FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1983
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GOVERNOR OPENS SPORTS GROUND
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY PAID TRIBUTE TO SIR SHIU-KIN TANG FOR HIS GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF COMMUNITY AND RECREATIONAL PROJECTS.
THESE CONTRIBUTIONS HAD GIVEN INVALUABLE SUPPORT TO GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO PROVIDE BETTER SPORTING FACILITIES FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS, THE GOVERNOR ADDED.
SIR EDWARD WAS ADDRESSING A GATHERING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SAI KUNG TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE SPORTS FACILITY.
+SAI KUNG DISTRICT IS RENOWNED FOR ITS PICTURESQUE LANDSCAPE AND BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY PARKS WHICH HAVE NOW BECOME AN IMPORTANT RECREATIONAL ASSET FOR URBAN DWELLER, BUT THERE IS ALSO A NEED TO PROVIDE MORE ACTIVE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR SAI KUNG RESIDENTS THEMSELVES, SIR EDWARD SAID.
+WITH THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT, SAI KUNG WILL HAVE ITS OWN SPORTS CENTRE WHICH CAN BE USED FOR FOOTBALL, ATHLETIC EVENTS AND OTHER RECREATION ACTIVITIES.
+IT WILL TAKE ITS PLACE IN THE PATTERN OF LEISURE FACILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE GOVERNOR RECALLED HE HAD GONE LAST MONTH TO OPEN THE NEW SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX IN YUEN LONG.
OTHER PROJECTS WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED LATER THIS YEAR INCLUDE THE SHA TIN RECREATION GROUND, THE KWAI CHUNG SWIMMING POOL AND THE NORTH KWAI CHUNG INDOOR GAMES HALL, ANOTHER PROJECT TO WHICH SIR SHIU-KIN TANG HAD DONATED $10 MILLION.
NOTING THE SPORTS GROUND WAS COMPLETED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, SIR EDWARD SAID THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION, WITH THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, HAD ORGANISED A NUMBER OF EVENTS IN THIS SPORTS GROUND, INCLUDING THE INTER- DISTRICT SOCCER COMPETITION.
SIR EDWARD SAID THAT WITH SUCH SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD AND LOCAL INITIATIVES HE WAS SURE THAT IT WOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR AND PROVIDE GREAT ENJOYMENT FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.
EARLIER, IN HIS WELCOMING REMARKS AT THE CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD, SAID THE FINE SPORTS GROUND WOULD PROVIDE MUCH RECREATIONAL PLEASURE TO LOCAL RESIDENTS.
+THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS PROUD TO ASSUME THE MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A SPLENDID FACILITY AND WE HOPE THAT IT WILL NURTURE MANY OUTSTANDING LOCAL SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN IN WHOM SAI KUNG CAN TAKE PRIDE, MR HEYWOOD SAID.
THE GOVERNOR LATER UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE SPORTS GROUND. SIR EDWARD WAS JOINED BY LADY YOUDE, SIR SHIUKIN TANG AND LADY TANG AND MR HEYWOOD.
/SIR EDWARD,