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SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1983
SPORTS DAY IN KOWLLON CITY
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CHAMPIONS OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT TABLE-TENNIS AND BADMINTON COMPETITIONS HELD AT THE SHA TIN JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE TODAY (SUNDAY) WILL REPRESENT THE DISTRICT IN TERRITORY-WIDE TOURNAMENTS.
THE COMPETITIONS WERE DIVIDED INTO A MALE YOUTH SECTION, OPEN SECTION FOR MALES OVER 16 AND A FEMALE OPEN SECTION WITH 250 PLAYERS COMING FROM THE EIGHT AREA COMMITTEES (ACS) OF KOWLOON TONG/MA TAU WAI, KOWLOON CITY/SAI TAU, HO MAN TIN NORTH, HO_MAN TIN SOUTH, TO KWA WAN NORTH, TO KWA WAN SOUTH, HUNG HOM NORTH AND HUNG HOM SOUTH.
+THE EVENTS WILL HELP SELECT GOOD TABLE-TENNIS AND BADMINTON PLAYERS TO REPRESENT KOWLOON CITY IN INTER-DISTRICT MATCHES LATER, SAID THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KC DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL, HR TANG TAI-CHUEN.
THE COUNCIL, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE KC DISTRICT YOUTH SERVICES COUNCIL, HAS BEEN REORGANISED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE THIS YEAR TO INCLUDE THE CHAIRMEN AND VICE-CHAIRMEN OF ALL ACS.
MR TANG NOTED THAT THE ACS, BEING DECENTRALISED AT THE GRASS-ROOTS LEVEL, WOULD ENABLE A MORE EFFECTIVE MOBILISATION OF RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS FUNCTIONS ORGANISED BY THE COUNCIL.
THE TABLE-TENNIS COMPETITION FOLLOWED A SERIES OF CONTESTS ORGANISED BY THE ACS FROM APRIL 16 TO MAY 8 AND THE BADMINTON COMPETITION WAS HELD ON A KNOCK-OUT BASIS.
MR TANG SAID THE COUNCIL WOULD HOLD OTHER LARGE SCALE FUNCTIONS THIS YEAR LIKE ATHLETIC MEET AND SWIMMING GALA AND TRAINING SCHEMES FOR COMPETITIVE SWIMMING, SEA TRAINING AND OUTSTANDING SPORTSMEN IN KOWLOON CITY.
+1 HOPE THESE ACTIVITIES WILL PROMOTE BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG LOCALS WHO, THOUGH LIVING IN THE SAME DISTRICT, OFTEN HAVE LITTLE TIME TO GET TOGETHER IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS.+
JOINTLY FINANCED BY THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT OFFICE, AND RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE, TODAY'S COMPETITIONS WERE OPENED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LEE LAP-SUN, CHIEF RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR RAYMOND CHAN, AND MR TANG.
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