SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1984
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JOGGING TO A GOOD START
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MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS, WORKERS AND RESIDENTS IN KOWLOON CITY WILL PARTICIPATE IN A 3 000-METRE MARATHON JOG TOMORROW (SUNDAY) TO MARK THE OPENING OF A TWO-WEEK DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORT FESTIVAL.
THEY WILL START AT 8.30 AM FROM THE JUNCTION ROAD PARK, JOGGING ALONG JUNCTION ROAD, RENFREW ROAD, HEREFORD ROAD, LA SALLE ROAD, NGA TSIN WAI ROAD, INVERNESS ROAD, DUMBARTON ROAD AND RETURN TO THE PARK.
THE EVENT WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS OF AT LEAST FIVE MEMBERS EACH. THOSE WHO CAN FINISH WITHIN ONE HOUR WILL BE AWARDED PRIZES.
ELSEWHERE ON THE SAME DAY, BADMINTON, VOLLEY-BALL AND TABLE- TENNIS COMPETITIONS AND SOFTBALL DEMONSTRATION MATCHES WILL BE HELD IN VARIOUS OUTDOOR AND INDOOR VENUES.
THE $120 000-FESTIVAL, SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, KOWLOON CİTY DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL AND URBAN COUNCIL, IS AIMED AT PROVIDING COMPETITIVE SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGE GROUPS, THUS HELPING TO BUILD A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 25-EVENT FESTIVAL INCLUDE TABLE TENNIS FOR THE BLIND, KITE-MAKING AND FLYING, HORSE RIDING, ICE AND ROLLER-SKATING AND AN AQUATIC TELEMATCH.
THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR TANG TAI-CHUEN, WILL OFFICIATE AT AN OPENING CEREMONY TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE THE MARATHON JOG.
MR GARCIA SAID THAT IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT SPORTS FESTIVAL, ANOTHER TWO-WEEK ARTS FESTIVAL WOULD BE HELD LATER THIS YEAR IN DECEMBER, FEATURING MUSIC AND DANCE PERFORMANCES, LUNCH-TIME OR AFTERNOON EVENTS, VISUAL ARTS ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS.
HE SAID THAT DEVELOPMENTS IN RECREATION AND SPORTS, AND CULTURE IN THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANT AND WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW.
+A KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT FESTIVAL WAS HELD OVER A FOUR-WEEK PERIOD IN 1982 WITH A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SPORTS, RECREATION, CULTURE, EXHIBITIONS AND COMMUNITY WORK, HE SAID.
+HOWEVER IT IS FELT THAT BY HOLDING TWO SEPARATE FESTIVALS WILL STIMULATE THEIR FURTHER GROWTH THROUGH GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
+FURTHERMORE, TWO SEPARATE FESTIVALS AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR WILL ALLOW FOR A MORE EVEN SPREAD AND BETTER USE OF STAFF RESOURCES.+
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