SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 198
BIGGEST MODEL CAR GRAND PRIX HELD ******
THE 1983 INTERNATIONAL RADIO CONTROLLED MODEL RACING CAR GRAND FRIX HELD AT TUEN MUN IN THE WEEKEND WAS UNDOUBTEDLY THE BIGGEST SUCH EVENT ORGANISED IN THE WORLD, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING TO MORE THAN 150 VISITING AND LOCAL MODEL RACING-CAR ENTHUSIASTS AT. A RECEPTION AT TUEN MUN RESTAURANT TODAY,, MR. LEUNG SAID THE EVENT ATTRACTED 120 COMPETITORS FROM 10 OVERSEAS COUNTRIES, THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF ANY SIMILAR WORLD-WIDE GRAND PRIX.
CASH PRIZES TOTALLING $40 000, WHICH WERE AWARDED WERE ALSO THE BIGGEST, MR LEUNG SAID.
MR LEUNG PRAISED PARTICIPANTS FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE AND SPORTSMANSHIP IN MAKING THE TWO-DAY COMPETITION SUCH A SUCCESS.
AND THE SPECTATORS FROM TUEN MUN AND OTHER PARTS OF HONG KONG ALSO ENJOYED THE EVENT VERY MUCH, MR LEUNG SAID.
THE GRAND PRIX, ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE HONG KONG MODELLERS CLUB AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WAS AIMED AT ENHANCING LOCAL MODEL CAR RACING STANDARDS AND GIVING THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO ENJOY AN ENTERTAINING AND EXCITING COMPETITION.
PARTICIPANTS CAME FROM THE PHILIPPINES, THAILAND, INDONESIA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, CHINA, TAIWAN AND MACAU.
MR LEUNG SAID THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS LOOKING INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF EARMARKING SOME LOCATIONS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS SPORT.
A MINI-SOCCER PITCH NEAR TAI HING ESTATE IN TUEN MUN WOULD BE DESIGNATED AS AN ARENA FOR RADIO CONTROLLED MODEL CAR RACING AT SPECIFIED TIMES IN THE NEAR FUTURE, HE SAID.
+ IF THIS PILOT SCHEME PROVES SUCCESSFUL, MORE VENUES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE ADDED.
MR LEUNG PAID TRIBUTE TO THE OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE HONG KONG MODELLERS CLUB FOR THEIR GREAT EFFORTS IN HELPING TO MAKE THE EVENT SUCCESSFUL.
+MY THANKS ALSO GO TO ALL SPONSORS PARTICULARLY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE. WITHOUT THE IR ASSISTANCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS THIS COMPETITION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE, HE SAID.
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