TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1980
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TEMPORARY SITE FOR SPORTS USE
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WORK ON A TEMPORARY SPORTS GROUND IN SHA TIN IS NEAR ING COMPLETION AND IT WILL BE READY FOR USE THIS SUMMER.
THE
LOCATED BETWEEN SHING MUN RIVER AND SHA TIN BY-PASS SPORTS GROUND IS BUILT ON A 1.5 HECTARE SITE WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY FORM PART OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN CENTRE.
THE $500 000 PROJECT, IS BUILT WITH FUNDS DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND IS CO-ORDINATED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE.
FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE A SOCCER PITCH AND A 400-METRE TRACK WITH CHANGING ROOMS AND SPECTATORS STANDS.
THE GROUND CAN ALSO BE USED FOR FIELD EVENTS SUCH AS DISCUS, JAVELIN AND SHOT-PUT.
STUDENTS FROM THE KIANG SU-CHEKIANG COLLEGE, SHA TIN, AND THE SHA TIN GOVERNMENT SCHOOL ARE NOW HELPING WITH THE TURFING WORK.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE TEMPORARY SPORTS GROUND WILL BE IN USE FOR UP TO THREE YEARS.
BIG INCREASE IN TRANSACTIONS THROUGH
VEGETABLE MARKETING SOCIETY
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THERE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN THE ANNUAL PROCEEDS OF SALES OF VEGETABLES PASSING THROUGH THE FANLING VEGETABLE MARKETING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY FROM SOME $300 000 30 YEARS AGO TO NEARLY $10 MILLION NOW.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MR J.M. RIDDELL-SWAN AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE SOCIETY'S 30TH TERM COMMITTEE THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING.
RECALLING THAT THE SOCIETY WAS FOUNDED WITH ONLY 40 MEMBERS IN 1951, MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID THAT THE MEMBERSHIP HAD NOW INCREASED TO OVER 1 000.
TO CATER FOR THIS LARGE MEMBERSHIP, HE SAID, THE NUMBER OF VEGETABLE COLLECTING DEPOTS HAD BEEN INCREASED FROM ONE IN THE INITIAL STAGE TO EIGHT AT PRESENT.
HE SAID THAT IN ADDITION TO ITS BUSINESS STRENGTH THE SOCIETY HAD NOT NEGLECTED THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS NOR OF ITS STAFF. IT HAD SET UP A SHORT TERM LOAN FUND TO PROVIDE SMALL LOANS FOR NON-BUSINESS PURPOSES, SUCH AS EDUCATIONAL AND MEDICAL EXPENSES.
MR RIDDELL-SWAN