SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1984
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BASKETBALL MORE POPULAR *****
BASKETBALL HAD BECOME MORE POPULAR AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE GENERAL STANDARD OF THE SPORT WAS RISING, MR DAVID CHIU, AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, SAID TODAY.
MR CHIU WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION FOR THE 1984 BASKETBALL NOVICE COMPETITION AT OSMAN RAMJU SADICK MEMORIAL GAMES HALL IN KWAI CHUNG THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE COMPETITION WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE (RSS) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG AMATEUR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION. IT WAS PART OF A TERRITORY-WIDE TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR YOUNGSTERS WHO HAD COMPLETED THE ELEMENTARY TRAINING COURSES ORGANISED BY THE RSS OR THE ASSOCIATION.
ABOUT 400 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO TOOK PART IN THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME, FORMED INTO TEAMS TO COMPETE DURING THE PAST WEEKS.
THE FINAL MATCHES WERE HELD THIS MORNING, PRIOR TO THE PRIZE PRESENTATION.
NEW ROAD OPENED ON HEI LING CHAU
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A NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTED ON HEI LING CHAU ISLAND. BY PRISONER LABOUR, WAS TODAY OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER.
THE 2 100-METRE LONG ROAD RUNS SOUTHWARDS FROM THE SOUTH-EAST PART OF THE ISLAND, PASSING A CLOSED CENTRE AND A RESERVOIR BEFORE REJOINING THE EXISTING ROAD.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT (WOR: AND PLANNING) MR WU CHUN-KAN SAID ABOUT 50 TO 60 PERSONS FROM THE NEARBY ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE HAD BEEN DEPLOYED DAILY TO CEMENT THE ROAD SINCE MAY LAST YEAR.
THE CEMENTING WORK TOOK ABOUT 16 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, HE SAIL. SITE FORMATION WORK HAD BEEN DONE MUCH EARLIER.
MR WU ALSO SAID THAT THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE HAD HIGH PRAISES FOR THE WORKMANSHIP OF THE THREE-METRE WIDE ROAD WHICH CAN EE USED BY THREE-TON LORRIES.
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