SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1986
INDEPENDENCE OF LOCAL ORGANISATIONS ENCOURAGED
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IT IS GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION THAT LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS SHOULD BE HELPED TO A STAGE WHERE THEY CAN BE INDEPENDENT IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES AND SELF-SUFFICIENT FINANCIALLY, THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
+THIS VIEW IS ALSO SHARED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD WHICH USES ITS FUNDS FOR PUMP-PRIMING ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO ASSIST LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO GROW AND MATURE, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S WATER CARNIVAL, MR CHENG SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO KNOW THAT THE YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION, WHICH ORGANISED TODAY'S EVENT WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL, WAS ONE OF THOSE ORGANISATIONS ON THE PATH OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
HE NOTED THAT WHEN THE ASSOCIATION WAS SET UP IN 1981 IT WAS SERVED BY AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF ABOUT 10 MEMBERS.
TODAY THE ASSOCIATION HAD ABOUT 300 MEMBERS AND MANAGED TWO TENNIS COURTS AT HAMILTON STREET.
+ IN FACT. THE EXPANSION HAS BEEN SO RAPID THAT THE RECURRENT EXPENDITURE OF THE ASSOCIATION IN THE PAST FINANCIAL YEAR WAS FULLY MET BY ITS OWN RESOURCES,+ HE SAID.
MR CHENG ALSO COMMENDED THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS CONTINUOUS EFFORTS IN PROMOTING SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTS.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTS ACTIVITIES PLANNED BY THE ASSOCIATION THIS YEAR WOULD BE THE YAU MA TEI SPORTS FESTIVAL FOR PEOPLE IN EMPLOYMENT TO BE HELD FROM OCTOBER 12 TO 28.
+ THE EVENT IS TO PROVIDE FUN AND RECREATION AS WELL AS TO PROMOTE BETTER RELATIONSHIPS AMONG WORKING PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.
OTHER THAN ACTIVITIES, THE ASSOCIATION ALSO CONDUCTED, IN CONJUNCTION WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, TRAINING COURSES ÎN SQUASH, TENNIS, TABLE TENNIS, FOLK DANCE AND PHYSICAL FITNESS.
AT THE WATER CARNIVAL HELD AT THE LAI CHI KOK PARK SWIMMING POOL, MORE THAN 400 CONTESTANTS TOOK PART IN VARIOUS EVENTS.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE URBAN COUNCILLOR, DR PHILIP KWOK, AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR WAI KIN-BONG.
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