TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1984
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FROM 6.45 PM, THE SECTION OF EASTERN HOSPITAL ROAD BETWEEN CAR PARK NUMBER 2 AND CAR PARK NUMBER 5 WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC EXCEPT FOR MILITARY AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
THESE MEASURES WILL BE IN FORCE UNTIL SPECTATORS HAVE DISPERSED.
ALL PARKING SPACES IN STADIUM PATH AND THE EASTERN ARM OF CAROLINE HILL ROAD WILL BE SUSPENDED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM.
LEARNER DRIVERS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING EASTERN HOSPITAL ROAD AND CAROLINE HILL ROAD BETWEEN 7.30 PM AND 10.30 PM. BUSES ON CMB ROUTE 17 AND MAXICABS ON ROUTES 5 AND 14 WILL BE DIVERTED TO AVOID THE RE-ROUTED ROADS.
SHAM SHU PO SPORTS FESTIVAL STARTING TOMORROW
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THE SECOND SHAM SHUI PO SPORTS FESTIVAL, FEATURING A WIDE RANGE OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR EVENTS, WILL BEGIN ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 3).
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR CHOW KWEN-LIM, SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE BIANNUAL FESTIVAL WAS AIMED AT PROMOTING LOCAL INTEREST IN RECREATION AND SPORTS.
+WE ALSO HOPE TO PERSUADE RESIDENTS TO BE MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS AND THUS DEVELOP A STRONGER SENSE OF BELONGING, HE SAID.
DURING THE TWO-WEEK FESTIVAL, RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN SOCCER, BASKETBALL, VOLLEY BALL, SWIMMING AND OTHER COMPETITIONS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE RECREATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES SUCH AS ROLLER SKATING, EXCURSIONS, MASS DANCES AND SQUASH, BADMINTON AND VOLLEY BALL DEMONSTRATIONS.
THE CHINESE TABLE TENNIS NATIONAL YOUTH TEAM AND THE GUANGDONG BADMINTON TEAM WILL COMPETE WITH LOCAL PLAYERS.
AN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY AT THE MONG KOK STADIUM AT 1 PM, FOLLOWED BY A THREE-HOUR PROGRAMME FEATURING MARCHING BANDS, GYMNASTIC DISPLAYS, MASS DANCES, A LONG-DISTANCE RUN AND A BEST ATHLETE AWARD CONTEST.
THE FESTIVAL WILL COST ABOUT $350 000, $120 000 OF WHICH IS CONTRIBUTED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
DETAILS AND ADMISSION TICKETS FOR THE FESTIVAL ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.
THE SHAM SHUI PO SPORTS FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, THE SHAM SHUI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
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