SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1985
NT SPORTS PROGRAMMES TO CELEBRATE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY
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OVER 6 000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN SOME 30 RECREATION AND SPORTS PROGRAMMES ORGANISED BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS IN CELEBRATION OF THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY TODAY.
THE EMPHASIS FOR ALL THE ACTIVITIES IS ON AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION, WITH EACH OF THE NINE NON-URBAN DISTRICTS HOLDING AT LEAST ONE DISTRICT-LEVEL COMPETITION EITHER
IN TENNIS, BASKETBALL OR TABLE TENNIS, IN ADDITION TO A WIDE VARIETY OF FUN-AND-GAMES CARNIVALS SUCH AS THE AQUATIC CARNIVAL FOR WORKERS IN KWAI CHUNG, THE SWIM-IN FOR ALL IN YUEN LONG OR THE WINDSURFING FUN DAY IN TAI PO.
VISITING THE WO YI HOP ROAD SPORTS GROUND WHERE THE CELEBRATIONS IN KWAI CHUNG WERE BEING HELD, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE AGE GROUP OF THE PARTICIPANTS WHICH RANGES FROM SEVEN TO 70.
SIR DAVID SAID: IT IS MARVELOUS TO SEE THE WIDE RANGE OF RECREATION AND SPORTS FACILITIES AVAILABLE AT THE WO YI HOP ROAD SPORTS GROUND WHERE ONLY FIVE YEARS AGO IT WAS A PLOT OF EMPTY HILLSIDE.+
HE NOTED THAT THE SPORTS GROUND NOW OFFERS FACILITIES FOR FOOTBALL, GYMNASTICS, BASKETBALL, SWIMMING, DIVING AND OTHER INDOOR SPORTS AND WATER SPORTS.
ABOUT 1 400 KWAI CHUNG RESIDENTS TOOK PART IN SEVEN SPORTS AND FUN-AND-GAMES PROGRAMMES WHICH INCLUDED A GYMNASTICS DEMONSTRATION AND PLAY-IN, AEROBIC DANCE-IN, SWIM-IN FOR THE THE YOUNG AND OLD AND OTHER COMPETITIVE GAMES.
SIR DAVID AND LADY AKERS-JONES WERE GREETED ON ARRIVAL BY THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL. MR NATHAN MA, AND THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR TONY HAMMOND.
FOLLOWING A TOUR OF THE ACTIVITY VENUES, SIR DAVID, LADY AKERS-JONES, MR MA AND MR HAMMOND MET WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS OF KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI, HEADED BY BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HO TUNG-CHING,
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