FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1984
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200 ENTER SIX-KILOMETER RACE
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ABOUT 200 MEN AND WOMEN WILL TAKE PART IN A SIX-KILOMETER RACE ON SOUTH LANTAU ON SUNDAY (APRIL 29), STARTING AT 9 AM.
THE CONTESTANTS WILL START FROM THE MUI WO POLICE STATION, RUN ALONG SOUT!, LANTAU ROAD, AND FINISH AT THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION YOUTH CAMP IN SAN SHEK WAN.
THE RACE IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE (ISLANDS), RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICE, ISLANDS DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION, AND THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION YOUTH CAMP.
THERE WILL ALSO BE AN INVITATION RACE FOR TEAMS FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS AND SCHOOLS IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT.
THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP; DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT (ISLANDS), MR M.J. HARRIS; SENIOR RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR MARCUS LEE: CHAIRMAN OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION, MR S.K. YUEN; AND THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF HK Y.W.C.A. CAMP COMMITTEE, MISS MAY CHAN, WILL OFFICIATE AT A PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY AT 11.45 AM.
BEFORE THAT, AT 10.45 AM, MR YAP WILL OPEN A MINI-SOCCER PITCH FOR RESIDENTS OF SHUI HAU ON SOUTH LANTAU.
THE MINI-SOCCER PITCH WAS BUILT AT A COST OF $230 000, OF WHICH $200 000 WAS FROM THE SIR DAVID TRENCH FUND FOR RECREATION AND THE REST FROM THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE'S LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS VOTE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE MINI-SOCCER PITCH AT SHUT HAU ON SOUTH LANTAU AT 10.45 AM ON SUNDAY (APRIL 29) AND A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF A LONG- DISTANCE RACE AT 11.45 AM AT THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION YOUTH CAMP AT SAN SHEK WAN.
THE LAUNCH +CLEMENTI+ WILL LEAVE THE MARINE DEPARTMENT PIER, NEXT TO THE OUTLYING ISLANDS FERRY PIER IN CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, AT 9 AM SHARP FOR SOUTH LANTAU.
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