TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1983
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SIR EDWARD OPENS CHONG HING WATER SPORTS CENTRE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON OFFICIALLY OPENED THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT'S CHONG HING WATER SPORTS CENTRE AT THE WEST COFFERDAM OF THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR IN SAI KUNG.
SIR EDWARD, WHO FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO THE CENTRE WAS JOINED BY LADY YOUDE BOTH OF WHOM WERE MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMISSIONER, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM.
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE LIU CHONG HING BANK MR LIU LIT-MAN! THE TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, MR LIU LIT FOR AND LIU LIT-MO- THE DONORS OF THE CENTRE
THE DONORS OF THE CENTRE — ALSO GREETED THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE ON THEIR ARRIVAL.
OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WERE ALSO PRESENT AT THE OPENING.
IN HIS ADDRESS, MR WIGGHAM SAID THAT FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE WEST DAM OF THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR, THE QUAYSIDE AND THE PIER STRUCTURE OF THE WEST COFFERDAM WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE DISMANTLED AND THE WHOLE AREA RETURNED TO ITS NATURAL STATE,
+FORTUNATELY WE SAW THE POTENTIAL OF DEVELOPING THIS ENCLOSED BODY OF WATER, SET IN A MOST SCENIC PART OF SAI KUNG PENINSULA, INTO A WATER SPORTS CENTRE,+ MR WIGGHAM SAID.
+IT WAS REALISED THAT A CENTRE IN THIS LOCATION WOULD ALSO ENJOY EASY ACCESS TO THE SEA FOR MORE ORTHODOX TRAINING FOR SAILORS, CANOEISTS AND WINDSURFERS.
+SOME IDEAS GET NO FURTHER THAN THE DRAWING BOARD. IT IS OUR GOOD FORTUNE THAT, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE CHONG HING BANK GROUP, THROUGH MR LIU LIT-MAN AND MR LIU LIT-FOR, SHARED OUR VISION OF WHAT COULD BE ACHIEVED AND CONFIRMED THEIR FAITH BY A TIMELY DONATION OF $2 MILLION.
+THIS GENEROUS DONATION WILL BE APPRECIATED BY GENERATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, AS THEY ENJOY THE FACILITIES WE SEE TODAY,+ HE SAID.
MR WIGGHAM ADDED THAT IN THE LONGER TERM, THE ENTIRE COFFERDAM AREA HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE DEVELOPED INTO AN INTENSIVE RECREATION AREA WITHIN THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK.
AFTER THE UNVEILING OF A PLAQUE AT THE CENTRE, SIR EDWARD THEN WALKED TO A PAGODA NEAR A LAGOON AND STARTED A MINI-DRAGON BOAT RACE BY FIRING A MINI-CANNON.
THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR THE DEPARTMENT, MR CHRISTOPHER WONG, THEN PRESENTED PRIZES AND MEMENTOS TO THE PARTICIPANTS.
SIR EDWARD AND LADY YOUDE WERE THEN TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE CENTRE WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO MAJOR SINGLE-STOREY BLOCKS HOUSING A DORMITORY, CHANGING FACILITIES, OFFICE AREA AND A CANTEEN.
/OTHER FACILITIES