TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1982
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IN THE NT REGION, TSUEN WAN DISTRICT WILL GET THE BIGGEST SHARE OF $5.3 MILLION WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 32.8 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR'S $3.99 MILLION.
YUEN LONG WILL GET $2.9 MILLION, A RISE OF 42.8 PER CENT.
FOR THE OTHER DISTRICTS, BOTH TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN WILL EACH HAVE $2.42 MILLION, WHILE ISLANDS, NORTH DISTRICT, SAI KUNG AND TAI PO WILL GET $1.45 MILLION EACH.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO THE NT DISTRICT BOARDS LAST YEAR WAS $12.2 MILLION. THE ALLOCATION FOR 1980/81 WAS $6.1 MILLION, $4.5 MILLION IN 1979/80 AND $3.7 MILLION IN 1978/79.
IN THE URBAN AREAS, WONG TAI SIN AND KWUN TONG WILL RECEIVE THE BIGGEST SHARE OF $1.73 MILLION EACH.
SHAM SHUI PO AND EASTERN WILL EACH GET $1.3 MILLION; KOWLOON CITY AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT $870 000 EACH: CENTRAL AND WESTERN $650 000; AND WAN CHAI, MONG KOK AND YAU MA TEI $445 000 EACH.
ONLY $3.5 MILLION WERE GIVEN TO THE URBAN AREAS LAST YEAR AS FOUR OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS (WAN CHAI, MONG KOK, YAU MA TEI AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN) WERE NOT YET FORMED AT THE TIME OF ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
FULL DAY OF SPORTS AND RECREATION TOMORROW
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ABOUT 100 SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL EVENTS ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HELD AT VARIOUS PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO CELEBRATE THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE MUSIC, TWO CONCERTS ARE ALSO PLANNED - A BRASS BAND PERFORMANCE TO BE STAGED IN QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM AT 3 PM AND A CONCERT BY THE HONG KONG CHINESE YOUTH ORCHESTRA TO BE HELD AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AT 7.30 PM.
THE CELEBRATION WILL START AT 9 AM AT VICTORIA PARK ON HONG KONG ISLAND, WHERE MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR JOHN BREMRIDGE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
IN KOWLOON, TWO MAJOR VENUES FOR THE CELEBRATIONS WILL BE KOWLOON PARK AND KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND,
AT 9.30 AM A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT MR F.K. HU, WILL OFFICIATE IN THE CEREMONY AT KOWLOON PARK WHERE ABOUT 4 000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN 20 EVENTS.
THE CHAIRMAN