FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1982
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YOUTH SPORTS TRAINING CAMP IN FULL SWING
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THE FIRST SUMMER YOUTH SPORTS TRAINING CAMP IS IN FULL SWING.
THIS MORNING, THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMATEUR SPORTS FEDERATION AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, MR A. DE O. SALES, ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE BOARD, SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES- THE GENERAL MANAGER, JSC, MR DAVID GRIFFITHS AND THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (RECREATION AND SPORT) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT MR BRIAN COAK, VISITED THE CAMP TO SEE YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS IN TRAINING.
THE CAMP WHICH STARTED ON MONDAY IS SPLIT INTO TWO SECTIONS AND WILL END EARLY NEXT MONTH.
IT IS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, HONG KONG TENNIS ASSOCIATION, HONG KONG AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION, HONG KONG BADMINTON ASSOCIATION, HONG KONG AMATEUR FENCING ASSOCIATION, HONG KONG TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION AND HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RCD AND THE JSC.
ACTIVITIES IN THE FIRST CAMP CONSISTED OF SOCCER, BADMINTON, TENNIS AND SWIMMING, WHICH STARTED ON MONDAY AND ENDED TODAY, THE SECOND CAMP STARTS TOMORROW AND ITS FIVE DAYS OF ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE BADMINTON, TABLE TENNIS AND FENCING.
ALL THE TRAINING IS BEING HELD AT THE ULTRA-MODERN SPORTS CENTRE IN SHA TIN, AND IN ADDITION TO THE SPORTS COACHING, ACCOMMODATION, MEALS AND TRANSPORTATION ARE PROVIDED.
MR SALES SAID THE CAMP SERVES TO BOOST THE SKILLS OF HONG KONG'S ASPIRING YOUNG SPORTSMEN AND SPORTSWOMEN.
+THIS IS THE START, AND HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT GIVEN TIME, HONG KONG WILL HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING SPORTSMEN AND SPORTSWOMEN, HE SAID.
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