WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1984
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HORTICULTURAL CLASS IN SAI KUNG
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TWENTY-FIVE EXPATRIATE RESIDENTS IN SAI KUNG TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ATTENDED THE FIRST SESSION OF A HORTICULTURAL CLASS CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH AT THE SAI KUNG TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND.
THE FREE COURSE, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IS HELD BETWEEN 9.30 AM AND 12 NOON ON FIVE CONSECUTIVE WEDNESDAYS UNTIL JULY 4.
THE COURSE IS BEING OFFERED IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM EXPATRIATE RESIDENTS WHO HAD LEARNED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD HELD SIMILAR COURSES IN CANTONESE.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE CLASS, THE STAFF OFFICER (GARDEN) OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR FARLEY MA, SAID HORTICULTURE COULD HELP DEVELOP PATIENCE AND CREATIVITY.
THE COURSE, WHICH COMBINES THEORIES WITH PRACTICE, IS BEING CONDUCTED BY HORTICULTURAL EXPERTS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, A FIELD TRIP TO THE TUI MIN HOI TRANSIT NURSERY WILL BE ARRANGED.
VOLLEYBALL REFEREE COURSE ****
A FOUR-DAY TRAINING COURSE ON HOW TO REFEREE VOLLEYBALL GAMES WILL BE HELD FROM JULY 23.
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION, IT WILL BE HELD AT THE TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION LI FOOK LAM INDOOR GAMES HALL.
IT WILL BE LIMITED TO 40 STUDENTS WHO MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE, AND WILL COST $20 A PERSON.
APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ALL THE 19 DISTRICT
OFFICES OF THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE.
FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED BY CALLING TEL:
5-458511.
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