURAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND SOME 4,000 INVITED GUESTS AND TEAM SUPPORTERS.
IN HIS ADDRESS AT THE OCCASION, MR. AKERS-JONES_DESCRIBED YUEN LONG'S F.A. CUP TRIUMPH AGAINST SEIKO AS +A GAME THAT WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED IN THE ANNALS OF THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.+
HE NOTED THAT IN PAST YEARS, THE ASSOCIATION HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE SOCCER FIELD AND IN THE PROMOTION OF SPORTING ACTIVITIES.
+ I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THIS FOUNDATION TO ACHIEVE EVEN GREATER EXPANSION AND PROGRESS. I ALSO HOPE THAT PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO TRAINING THE YOUNG, HE SAID.
MR. AKERS-JONES POINTED OUT THAT YUEN LONG'S WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS - TEAM LOYALTY, TEAM WORK AND BY THE MORAL AND MATERIAL SUPPORT FROM DISTRICT AND CIVIC LEADERS, HAD ENABLED THE TEAM TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF BELONGING AND PRIDE.
+BY CONSCIENTIOUSLY GIVING OUT THEIR BEST, THEY WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND WARMLY CONGRATULATE THE ASSOCIATION FOR THIS WELL-DESERVED WIN AFTER MANY YEARS OF HARD WORK,+ HE ADDED.
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