SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1982
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BETTER SPORTS FACILITIES ON OUTLYING ISLANDS
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE POSITIVE EFFORTS IN RECENT YEARS TO IMPROVE SPORTS FACILITIES IN ISLANDS DISTRICT FOR THE PROMOTION OF RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RICKY FUNG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE ANNUAL LANTAU LONG RUN, MR FUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE TUNG CHUNG SOCCER PITCH HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND WORK ON THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CHEUNG CHAU RECREATION GROUND WAS NOW NEARING COMPLETION.
+I HOPE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WILL MAKE GOOD USE OF THESE GROUNDS TO DEVELOP THEIR INTEREST AND POTENTIAL IN SPORTS,+ HE SAID.
MR FUNG SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE LONG RUN COMPETITION WAS TO PROMOTE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AND A SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS AMONG THE LOCAL PEOPLE.
MORE THAN 200 COMPETITORS PARTICIPATED IN THE SIX-KILOMETRE RUN WHICH STARTED AT 10 AM FROM THE MU! WO POLICE STATION WITH THE COMPETITORS RUNNING ALONG LANTAU SOUTH ROAD TO THE FINISHING POINT AT THE HONG KONG YWCA YOUTH CAMP AT SAN SHEK WAN, SOUTH LANTAU.
UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD, TODAY'S EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE/ISLANDS DIVISION AND MUI WO YOUTH SOCIAL SERVICE GROUP.
*THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS SPIRIT WILL CONTINUE. NOT ONLY IN ORGANISING SPORTS ACTIVITIES, BUT IN OTHER PURSUITS AS WELL, + ADDED MR FUNG.
SITTING-OUT AREA IN CHA KWO LING
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A SITTING-OUT AREA WILL SOON BE BUILT AT FAN WAH STREET, CHA KWO LING,
THE SITE, COVERING AN AREA OF ABOUT 175 SQUARE METRES, WILL HAVE RAISED FLOWER BEDS, AND ARBOURS WITH GARDEN BENCHES UNDERNEATH.
THE PLANTING AREA WILL BE PROTECTED BY ORNAMENTAL RAILINGS.
WORK WILL START IN JUNE AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DARTMENT.
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