SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1980
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SPOTLIGHT ON CHEUNG CHAU SPORTSGROUND
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WORK WILL START TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR ON THE SECOND STAGE OF THE CHEUNG CHAU SPORTSGROUND WHICH WILL BE FLOODLIT.
SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE FIFTH ISLANDS DISTRICT SWIMMING GÁLA PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT KENNEDY TOWN SWIMMING POOL.
HE SAID IT WAS UNAVOIDABLE THAT ISLANDS SWIMMING COMPETITIONS HAD TO BE HELD IN SWIMMING POOLS IN THE URBAN AREA, +BUT IN ISLANDS DISTRICT WE ARE FORTUNATE IN HAVING MANY FINE BEACHES WHICH ARE THE ENVY OF THOSE WHO LIVE IN OUR CROWDED CITY AND PROUD THAT OUR SWIMMERS ARE AMONG THE BEST IN HONG KONG.
+ IT IS NOT EASY TO BUILD RECREATION FACILITIES IN THE ISLANDS, BUT I AM GLAD TO TELL THAT AFTER MANY UPS AND DOWNS, WORK WILL START TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR ON THE SECOND STAGE OF THE CHEUNG CHAU SPORTSGROUND.
+WE MUST MAKE THE BEST USE OF ALL FACILITIES AVAILABLE AND I HOPE THAT RURAL COMMITTEES AND ALL LOCAL ORGANISATIONS WILL ACT TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE TO INVOLVE AS MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN REGULAR TRAINING AND COMPETITIONS, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE SWIMMING GALA ORGANISED BY ISLANDS DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICE.
THERE WERE BREASTSTROKE, BACKSTROKE, FREESTYLE RACES.
BUTTERFLY AND
WINNERS WILL REPRESENT ISLANDS DISTRICT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES SWIMMING GALA IN OCTOBER.
OCEAN PARK +CLASSES+
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THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IN CO-OPERATION WITH OCEAN PARK, IS ORGANISING EDUCATIONAL VISITS TO OCEAN PARK FOR STUDENTS AS AN EXTENSION OF CLASSROOM LEARNING.
+SUCH VISITS ARE AIMED AT WIDENING STUDENTS' GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND TO ENABLE THEM TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND GREATER APPRECIATION OF BOTH LAND AND MARINE LIFE THEY SEE AT THE PARK, + A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SCHOOLS MAY ORGANISE GROUPS OF STUDENTS TO VISIT THE PARK THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, AT SPECIALLY REDUCED ADMISSION PRICES.
PARTICIPATION IS VOLUNTARY.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND OCEAN PARK CANNOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR INJURY DURING THE VISITS.
/+SCHOOLS ARE
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