8
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1984
SOME SEATS WILL BE RESERVED FOR THE PUBLIC ON A FIRST-COME- FIRST-SERVED BASIS, AND THOSE WISHING TO ATTEND SHOULD CONTACT THE BOARD'S SECRETARIAT AT 0-843801.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD MEETING AT 10 AM ON MONDAY (JANUARY 30) IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT ON THE NINTH FLOOR OF FOO YICK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, SAN ON CIRCUIT.
A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE, AM 5797, WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 9 AM FOR TUEN MUN.
WORKING CLASS BENEFIT FROM RECREATION ACTIVITIES
*****
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT ARE NORMALLY OFFERED TO THE WORKING CLASS OF HONG KONG.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (RECREATION AND SPORTS), MR DICKEN YUNG, AT A SPORTS SCIENCE CONFERENCE HELD AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
AND, HE SAID, THERE WAS A CONTINUING DEMAND BY THE WORKING CLASS FOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES AS BOTH THEIR LEISURE TIME AND DISPOSAL INCOME HAVE INCREASED.
SPEAKING ABOUT +CORPORATE RECREATION+, MR YUNG SAID
CORPORATIONS GENERALLY VIEW RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR EMPLOYEES AS A WISE INVESTMENT BECAUSE PREVENTION OF HEART ATTACKS, DISABILITY AND PREMATURE RETIREMENT ALL REPRESENT COLOSSAL SAVING.
+RECREATION IS THEREFORE SEEN PRIMARILY AS AN IMPORTANT
TOOL FOR CREATING A BETTER WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
+RELAXING AND ENJOYING ACTIVITIES WITH OTHER WORKERS DURING REST PERIODS, MEAL TIMES AND OFF-THE-JOB HOURS ARE RECOGNISED AS BEING IMPORTANT TO IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF THE INDIVIDUAL WORKER, TO INCREASE STAFF MORALE, TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS AND CARELESSNESS, AND TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION, HE SAID.
IN HONG KONG, MR YUNG CONTINUED, A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF WELL-ESTABLISHED CORPORATIONS WERE ALREADY PROVIDING RECREATION FOR THEIR STAFF.
RECREATION PROMOTES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HUMAN RELATIONS AND GROUP PARTICIPATION, HE SAID.
MR YUNG ADDED THAT IN THE WORLD OF INDUSTRY RECREATION PROGRAMMES CONTINUES TO GROW IN NUMBER AND VARIETY AND BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES ACCEPT THAT INCREASED FITNESS THROUGH CORPORATE RECREATION MEANS INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE.
19