SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1980
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ON SPORTS, MR LAM SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD SOON BUILD A STANDARD SPORTS GROUND NEAR TAI HING ESTATE. IT WOULD INCLUDE A 400-METRE RUNNING TRACK, A SOCCER PITCH, TEMPORARY SPECTATORS' STANDS AND A CAR PARK, AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1981,
THE YAN OI TONG SPORTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE NEAR TUEN MUN SAN HUT WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1982.
MR LAM SAID TENNIS COURTS AND BASKETBALL COURTS HAD BEEN COMPLETED RECENTLY IN TUEN MUN. THEY WERE BUILT TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL PEOPLE HAD ADEQUATE FACILITIES TO TAKE PART IN VARIOUS KINDS OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
+1 HOPE THE ASSOCIATION WILL CONTINUE TO SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROMOTING LOCAL ACTIVITIES AND INTRODUCE NEW ACTIVITIES, HE SAID. +I ALSO HOPE THAT THE ASSOCIATION WILL MEET THE NEED OF ALL PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE INDIGENOUS AND NEW RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS THE YOUNG AND THE OLD.+
MR LAM SAID THE ASSOCIATION, WITH THE SUPPORT OF TUEN MUN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, HAD ORGANISED DRAMA, DANCE, MUSIC, EDUCATION, RECREATIONAL AND TRAINING CLASSES SO THAT A SENSE OF BELONGING COULD BE PROMOTED AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS.
THE ASSOCIATION, WHOSE WORK IS WELL WORTH SUPPORTING, IS NON-PROFIT MAKING. IT WAS SET UP IN 1978 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE.
ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE ASSOCIATION ARE MAINLY FINANCED BY TUEN MUN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD WHICH HAS ALLOCATED MORE THAN $182 000 FOR 1980/81.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION COMPRISE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS, PLUS LEADERS OF LOCAL CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS. STAFF FROM TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE ALSO
HOLD HONORARY POSTS.
MR LAU WONG-FAT IS PRESIDENT AND MR CHOW MAN-PING CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION.
FARM WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE PROVES A SUCCESS
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POULTRY AND PIG FARMERS AT HUNG SHUI KIU RIVER IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE MAKING USE OF THE FARM WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THIS COULD PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF POLLUTION TO THE RIVER WHICH FLOWS THROUGH YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN DISTRICTS.
HE SAID A DAILY AVERAGE COLLECTION OF ABOUT 4 550 CUBIC METRES OF FARM WASTE HAD BEEN RECORDED DURING THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
/THE FARN