FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1983
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TAI PO GETS SET FOR SPORTS FESTIVAL
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TAI PO'S FIRST DISTRICT SPORTS FESTIVAL, WHICH BEGINS ON DECEMBER 10, WILL ALSO MARK THE OPENING OF A ́2 700-SQUARE-METRE SPORTS COMPLEX IN THE HEART OF THE NEW TOWN.
ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE TWO-WEEK FESTIVAL AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR THOMAS CHAN, SAID THAT IN THE PAST IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO HOLD LARGE-SCALE SPORTING ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT DUE TO THE LACK OF A PROPER VENUE.
+WITH THE OPENING OF THE FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT LI FOOK LAM INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE IN THE DISTRICT, SUCH A FESTIVAL CAN BE HELD ANNUALLY TO PROMOTE THE STANDARD OF SPORTS AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS, HE SAID.
FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY A VISITING CHINESE GYMNASTICS TEAM, LOCAL BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL TEAMS, AND MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTORS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE COMPETITIONS IN TABLE TENNIS, BASKETBALL VOLLEYBALL, ORIENTEERING, BOWLING, TENNIS, BADMINTON, FIVE-A-SI DĒ SOCCER AND LONG DISTANCE RUNNING.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE,
MR STEPHEN WONG, SAID THAT ABOUT $170 000 WOULD BE SPENT ON THE FESTIVAL, WITH $50 000 BEING PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
THE FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION, THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE AND NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
ENTRY FORMS FOR THE COMPETITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THESE ORGANISATIONS.
MR B.D. KEEP
AVIATION CHIEF ON LEAVE ***
DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, WILL GO ON A SHORT LEAVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
DURING HIS WEEK-LONG ABSENCE, MR TREVOR THORPE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, WILL ACT IN HIS CAPACITY.
MR KEEP, WHO WAS AWARDED THE OBE IN THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOUR LIST, WILL RECEIVE HIS INSIGNIA AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 6).
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