MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1982
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CHEUNG CHAU PUBLIC LIBRARY OPENING
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THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR B.D. WILSON WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S NEW CHEUNG CHAU PUBLIC LIBRARY AT 3.30 PM ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 20).
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT. PRESS REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE EVENT MAY WISH TO TAKE THE YAUMATI FERRY LEAVING THE OUTLYING ISLANDS FERRY PIER IN CENTRAL AT 2 PM.
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SHAM SHUI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION INAUGURATED
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THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, OFFICIATED AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE SHAM SHUI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, HELD AT CHEUNG SHA WAN SPORTS GROUND, MR AKERS-JONES SAID DISTRICT SPORTS IN HONG KONG NOW RESTED FIRMLY ON FOUR LEGS THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.
+THIS ALLIANCE, WITH IMAGINATION, ENTERPRISE AND ORGANISING ABILITY IS GIVING ORGANISED SPORT A NEW IMPETUS.
+SPORTS BUILD UP AND MAINTAIN OUR HEALTH, THEY BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. AT A NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL, SPORTS EVENTS AND TRAINING CLASSES PROMOTE A SENSE OF BELONGING, HE SAID.
INAUGURATED TODAY WERE THE CHAIRMAN, MR CHOW KWEN-LIM THE VICE-CHAIRMEN, MR CHENG WAN-TO AND MR CHOI WAI-SHEK- AND 12 OTHER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES OF APPOINTMENT BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BRIAN COAK, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR CHEUNG MAN-SANG.
THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER SHAM SHUI PO, MR STEPHEN IP, ADMINISTERED THE SWEARING-IN OF OFFICE-BEARERS.
AFTER THE CEREMONY, FOOTBALL MATCHES WERE HELD AMONG TEAMS FROM THE EIGHT AREA COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT.
THE ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN FORMED WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
ITS PROMOTERS ARE WELL-KNOWN DISTRICT FIGURES WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COMPRISING MOSTLY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND SPORT ENTHUSIASTS,
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