SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1982
GOVERNOR VISITS TAI PO
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SPENT A CROWDED AFTERNOON IN TAI PO DISTRICT TODAY (SATURDAY) DURING WHICH HE UNVEILED A PLAQUE FOR A NEW WATER SPORTS CENTRE- STARTED A MINI-DRAGON BOAT RACE- LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE AND RECEIVED A CHEQUE FOR $3 MILLION FOR A SPORTS ASSOCIATION BUILDING ATTENDED A GALA FUN DAY- VISITED A HISTORY EXHIBITION AND HAD TEA WITH RURAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SIR MURRAY, ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER TAI PO, MR NICKY LO, FIRST WENT TO THE TAI ME! TUK WATER SPORTS CENTRE WHERE HE UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE CENTRE.
HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, WHO INTRODUCED REPRESENTATIVES OF MEMBER ÁSSOCIATIONS OF THE CENTRE.
AFTER THE CEREMONY, THE GOVERNOR STARTED THE MINI-DRAGON BOAT RACE AND MET PARTICIPANTS IN OTHER RACE EVENTS. HE TOURED THE CENTRE WHICH IS MANAGED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE LAST NOVEMBER,
THE CENTRE HAS BEEN BUILT ON WHAT WAS FORMERLY A RESIDENTIAL SITE FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE PLOVER COVE WATER SCHEME CONTRACTORS.
THE PROJECT, COSTING MORE THAN $1.66 MILLION ALLOCATED FROM THE GOVERNOR'S SPECIAL FUND, WAS COORDINATED BY A COMMITTEE FORMED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE TO PROVIDE COMMON FACILITIES FOR MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS WHICH INCLUDE THE SCOUTS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS, THE HONG KONG SCHOOL SAILING ASSOCIATION, TAI PO BOAT CLUB, THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE CADET SCHOOL, THE HONG KONG YOUTH HOSTEL ASSOCIATION AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE TAI PO OFFICE.
FACILITIES AT THE WATER SPORTS CENTRE INCLUDE DORMITORIES FOR 52 CAMPERS, A WELL-EQUIPPED LECTURE ROOM, A BOAT-SHED AND SLIPWAY, CHANGING ROOMS AND A CANTEEN.
ACTIVITIES OFFERED BY THE CENTRE INCLUDE CANOEING, SAILING, WIND SURFING AND ROWING.
THE GOVERNOR NEXT WENT TO THE SITE ON WHICH THE TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION LI FOOK LAM INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED TO LAY THE FOUNDATION STONE.
MEETING THE GOVERNOR WERE THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHO IS ALSO PATRON OF TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
ASSOCIATION, MR STEPHEN WONG THE VICE CHAIRMAN, MR HO YUNG-SANG, MR ALEX WAI, MR HUNG CHEUNG-HO AND MR DONALD YAP- AND THE MAIN DONOR, MR LI YIP-WANG, WHO PRESENTED SIR MURRAY WITH THE $3 MILLION CHEQUE.
/TIL JOVERNOR