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MR BARNES ALSO THANKED MR AKERS-JONES FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE PROJECT.
+ IT HAS BEEN PERHAPS LESS OVERT, BUT NO ONE HAS BATTLED SO HARD BEHIND THE SCENES FOR SPORTS FACILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OVER SO LONG A PERIOD, + HE SAID.
SPEAKING OF THE NORTH KWAI CHUNG TANG SHIU KIN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE, MR BARNES SAID THIS WAS THE SECOND TO BE BUILT IN KWAI CHUNG.
IT IS IN THE MIDST OF A GROUP OF SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, OF WHICH THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS JUSTLY PROUD, AND WILL BE PROUD TO DELIVER TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WHEN IT OPENS FOR BUSINESS ON APRIL 1, + HE SAID.
MEANWHILE, MR BARNES EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE BUILT UP USAGE SO THAT IT WAS GIVING THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT TO THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.
+IN THIS, WE WILL BE HELPED BY OUR COLLEAGUES FROM THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE WITH WHOM THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE JOINING IN A SINGLE DEPARTMENTAL TEAM IN A FEW WEEKS' TIME, HE CONCLUDED.
UNVEILING A PLAQUE AT THE FOYER OF THE INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE INDOOR FACILITY, MR AKERS-JONES SAID THE TWO INDOOR CENTRES IN KWAI CHUNG PROVIDED IMPORTANT VENUES FOR A WIDE RANGE OF LOCAL SPORTING ACTIVITIES AND HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING USABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR REGARDLESS OF WEATHER CONDITION.
MR AKERS-JONES SAID IT SHOULD BE THE AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT TO BUILD THEM IN ALL MAJOR CENTRES OF POPULATION.
THANKING SIR SHIU-KIN FOR HIS CONTINUED GENEROSITY IN HELPING TO FUND WORTHWHILE COMMUNITY PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE, MR AKERS-JONES SAID THAT THE PEOPLE OF KWAI CHUNG WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO HIM.
+SO WILL THE PEOPLE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TO WHOM HE HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH IN RECENT YEARS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS FACILITIES, HE SAID,
EARLIER MR AKERS-JONES AND SIR SHIU-KIN JOINTLY PLANTED A TREE AT THE COMPOUND OF THE CENTRE TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE INDOOR RECREATION VENUE,
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