SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1985
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CALL FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR SPORTS
INDUSTRIALISTS AND EMPLOYERS IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT ARE URGED TO ENCOURAGE THE IR WORKERS AND STAFF TO TAKE PART IN MORE RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES.
THE APPEAL CAME FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE OPENING OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT INTER-FIRM AND FACTORY CHAMPIONSHIP CUP.
MR CHAN SAID SPORTS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS HAD PROVIDED GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO RELAX AND USE THE IR LEISURE TIME.
+ THE GOOD AND HIGH SPIRITS OF WORKERS HELP BOOST PRODUCTIVITY, REDUCE MISTAKES OR THE LIKELIHOOD OF ACCIDENTS. AND COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY WILL STAND TO BENEFIT, HE SAID.
MR CHAN SAID THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH FEATURES SEVERAL COMPETITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY EMPLOYERS * AND WORKERS BECAUSE IT PROMOTES FRIENDSHIP AS WELL AS ENCOURAGES
MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS+.
+TO SHOW ITS SUPPORT, THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS ALLOCATED ABOUT $100 000 TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT SPORTS AND RECREATION COUNCIL FOR ORGANISING THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND MORE THAN 20 SPORTS EVENTS THIS YEAR.
+WE HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE BEST USE OF THESE RESOURCES TO MEET THE DEMAND BY ALL AGE GROUPS IN THE DISTRICT AND TO PROMOTE THE IR SENSE OF DISTRICT IDENTITY, MR CHAN ADDED,
SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE CHAMPIONSHIP CUP IS CO-ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT SPORTS AND RECREATION COUNCIL AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S SOUTHERN DISTRICT RECREATION, AMENITIES AND SPORTS OFFICE.
TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A MINI-SOCCER COMPETITION FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES. COMPETITIONS IN BASKETBALL, SWIMMING, TRACK AND OTHER SPORTS WILL BE HELD OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
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