SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1984
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TO KWA WAN SPORTS CENTRE OPENED
HONG KONG'S NEWEST SPORTS CENTRE WAS OPENED IN TO KWA WAN TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, MR PETER WILLIAMS.
IN HIS ADDRESS, MR WILLIAMS SAID HE WAS SURE THAT THE SPECIALLY DESIGNED FITNESS CENTRE WOULD BE WELL PATRONISED BY PEOPLE OF THIS CROWDED COMMUNITY.
+THE GOOD WORK OF THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY IS WELL KNOWN TO ALL, AND AS THE COMMISSIONER OF ICAC, I WOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE SERVICE FOR THE CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE THEY HAVE GIVEN TO ICAC IN THE PAST IN ORGANISING A NUMBER OF RECREATION FUNCTIONS TO PROMOTE OUR CONCEPTS, HE SAID.
OTHERS WHO ATTENDED THE OPENING OF THE TO KWA WAN SPORTS CENTRE ON THE 10TH FLOOR OF THE TO KWA WAN MARKET COMPLEX WERE THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON AND KOWLOON CITY'S COMMUNITY LEADERS..
MR WILLIAMSON SAID THE DEPARTMENT SOUGHT TO PROVIDE HEALTHY ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE.
SINCE TRAINING CLASSES STARTED AT THE CENTRE AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, SOME 90 SESSIONS OF VARIOUS ACTIVITIES WERE HELD, ATTRACTING MORE THAN 2 000 PERSONS, HE SAID.
THE TO KWA WAN CENTRE IS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE HUNG HOM CAR PARK SPORTS CENTRE, WHICH WAS HANDED BACK TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IN 1982.
IT COVERS 7 000 SQUARE FEET AND HAS THE LATEST EQUIPMENT FOR SPORTS AND KEEP-FIT ACTIVITIES.
THE CENTRE IS OPEN FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM DAILY, AND PEOPLE WISHING TO TAKE PART IN THE COURSES OFFERED BY IT SHOULD SEND IN THEIR APPLICATIONS.
APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM ALL THE 19 DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE.
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