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SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1986
SPECIAL SPORTS PROGRAMME ORGANISED FOR YOUTHS
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MORE THAN 600 YOUNG PEOPLE IN KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI WILL BENEFIT FROM A SYSTEMATIC SPORTS TRAINING PROGRAMME IN JUDO, GYMNASTICS AND RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WHICH STARTS IN JULY.
THE COURSES ARE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD, THE NEWLY-FORMED KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT A DISTRICT BOARD HAS JOINED WITH THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE TO DEVISE A SYSTEMATIC SPORTS TRAINING PROGRAMME AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME THIS (SATURDAY)' MORNING, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HO TUNG-CHING, SAID OF A POPULATION OF NEARING HALF A MILLION IN THE DISTRICT ABOUT 47,000 ARE IN THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF BETWEEN 10 AND 14, AN IDEAL ́AGE TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS AS THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEARN QUICKLY.
HE SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A NATURAL POOL OF POTENTIAL TALENT IN THE DISTRICT AND FOR THAT REASON, THE BOARD WANTED TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXPRESS AND FULFIL THEMSELVES IN HEALTHY PURSUITS.
PRESIDENT OF THE NEWLY-FORMED KWA! CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION, MR LAM KIN-MING, SAID THE ASSOCIATION WOULD WORK TOWARDS PROVIDING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS.
CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S CULTURE AND RECREATION COMMITTEE, MR CHENG WING-CHUN, SAID THAT THE BOARD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG TENNIS ASSOCIATION AND THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, HAD SUCCESSFULLY STARTED A MINI-TENNIS PROGRAMME IN THE DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY HALLS.
TRAINING IN JUDO, GYMNASTICS AND RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WILL BE HELD IN THE CHEUNG CHING ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TAI WO HAU COMMUNITY CENTRE IN JULY AND AUGUST.
THERE WILL BE TWO COURSES FOR JUDO, 12 FOR GYMNASTICS AND FOUR COURSES FOR RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS. THE FEE FOR EACH COURSE IS $10.
APPLICATION FORMS FOR ALL COURSES WILL BE AVAILABLE BY JUNE 18 AT THE KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.
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