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MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1981
SWEETMAN CUP SQUASH COMPETITION
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EIGHT WINNERS OF A SHA TIN SQUASH COMPETITION LAUNCHED EARI LAST WEEK WERE PRESENTED WITH 'SWEETMAN CUPS' TODAY (MONDAY).
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THE 1981 SWEETMAN CUP SHA TIN NOVICE KNOCK-OUT COMPETITION WAS ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION PROMOTION UNIT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AIMED AT PROMOTING THE SPORT IN THE DISTRICT, THE COMPETITION ATTRACTED 68 MEN AND 15 WOMEN PLAYERS FOR THE EVENTS HELD AT THE SHA TIN JOCKEY CLUB SQUASH COURT.
RESULTS OF THE COMPETITION ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
MEN'S SINGLES :- CHAMPION - MR CHIU MAN-SHUN- FIRST
RUNNER-UP - MR T. NORCROSS SECOND RUNNER-UP- MR LAU SIU-KEI- THIRD RUNNER-UP MR CH, U CHI-MING.
WOMEN'S SINGLES:- CHAMPION - MISS TANG MEI-HO- FIRST RUNNER-UP - MISS KWOK KI -HAN- SECOND RUNNER-UP – MISS WONG SIU-CHUN- THIRD RUNNER-UF - MISS LEE CHOI-HUNG.
THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, PRESENTED THE CUPS, WHICH ARE NAMED AFTER HIM, TO THE WINNERS DURING A CEREMONY IMMEDI TELY AFTER TODAY'S FINALS.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE FUNCTION WAS THE ASSISTANT DIR FOR (SOUTH REGION) OF NEW TERITORIES SERVICES, MR JAMES WILSON.
YUEN LONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR ANNUAL CONCE: T
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A TWO-HOUR CONCERT TO CELEBRATE THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMING OF YUEN LONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR WILL BE HELD IN SATURDAY (DECEMBER 26).
THE CONCERT, ORGANISED BY YUEN LONG TOWN HALL AND LUT SAU HALL, IS ALSO PART OF THE DISTRICT'S CHRISTMAS PROGRAMME.
THE 64-MEMBER CHOIR WILL PRESENT FOLK AND CLASSIC SONGS, CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND AN OPERA.
FREE ADMISSIC TICKETS TO THE EVENT, WHICH STARTS AT 7.30 PM, ARE AVAILABLE NOW FROM THE TOWN HALL.
OTHER CHRISTMAS FUNCTIONS ORGANISED BY THE TOWN HALL MANAGEMENT INCLUDE A FEAST FOR THE ELDERLY, A YOUTH BALL AND A CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL.
THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD HAS PROVIDED OVER $45 000 TOWARDS THE COST OF THESE ACTIVITIES.