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SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1986
+ THESE ORGANISED GROUPS ARE DOING A MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY SERVICE WHILE CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO CLEANING UP THE COUNTRY PARKS, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
+ THE PUBLIC CAN HELP US BETTER IF THEY WOULD REFRAIN FROM LITTERING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, HE ADDED.
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MORE SPORTS FACILITIES PLANNED FOR KWUN TONG
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MANY MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY TO PROVIDE MORE RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES FOR WORKERS AND RESIDENTS IN KWUN TONG, DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE KWUN TONG INTER-FACTORY SPORTS DAY AT THE SHA TIN SPORTS GROUND, MR CHAN SAID THESE INCLUDED THE $20 MILLION HIU KWONG STREET PLAYGROUND AND INDOOR GAMES HALL WHICH WOULD BE OPENED SHORTLY.
+ ANOTHER MAJOR PROJECT. MORE CONVENIENTLY LOCATED TO THE WORKERS, IS THE $20 MILLION, 5.7-HECTARE KOWLOON BAY RECREATION GROUND WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1987, HE SAID.
THE SPORTS GROUND, THE FIRST ONE IN KWUN TONG WITH STANDARD TRACK AND FIELD FACILITIES, WOULD BE A MAJOR VENUE FOR HOLDING SPORTS EVENTS IN EAST KOWLOON.
MR CHAN SAID THE KWUN TONG PIER SQUARE, WHEN COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR, WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A LEISURELY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO RELAX AFTER WORK.
HE NOTED THAT FACTORIES IN KWUN TONG WERE RECEIVING MORE ORDERS AS HONG KONG'S EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE IMPROVED.
+WHILE WORKING HARD FOR HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY, OUR WORKERS SHOULD ALSO TAKE CARE OF THEIR HEALTH AND TAKE PART IN MORE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, + MR CHAN URGED.
THE KWUN TONG INTER-FACTORY SPORTS DAY, THE FIRST IN THE DISTRICT, FEATURED 10 TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS AND TEAM COMPETITION FOR THE INTER-FACTORY SOCCER FINAL.
THE SPORTS DAY WAS ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRIAL AREA BRANCH OF THE KWUN TONG SPORTS PROMOTION ASSOCIATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT'S RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICE.
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