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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1980
SIR MURRAY SAID WHEN THE CENTRE WAS COMPLETED IN TWO YEARS' TIME, IT WOULD BE A FOCAL POINT FOR RESIDENTS, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, TO RELAX AND ENJOY THEMSELVES AND TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.
IT WOULD BE ANOTHER STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW COMMUNITY IN TUEN MUN.
THE BUILDING WOULD NOW COST $35 MILLION, HALF OF WHICH WAS BEING MET BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE LOTTERIES FUND AND THE OTHER HALF, $17.5 MILLION, WAS BEING RAISED BY THE BOARD OF THE YAN OF TONG.
+THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT EFFORT WHICH I AM SURE WILL RECEIVE PUBLIC SUPPORT, SIR MURRAY SAID.
+THE YAN OF TONG HAS SET AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. IT IS A PART OF OLD TUEN MUN. BUT ITS MEMBERS HAVE UNDERTAKEN THIS MOST ENTERPR IS ING PROJECT BECAUSE THEY RIGHTLY BELIEVE IT NECESSARY IF THE NEW TUEN MUN IS TO BE THE PLACE THEY WANT.
+THEY HAVE MY ADMIRATION AND MY THANKS AND SINCERELY HOPE THAT OTHERS WILL FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE THEY HAVE SET.
+I WISH TUEN MUN EVERY SUCCESS, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE YAN 01 TONG, MR LAU WONG-FAT, SAID SINCE THE TONG WAS FOUNDED 50 YEARS AGO IT HAD ADHERED TO ITS OBJECTIVE OF KINDNESS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
THE TONG HAD BEEN RE-ORGANISED TWO YEARS AGO TO COPE WITH GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE POPULATION OF TUEN MUN WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE REGION OF 500 000.
+AS A RESULT, THE ORGANISATION OF THE TONG HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED AND IS IN A BETTER POSITION TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, + MR LAU SAID.
THE TONG HAD FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS BEEN ACTIVELY PLANNING CONSTRUCTION OF A MODERN COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE TO PROVIDE HEALTHY CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TUEN MUN, AS WELL AS WELFARE FOR CHILDREN, THE YOUNG, THE AGED AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
+THANKS TO THE ALLOCATION OF LAND BY THE GOVERNMENT AND SUPPORT FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE PROJECT HAS PROGRESSED SMOOTHLY, MR LAU SAID.
HE SAID AFTER THE CENTRE WAS COMPLETED IN MID-1982 IT WOULD BE MANAGED BY A COMMITTEE FORMED BY THE YAN OF TONG AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. ALL PROCEEDS WOULD BE USED FOR FUTURE SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENT.
AT THE CEREMONY TODAY THE GOVERNOR ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF THE TONG FOUR CHEQUES EACH OF $1 MILLION TOWARDS THE COST OF BUILDING THE CENTRE. THEY WERE PRESENTED BY LOCAL LEADERS, MR TIEN KA-PING, MR WU CHUNG, MR LAU WONG-FAT AND MR CHAN CHUNG-HANG. A CAMPAIGN IS BEING HELD TO RAISE THE BALANCE OF THE MONEY REQUIRED.
'BEFORE LUNCH