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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1982
GOVERNMENT KEEN TO SUPPORT SPORTS
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THE GOVERNMENT IS ANXIOUS TO SUPPORT SPORTING ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT ALL LEVELS AND TO ENCOURAGE WIDER PARTICIPATION AND HIGHER STANDARDS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE SAID TODAY.
SPORT IS IMPORTANT IN OUR SOCIETY, BOTH AS A FORM OF RELAXATION AND AS A MEDIUM OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.
SIR PHILIP WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL INTER-SCHOOL ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION DIVISION I AT WAN CHAI SPORTS GROUND, WHERE HE PRESENTED TROPHIES TO WINNERS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITIONS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION THIS SEASON.
SOME 11 500 STUDENTS FROM OVER 145 SECONDARY SCHOOLS TOOK PART IN THE COMPETITIONS.
SIR PHILIP SAID THE GOVERNMENT PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT PART IN BOTH THE PLANNING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPORTING FACILITIES.
IT WAS INVOLVED IN THE ORGANISATION OF TRAINING CLASSES FOR THE UNINITIATED, THUS GIVING MORE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY DIFFERENT FORMS OF SPORTING ACTIVITY, AND RECENTLY HAD BECOME HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING OF THE TALENTED.
HE CITED AS AN EXAMPLE THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE IN SHA TIN WHICH WAS BUILT WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE JOCKEY CLUB AND THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S LUNAR NEW YEAR GOLD COINS.
+THIS TRAINING COMPLEX, EQUIPPED WITH SOME OF THE BEST FACILITIES TO BE FOUND IN THE WORLD AND STAFFED WITH A NUMBER OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED COACHING STAFF, WILL PROVIDE ALL OUR BUDDING SPORTSMEN WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THEIR FULLEST ATHLETIC POTENTIAL,+ HE SAID.
HARBOUR LITTERBUGS WARNED
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FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY), STAFF OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL JOIN HONG KONG YAUMATEI FERRY STAFF ON BOARD HYF FERRIES TO CATCH PEOPLE WHO DISCARD RUBBISH INTO THE HARBOUR.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN WARNED TODAY THAT PEOPLE CAUGHT DISCARDING RUBBISH WOULD BE PROSECUTED UNDER THE RECENTLY-INTRODUCED AMENDMENT TO THE SUMMARY OFFENCES ORDINANCE, WHICH SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS LITTERING THE WATERS OF HONG KONG.
THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THE OFFENCE IS A FINE OF $5 000 AND SIX-MONTH IMPRISONMENT.
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