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SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1983
SPORTS FESTIVAL ENDS IN CARNIVAL
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THE JUST CONCLUDED TWO-WEEK SHAM SHUI PO SPORTS FESTIVAL HAD ATTRACTED MORE THAN 20 000 PEOPLE ATTENDING THE 20-PLUS EVENTS, CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE, MR CHOW KWEN-LIM, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT A CLOSING CEREMONY AT THE FA HUI PARK, MR CHOW SAID: THIS ATTENDANCE RATE DEMONSTRATES FULLY THE LOCAL RESIDENTS HIGH COMMUNITY SPIRIT AS WELL AS THEIR GREAT INTEREST IN SPORTS.+
HE THANKED THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, URBAN COUNCIL, RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, SHAM SHUI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN ORGANISING THE DISTRICT'S FIRST SPORTS FESTIVAL.
HE ALSO APPEALED TO SHAM SHUI PO RESIDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS ON MARCH 8 TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THEIR DISTRICT IDENTITY BY CASTING THE IR VOTES.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN IP, TOGETHER WITH MR CHOW PRESENTED TROPHIES AND SOUVENIRS TO WINNERS AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE VARIOUS EVENTS OF THE SPORTS FESTIVAL.
THE CLOSING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A THREE-HOUR CARNIVAL FEATURING A TELEMATCH, A WALK FOR THE ELDERLY, AND BOWLING AND BASKETBALL COMPETITIONS.
AN EXHIBITION ON THE URBAN COUNCIL'S FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT WAS ALSO HELD.
FUND-RAISING WALK IN SOUTHERN ******
A FUND-RAISING WALK FOR THE EBENEZER SCHOOL AND HOME FOR THE BLIND WILL BE HELD AT THE POKFULAM COUNTRY PARK ON SUNDAY (MARCH 13).
THE WALK WILL START AT 10 AM AT THE LADY MACLEHOSE POKFULAM PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED (PHAB) CENTRE. PASS THE POKFULAM COUNTRY PARK ALONG POKFULAM RESERVOIR ROAD AND BACK TO THE PHAB CENTRE VIA CHI FU ROAD AND POKFULAM ROAD.
SPONSORS CARDS FOR THE WALK ARE AVAILABLE AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE POKFULAM AREA COMMITTEE WHO IS ORGANISING THE FUNCTION.
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