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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1981
JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE ****
THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE AT SHA TIN WHICH IS DUE TO OPEN IN AY NEXT YEAR, WILL GIVE HONG KONG A NATIONAL COACHING CENTRE OF INTERNATIONAL QUALITY, THE HON DAVID NEWBIGGING SAID.
SPEAKING A THE TABLING OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE BOARD ANNUAL REPORT For THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, MR NEWBIGGING SAID: *IT & PROVIDE SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN WITH COACHING DESIGNED TO GIVE EVERYONE WITH TALENT THE CHANCE TO ACHIEVE HIS OR HER BEST.
+THE PURPOSE OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE IS TO OFFER THE PHYSICAL RESOURCES AND THE EXPERT TRAINING WHICH WILL RAISE THE STANDARD OF SPORT OVER THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE PILING CONTRACT FOR THE CENTRE WAS COMPLETED IN APRIL T-IS YEAR, AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN BUILDING AND OTHER SPORTS FACILITIES IS NOW UNDERWAY AND PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY.
ITS MANY FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE THREE INDOOR SPORTS HALLS, ONE OF WHICH MEASURES 68 METRES BY 35 METRES AND IS CAPABLE OF -CCOMMODATING UP TO 50 DIFFERENT INDOOR SPORTS.
RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION CAN ALSO BE PROVIDED FOR OVER
20 ATHLETES IN TRAINING, HE ADDED.
MR NEWBIGGING NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOCATED A FURTHER $30 MILLION TOWARDS THE CENTRE WHICH, TOGETHER WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE FUND, BRINGS THE TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT TO $150 MILLION.
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IN ADDITION, HE SAID ANOTHER 700 000 WAS DONATED BY PRIVATE SOURCES DURING THE YEAR.
ON THE COACHING SIDE, MR NEWBIGGING REPORTED THAT A SWIMMING COACH, A TENNIS COACH, AN ASSISTANT SOCCER COACH AND AN ASSISTANT BADMINTON COACH HAD BEEN APPOINTED DURING THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.
+ THE CENTRE NOW HAS SEVEN SPECIALIST COACHES AND THREE ASSISTANT COACHES, SAID MR NEWBIGGING,
+BY THE TIME THE CENTRE IS COMPLETED WE EXPECT TO HAVE A COACHING STAFF OF 40, HO, WE HOPE WILL BE HELPING TO MAKE HONG KONG A SPORTING FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.+
HE ALSO REVEALED THAT 3 335 COACHING SESSIONS WERE HELD DURING THE YEAR, OF WHICH 43 PER CENT WERE CONDUCTED IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THE VARIOUS SPORTS IN HONG KONG. THE OTHERS WERE ARRANGED THROUGH SCHOOLS, SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS AND SPORTS CLUBS.
A TOTAL OF 45 NEW VENUES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG ISLAND, KOKLION AND THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE UTILISED, HE ADDED.
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