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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1980
AT PRESENT, SPEEDPOST REACHES NEARLY EVERY OF OUR TRADING CLIENTS IN THE WORLD AND CAN BE EXPANDED IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT DEMAND. PACKAGES CAN BE SENT TO OUR NEAR NEIGHBOUR MACAU, TO TAIWAN, SINGAPORE, SOUTH KOREA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA IN THE PACIFIC REGION, TO KUWAIT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ONWARD TO BRITAIN, BELGIUM, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS IN EUROPE, AND TO THE UNITED STATES, BRAZIL AND SOUTH AFRICA.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE SERVICE SHOULD CONTACT THE POSTAL SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ON 5-2671108.
MORE AND BETTER RECREATION AND SPORT FACILITIES IN NT
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PROSPECTS WERE EXCELLENT FOR MORE AND BETTER RECREATION AND SPORTS FACILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
ADDRESSING THE 5TH NEW TERRITORIES ATHLETIC MEETING AT WAN CHAI SPORTS GROUND, MR CHUI SAID, HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY BECAUSE CURRENT NEEDS WERE ALREADY PRESSING AND WE MUST REALISTICALLY ENDEAVOUR TO MEET THE PRESENT SHORTFALL BY INTER IM MEASURES WHEREVER AND WHENEVER WE COULD.
+OUR EXPERIENCES HAVE SHOWN THAT, WITH AN IMAGINATIVE AND ENERGETIC APPROACH, IT IS POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY FACILITIES QUICKLY AND INEXPENSIVELY TO MEET LOCAL NEEDS,+ HE SAID.
MR CHUI PAID TRIBUTE TO THE +GENEROUS DONATIONS+ FROM VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS TOWARDS PROJECTS FOR RECREATION AND SPORT WHICH HE SAID CONSTITUTED IN TOTAL +AN IMPRESSIVE LIST+.
+ SHOULD ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY LEADERS TO CONTINUE TO PRESS ON WITH OUR POLICY AND OBJECTIVES - SOUND LONG TERM PLANNING WITH HIGH PRIORITY FOR RECREATION AND SPORT PLUS PRACTICAL, ENERGETIC SHORT TERM MEASURES TO MEET THE CURRENT SHORTFALL, HE SAID.
+THE MORE LOCAL INITIATIVES THAT CAN BE TAKEN IN THIS
DIRECTION, THE BETTER.+
MR CHUI SAID GOVERNMENT HAD SET ASIDE ADEQUATE LAND FOR RECREATION AND SPORT IN THE DESIGNATION OF COUNTRY PARKS AND THE PLANNING OF OUTDOOR STADIA, GAMES HALLS AND RUNNING TRACKS FOR THE NEW TOWNS.
+PROJECTING FUTURE POPULATION GROWTH, WE AIM TO PROVIDE THREE INDOOR GAMES HALLS FOR TSUEN WAN, ONE FOR TAI PO AND ONE FOR THE NORTH DISTRICT, AS WELL AS STADIA WITH RUNNING TRACKS FOR TUEN MUN, TAI PO, SA KUNG AND SHA TIN, IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING FACILITIES AT KWAI CHUNG, TSUEN WAN AND YUEN LONG,
/+I MUST