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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1980
SOME NT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES CLOSED FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR
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SOME OF THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, A NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE TWO SWIMMING POOLS, THREE TENNIS COURTS, SIX SQUASH COURTS, ONE STADIUM AND FOUR SPORTS GROUNDS.
THE FANLING SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AND THE KWAI CHUNG SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WILL BE CLOSED FOR FOUR DAYS FROM FEBRUARY 16 TO 19 - THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THE SQUASH COURTS, TWO OF WHICH AT KWAI CHUNG SQUASH COURTS AND FOUR AT SIR DENYS ROBERTS SQUASH COURTS, YUEN LONG, WILL BE CLOSED FOR TWO DAYS ON FEBRUARY 16 AND 17. THREE TENNIS COURTS AT SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND, TSUEN WAN WILL ALSO BE CLOSED ON THESE TWO DAYS.
THE YUEN LONG STADIUM, THE WO Y1 HOP SPORTS GROUND AT KWAI CHUNG, THE KWAI CHUNG SPORTS GROUND, THE TSUEN WAN SPORTS GROUND AT YEUNG UK ROAD, TSUEN WAN AND THE FANLING SPORTS GROUND WILL ALSO BE CLOSED DURING THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
AWARDS FOR CHAMPION FISHERMEN
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FISH PRODUCTION IN HONG KONG LAST YEAR SET A NEW HIGH WITH MORE THAN 180 700 TONNES VALUED AT $1 190 MILLION LANDED.
OF THE LANDINGS 96 PER CENT WAS MADE BY THE LOCAL FISHING FLEET.
TOMORROW (FRIDAY) 24 FISHERMEN WILL RECEIVE AWARDS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN, FOR THE IR FISHING ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE YEAR.
ANOTHER 10 FISHERMEN WILL ALSO RECEIVE AWARDS FOR SAVING LIVES AT SEA. WHILE MOST OF THE LIVES SAVED WERE FROM SINKING VESSELS, TWO RESCUES WERE MADE FROM HELICOPTER ACCIDENTS IN MIRS BAY AND TOLO CHANNEL.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE PRIZE PRESENTATION AT THE FISHERMEN'S LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS AT THE ABERDEEN FISH MARKET AT 11 AM TOMORROW (FRIDAY). TRANSPORT FOR THE PRESS WILL LEAVE EDINBURGH PLACE (QUEEN'S PIER) FOR ABERDEEN AT 10 AM.
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