TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1980
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TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL ENCOURAGES MAXIMUM USE OF FACILITIES
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THE TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL HAS WIDER IMPORTANCE WHICH MUST DE BORNE IN MIND, TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER, DR JAMES HAYES, SAID TODAY.
DR HAYES WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING THE THREE-WEEK FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS FIRST HELD LAST YEAR. IT OPENS ON NOVEMBER 1.
HE SAID THE AIM OF THE FESTIVAL WAS TO MAXIMIZE UTILIZATION OF AMENITIES NOT JUST FOR THE THREE WEEKS, BUT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR. +TRULY A STUPENDOUS TASK, BUT ONE WHICH INVOLVES US ALL, AND WHICH MUST BE ACHIEVED, HE SAID.
TSUEN WAN ALREADY HAD A GOOD MANY SPORTING AMENITIES, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD NOT YET ACHIEVED ITS PLANNED FULL RANGE OF FACILITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE EXISTING AND FUTURE POPULATION.
THERE WERE MAJOR AMENITIES LIKE THE KWAI CHUNG AND YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTSGROUNDS, THE KWAI SHING SWIMMING POOL, THE CHAI WAN KOK TEMPORARY SPORTS CENTRE AND THE NEW INDOOR GAMES HALL WHICH WAS TO BE OPENED IN KWAI CHUNG NEXT WEEK.
+HOWEVER IT IS UP TO US ALL TO SEE THAT THESE FACILITIES, AND MANY OTHERS OF SMALLER SIZE, ARE USED TO THE FULL, DR HAYES SAID.
+THIS PARTLY DEPENDS UPON HAVING GOOD FACILITIES, FLOODLIT WHEREVER POSSIBLE FOR EVENING USE, AND ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR MANAGEMENT WHICH SHOULD EXTEND INTO THE EVENINGS AND OVER WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.+
THIS POINT WAS VERY RELEVANT FOR THE SECOND TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL, HE SAID.
+OUR PHILOSOPHY IS THAT IT IS NO USE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO JOIN IN THE FESTIVAL IF, FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, FOR VARIOUS REASONS CONNECTED WITH TRAINING, EQUIPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION, NOT FORGETTING LAW AND ORDER ASPECTS, PEOPLE ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PREVENTED OR DETERRED FROM USING LOCAL FACILITIES TO THE IR FULL EXTENT.
+THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL BE LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER VERY CLOSELY WITH THE HELP OF THE DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND ITS 28 MEMBER CLUBS, HE SAID.
THE FESTIVAL IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, OF WHICH THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, IS PATRON, DR HAYES IS THE PRESIDENT AND MR CHAU HOW-CHEN THE CHAIRMAN.
MORE THAN 50 ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD DURING THE FESTIVAL PERIOD. INCLUDING EXHIBITION MATCHES BY TOP PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS AND TENNIS PLAYERS AS WELL AS BASKETBALL, BADMINTON, BOXING, VOLLEYBALL, BASEBALL, HANDBALL AND TABLE TENNIS EVENTS.
/ALSO FEATURED