WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1986
CHILDREN'S FUN AND GAMES GREET THE QUEEN
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A SCENE OF YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE GREETED THE QUEEN AS SHE ARRIVED AT THE SHA TIN RECREATION GROUND AT YUEN WO ROAD THIS MORNING.
THE STADIUM STANDS WERE CROWDED WITH 3 000 SCHOOL CHILDREN AND ELDERLY PEOPLE, WHILE ON THE SPORTS GROUND ITSELF, GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED IN VARIOUS CARNIVAL-TYPE GAMES, AND THERE WAS ALSO A WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL GAME FOR THE DISABLED.
WHEN THE QUEEN ARRIVED AT THE STADIUM THE DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL, SIR MARK HEATH, PRESENTED THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR MICHAEL SUEN, WHO IN TURN, PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL: VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR MA NING-HEI, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE, DR HO MAN-WAI: VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE, MRS MIRIAM LAU, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, DR PANG HOK-TUEN AND VICE CHAIRMAN, MR TANG CHI-LE!NG.
AFTER THE PRESENTATION, THE QUEEN WALKED AROUND THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, STOPPING TO CHAT TO SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS. THE QUEEN THEN RE-ENTERED HER OPEN CAR AND DROVE AROUND THE STADIUM, GIVING THOSE IN THE STANDS A GOOD VIEW OF THE ROYAL VISITOR, BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE SHA TIN RACE COURSE.
THE $25-MILLION, 3.2 HECTARE SPORTS GROUND IS THE FIRST ONE OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BUILT IN SHA TIN. IT INCLUDES A FULL-SIZED SOCCER PITCH, SURROUNDED BY A 400-METRE ALL-WEATHER, EIGHT-LANE ATHLETIC TRACK. IT IS THE LAST OF A SERIES OF MULTI-PURPOSE RECREATIONAL CENTRES FOR SHA TIN BUILT ON AN
8.2 HECTARE STRIP OF LAND OPPOSITE THE LEK YUEN AND WO CHE HOUSING ESTATES.