SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1987
THE
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FIRST KWAI TSING SPORTS FESTIVAL LAUNCHED
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FIRST KWAI TSING SPORTS FESTIVAL WAS LAUNCHED TODAY (SATURDAY) AND RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN MORE THAN 30 PROGRAMMES DURING THE COMING MONTH.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, DR JAMES HAYES, SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THIS WAS THE FIRST SPORTS FESTIVAL IN KWAI TSING, PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT HAD ORGANISED VARIOUS SPORTING EVENTS IN THE PAST AND WERE THEREFORE EXPERIENCED IN PROMOTING SPORTS ACTIVITIES.
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WITH THE EFFORTS OF THE KWAI TSING SPORTS FESTIVAL COMMITTER IN ORGANISING THE EVENT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THE ACTIVITIES WOULD SURELY BRING TO RESIDENTS THE CHANCE OF HEALTHY EXERCISES AND A
SENSE OF BELONGING, HE ADDED.
FOLLOWING THE OPENING
CEREMONY WERE PERFORMANCES BY SCHOOL BANDS, A MASS GYMNASTIC PERFORMANCE, AEROBIC AND ORIENTAL A FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN FILM STARS AND OTHER CELEBRITIES.
DANCE, AND
ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN COAK; DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HO TUNG-CHING AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SPORTS FESTIVAL COMMITTEE, MR CHENG WING-CHUN.
FESTIVAL
MR CHENG URGED RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART IN THE SPORTS AS TALENT SPOTTED IN THE ACTIVITIES MIGHT REPRESENT THE DISTRICT IN JITURE TERRITORY-WIDE EVENTS.
THE KWAI TSING SPORTS FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND DIFFERENT SECTORS TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS ACTIVITIES.
THE SPORTS FESTIVAL HAS A BUDGET OF $600,000, HALF OF WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE OTHER HALF SPONSORED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES AND LOCAL PEOPLE.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT 200,000 RESIDENTS WILL TAKE PART IN THE ACTIVITIES, WHICH INCLUDE SPECIAL PROGRAMMES FOR THE DISABLED AND THE HANDICAPPED AS WELL AS SPORTS AND ATHLETICS COMPETITIONS.
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