SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1983
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BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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ABOUT 1 000 YOUNG PEOPLE IN KOWLOON CITY ARE TO COMPETE IN A SEVEN-WEEK INTER-AREA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, STARTING FROM TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE YOUTHS, AGED OVER 14, ARE DIVIDED INTO 64 MEN'S AND 32 WOMEN'S TEAMS, REPRESENTING EIGHT AREAS IN THE DISTRICT.
THE TOP TEAMS FROM EACH OF THE EIGHT AREAS WILL COMPETE IN THE FINALS AND THE WINNER WILL BE AWARDED THE LOK SIN TONG CUP.
THIS EVENING, AN INVITATION MATCH BETWEEN STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT'S RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL WAS HELD TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE TOURNAMENT.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LEE LAP-SUN, SAID THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPETITION WERE TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF DISTRICT IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS AND AREAS, AND TO FOSTER INTEREST IN BASKETBALL.
+IT IS ALSO HOPED THAT THE TOURNAMENT WILL HELP TO IDENTIFY THE DISTRICT'S BEST PLAYERS WHO IN FUTURE, COULD REPRESENT KOWLOON CITY IN TERRITORY-WIDE COMPETITIONS, HE SAID.
MR LEE ADDED THAT SIMILAR COMPETITIONS WOULD BE EXTENDED TO OTHER SPORTS TO CATER FOR VARIED INTERESTS AND TALENTS.
FOR INSTANCE, HE SAID, A DISTRICT MINI-SOCCER COMPETITION WOULD BE HELD THIS WINTER.
SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, THE DISTRICT'S RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL, AND THE KOWLOON LOK SIN TONG.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE CHIEF RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR RAYMOND CHAN; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SPORTS COUNCIL, MR TANG TAI-CHUEN; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF KOWLOON LOK SIN TONG, MR HU! YIN-YING.
TUEN MUN HEALTH WEEK BEGINS TOMORROW
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MORE THAN 800 ELDERLY PEOPLE IN TUEN MUN WILL GET FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UPS DURING A HEALTH WEEK WHICH STARTS TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
SOME 30 NURSES FROM THE KOWLOON HOSPITAL ENROLLED AND PUPIL NURSES' ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS SPONSORING THE EVENT, WILL HELP CARRY OUT BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKING, BLOOD AND URINE TESTS, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF BODY WEIGHT AND HEIGHT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE CHECK-UP SERVICE IS TO AROUSE OLD PEOPLE'S AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD HEALTH.
/MEDICAL ADVICE