SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1986
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LONG-DISTANCE RUN HELD IN STANLEY
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MORE THAN 300 MEN AND WOMEN TOOK PART IN A LONG-DISTANCE RUN IN STANLEY THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING.
THE NINE-KIOLMETRE RACE WAS OPEN TO PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 45, AND WAS AIMED AT FOSTERING COMMUNITY SPIRIT DURING THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL.
PARTICIPANTS STARTED OFF FROM STANLEY SPORTS GROUND AT 10 AM, THEN RAN ALONG STANLEY VILLAGE ROAD AND WONG MA KOK ROAD AND INTO STANLEY FORT, BEFORE RETURNING TO THE STARTING POINT.
PRIZES WERE AWARDED TO THE FIRST 10 RUNNERS IN BOTH THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SECTIONS, AND ALL PARTICIPANTS WHO FINISHED THE RACE RECEIVED A SOUVENİR.
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE'S ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES WORKING GROUP, MR CHAN YAU-YUE. THANKED THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS FOR OPENING STANLEY FORT FOR THE OCCASION, MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR THE RUNNERS TO TAKE A SCENIC ROUTE ALONG STANLEY BAY.
+THE COMMITTEE ORGANISED THE RACE HOPING TO PROMOTE LONG- DISTANCE RUNNING, WHICH IS GOOD TRAINING FOR BOTH PHYSICAL STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION,+ MR CHAN ADDED.
FOLK DANCE RALLY CLOSES SPORTS FORTNIGHT
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MORE THAN 1 000 MONG KOK RESIDENTS WERE TREATED TO AN ENTERTAINING FOLK DANCE RALLY TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE MONG KOK STADIUM TO MARK THE END OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS FORTNIGHT.
LAUNCHED ON NOVEMBER 16, THE FORTNIGHT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE MONG KOK DISTRICT CULTURAL RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION.
SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY, CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR CHOW CHUN-FAI SAID THE VARIED PROGRAMME ORGANISED DURING THE FORTNIGHT PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH THEIR COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND SENSE OF IDENTITY WITH THE DISTRICT WERE STRENGTHENED.
/ACTIVITIES INCLUDED