FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1982
MORE SPORTS FACILITIES FOR OUTLYING ISLANDS
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SUSTAINED EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO FIND SUITABLE SITES FOR BUILDING PROPER SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AT VARIOUS OUTLYING ISLANDS, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE CHEUNG CHAU SPORTSGROUND, MR SWEETMAN SAID IMPORTANCE WAS ATTACHED TO THE PROMOTION OF SPORTS AND RECREATION.
CHEUNG CHAU WAS THE FIRST OUTLYING ISLAND TO HAVE A PROPER SPORTS VENUE AND HE HOPED THE LOCAL YOUTHS AND SPORTS BODIES WOULD MAKE FULL USE OF THE FACILITIES, HE SAID.
THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, WAS PLANNING A SERIES OF PROGRAMMES AND COACHING CLASSES TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF SPORTS,
MR SWEETMAN SAID THE NEWLY-COMPLETED SPORTSGROUND WAS LOCATED ON A 1.2 HECTARE SITE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE PEOPLE.
IT COST ABOUT $4.5 MILLION, AND CONSISTS OF A MINI-SOCCER PITCH, A BASKETBALL OR VOLLEYBALL COURT, A FIVE-LANE 250-METRE, ALL-WEATHER RUNNING TRACK, AND A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND.
OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE A FIRST AID ROOM, STORE ROOM FOR ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT, CHANGING ROOMS WITH LOCKERS AND PUBLIC TOILETS.
AND THERE WAS FLOODLIGHTING FOR EVENING ACTIVITIES,
MR SWEETMAN SAID.
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RICKY FUNG, THE CHAIRMAN OF CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE, MR KWONG PING-YAU, THE PRINCIPAL RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR DAVID CHIU, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF ISLANDS, MR LAW TAK-LAU.
HIGHLIGHTING THE EVENT WAS A MASS DRILL BY LOCAL STUDENTS AND TWO INVITATION RELAY RACES.