MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1981
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BUILT ON A SITE OF 2.6 HECTARES ON THE WEST BANK OF THE SHING MUN RIVER, THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX CONSISTS OF SIX POOLS OF VARIOUS SIZES -- ONE MAIN POOL OF OLYMPIC STANDARD FOR COMPETITION, ONE DIVING POOL, THREE TRAINING AND TEACHING POOLS AND ONE FREE WADING POOL.
TO HELP THE DISABLED MAKE USE OF THE SWIMMING POOL, SPECIAL FACILITIES INCLUDING A RAMP AND CHANGING ROOM ARE AVAILABLE THERE.
A SQUASH COURT BUILDING WITH SIX COURTS, THREE TENNIS COURTS AND A LANDSCAPED GARDEN HAVE ALSO BEEN BUILT TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL OUTLETS TO PEOPLE IN SHA TIN.
NOTE TO EDITORS,
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SHA TIN JOCKEY CLUB PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL AND SQUASH COURT ON THURSDAY (APRIL 16) AT 3 PM.
TRANSPORT HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA. COACHES WILL BE WAITING AT MIDDLE ROAD AT THE REAR OF THE PENINSULA HOTEL, TSIM SHA TSUI, AT 1.30 PM ON THURSDAY.
TOUR IST
COPIES OF A PAMPHLET INTRODUCING THE SWIMMING COMPLEX ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM GIS PRESS BOXES.
INSIGNIA PRESENTATION
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EIGHTY-NINE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, DECORATED BY THE QUEEN FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, RECEIVED THEIR INSIGNIA FROM THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE THIS EVENING.
THE RECIPIENTS WERE:
CBE (COMMANDER ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE)
DR HAKING WONG
OBE (OFFICER ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE)
MR PIERS JACOBS
DR HENRY LI FOOK KUEN
MR PETER THOMAS MOOR
MR WILLIAM DUNCAN ALISTAIR TUCKER
THE HONOURABLE CHARLES YEUNG SIU CHO
ISO (IMPERIAL