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A SPECIAL COMMITTEE HAD ALSO BEEN ESTABLISHED TO LOOK INTO HOW EXISTING RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES COULD BE IMPROVED AND BETTER UTILISED AND HOW NEW FACILITIES SHOULD BE PROVIDED.
COMMEND ING LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR THE IR DEDICATION AND GENUINE SENSE OF COMMITMENT IN PROMOTING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, MR TING SAID: +WHILST RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES IN TSUEN WAN HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN TYPE AND SCOPE, THE IR FULL UTILISATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE ENTHUSIASTIC PROMOTION OF SPORTS AND ORGANISED GAMES BY LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.+
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THE SUCCESS OF THE TWO TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVALS, BOTH UNDER THE INSPIRING LEADERSHIP OF MR CHAU HOW-CHEN, IS A ISA LIVING EXAMPLE OF LOCAL PEOPLE'S ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PROMOTION OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
TURNING TO THE CULTURAL SCENE, MR TING SAID THE COMPLETION AND OPENING OF TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL WAS AN OBVIOUS LANDMARK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN TSUEN WAN.
IT WAS NOW WELL PATRONISED BY THE PUBLIC AND RECORDS SHOWED THAT THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL AND THE AUDITORIUM WERE FULLY BOOKED EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TILL THE END OF MARCH NEXT YEAR.
HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES DID NOT BEGIN WITH THE OPENING OF TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
WELL BEFORE THAT THE TSUEN WAN CULTURE AND RECREATION CO-ORDINATING ASSOCIATION HAD ALREADY BEEN PLAYING A LEADING
ROLE. ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE LAST TWO TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVALS WOULD ALWAYS BE A MEMORY THAT MANY RESIDENTS WOULD RELISH.
IN ADDITION, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ASSOCIATION, ITS FOUR PROMOTION COMMITTEES (MUSIC, DANCE, DRAMA AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES) HAVE BEEN MOST ACTIVE IN ORGANISING PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS, MR TING SAID.
29 000 PEOPLE VISITED CAREERS EXHIBITION
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MORE THAN 29 000 PEOPLE VISITED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S NINTH ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION AT THE CITY HALL LOW BLOCK EXHIBITION HALL IN THE TWO DAYS FOLLOWING ITS OPENING LAST FRIDAY.
IN THE SAME PERIOD, MORE THAN 70 000 PEOPLE WATCHED THE CAREERS SHOWS STAGED BY THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE AT EDINBURGH PLACE.
+ THE RESPONSE TO THE EXHIBITION SO FAR IS QUITE ENCOURAGING INDEED, WHICH SHOWS THAT THE ANNUAL EVENT IS MEETING A NEED OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY.
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