SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1984
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THE FESTIVAL EXPENSES, TOTALLING MORE THAN $900 000, WERE MET BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND LOCAL DONATIONS.
+THE SUCCESS OF THE ARTS FESTIVAL PROVES ONCE AGAIN THAT PROMOTING ART AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT IS ESSENTIAL.
+AS SHAM SHUI PO IS A DENSELY-POPULATED DISTRICT. THESE ACTIVITIES MAY BE THE BEST OUTLETS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUILD UP A GOOD CHARACTER.
+MOREOVER, COMMUNITY SPIRIT IS FURTHER ENHANCED THROUGH RESIDENTS' PARTICIPATION AND CO-OPERATION IN ORGANISING THESE ACTIVITIES,+ MR TSE SAID.
THE CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A TWO-HOUR FOLK CONCERT WITH PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL SINGERS MR ALBERT AU AND MISS AGNES CHAN.
ALSO PRESENT AT TONIGHT'S CEREMONY WERE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR HAROLD KWOK: THE DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL SERVICES, MR DARWIN CHEN; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MR KWOK CHEONG.
VALUE OF VOLUNTEER HELP IN SPORTS STRESSED
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THE IMPORTANCE OF VOLUNTEERS IN HELPING PROMOTE SPORTS AND RECREATION FOR THE MASSES WAS STRESSED TODAY (SUNDAY) AT A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
MORE THAN 300 PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS IN RECREATION AND SPORTS ATTENDED THE SEMINAR HELD AT A TSIM SHA TSUI EAST HOTEL.
THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND SPORTS, MR DICKEN YUNG, SAID THAT SPORTS AND RECREATION, LIKE THE SOCIAL SERVICE, DEPENDED HEAVILY ON THE PARTICIPATION AND ASSISTANCE OF VOLUNTEERS.
HE SAID CONTRIBUTION BY VOLUNTEERS ENABLED THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE (RSS), FOUNDED IN 1974, TO ORGANISE RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR MASS PARTICIPATION.
CITING ANOTHER EXAMPLE, HE SAID THE MANY SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS UNDER THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING BODY OF THE AMATEUR SPORTS FEDERATION AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OF HONG KONG WERE RUN BY VOLUNTEERS.
IN SOME COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OFFER VOLUNTARY SERVICE IN SPORTS, HE SAID.
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