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TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1983
SCHOOLS' SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS PRAISED
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SCHOOLS' SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS CONTRIBUTED CONSIDERABLY TO THE TRAINING OF YOUNG SPORTSMEN, THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR ADOLF HSU, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT A BALL-GAME PRIZE PRESENTATION CEPEMONY JOINTLY HELD BY SCHOOLS IN TSUEN WAN, NORTH KWAI CHUNG AND SOUTH KHAI CHUNG.
MR HSU SAID THAT SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS IN SCHOOLS HAD ACHIEVED OUTSTANDING RESULTS IN THEIR WORK THROUGH THE CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS, AND THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY,
+WITH THE RAPID POPULATION GROWTH IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI, THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RESULTING IN AN EVER INCREASING DEMAND FOR SPORTS ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
+ IN THIS RESPECT, THE SCHOOLS' SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY.
+THEY HAVE HELPED PROVIDE SPORTING ACTIVITIES AND COURSES, AND HAVE TRAINED GOOD AND PROMISING ATHLETES THROUGH VARIOUS COMPETITIONS.
+I HOPE THIS GOOD WORK WILL BE MAINTAINED AND THAT MORE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT FROM IT,+ MR HSU SAID.
MONTHLY SURVEY OF RETAIL SALES FOR MARCH
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THE VALUE OF RETAIL SALES FOR THE RETAIL TRADE SECTOR IN MARCH 1983 WAS ESTIMATED TO BE $4 384 MILLION, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL SURVEY RESULTS.
AT 129, THE OVERALL RETAIL SALES VALUE INDEX FOR MARCH 1983 INCREASED BY FOUR POINTS OR THREE PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1983, AND BY THREE POINTS OR TWO PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1982.
THE OVERALL RETAIL SALES VOLUME INDEX FOR MARCH 1983, AT 101, WAS THREE POINTS OR THREE PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT FOR FEBRUARY 1983, AND SIX POINTS OR SIX PER CENT LOWER THAN THAT FOR MARCH 1982.
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