WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1986
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A JEWELLERY TRAINING CENTRE WAS IN THE ADVANCED PLANNING STAGE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PERMANENT SEAMEN'S TRAINING CENTRE HAD STARTED, HE ADDED.
MR CHAN OBSERVED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION ALSO MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES FORWARD IN THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW, SAYING THE OPERATION OF THE TWO NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AT SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN IN SEPTEMBER LAST HAD ENABLED THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE 7 000 MORE TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL PLACES AT CRAFT AND TECHNICAL LEVELS.
FINALLY, HE THANKED ALL THE INDUSTRIES FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO THE COUNCIL, IN PARTICULAR THOSE FROM THE VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL SECTORS WHO MADE UP THE VARIOUS TRAINING BOARDS AND GENERAL COMMITTEES. HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE COUNCIL'S OUTGOING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MR MORRIS MORGAN, AND HIS STAFF FOR THEIR LOYALTY, DILIGENCE AND DRIVE.
SPORTS CENTRE MAKING STEADY PROGRESS
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THE MANAGEMENT OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE IS COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE CENTRE AS AN ON-GOING PROJECT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL SPORTS, THE HON HU FA-KUANG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
TABLING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 1986, MR HU SAID THE CENTRE HAD COMPLETED ITS FOURTH YEAR OF OPERATION AND HAD CONTINUED TO MAKE STEADY, RATHER THAN STARTLING PROGRESS IN MOST OF THE SPORTS INCLUDED IN ITS PROGRAMME.
+ THE CENTRE IS ABOUT TO ENTER A NEW AND EXCITING PHASE, TO ALLOW IT TO FUNCTION AUTONOMOUSLY. A GENEROUS ENDOWMENT OF $350 MILLION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WILL ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN, + HE SAID.
MR HU SAID THE CENTRE'S PROGRAMME NOW COVERED MANY SPORTS SUCH AS BADMINTON, FENCING, GYMNASTICS, JUDO, SQUASH, SOCCER, SWIMMING, TABLE TENNIS AND TENNIS. FULL TIME COACHING SUPPORT WAS GIVEN TO THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THESE VARIOUS SPORTS, WITH THE TOTAL ANNUAL SUBSIDY OF ABOUT $10 MILLION.
SUBSIDY TO OTHER SPORTS SUCH AS CYCLING, HANDBALL, SOFTBALL, BASEBALL AND THE SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND THE DEAF TOTALLED AROUND $3.5 MILLION.
MR HU