SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1988
PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL, SPORTS FACILITIES IMPROVED
IN
THE PROVISION
FACILITIES,
A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED AND MANAGEMENT OF A WIDE RANGE OF RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE (SATURDAY).
SAID CHUI,
TODAY
SITUATION
THE NEVERTHELESS, IT WAS NECESSARY TO TAKE STOCK OF TO TAKE A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE CURRENT STRUCTURE, ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL RECREATION SO AS TO CONSIDER THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED FURTHER, HE SAID.
THE SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A SEMINAR FOR SPORTS LEADERS AT
THE SEMINAR SHA TIN JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE THIS MORNING, MR CHUI SAID
HE WAS WOULD ENABLE A FRANK AND OBJECTIVE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND THAT AMONG LIAISON AND CONSULTATION
VARIOUS ENCOURAGED TO SEE INCREASING ORGANISATIONS.
COUNCILS, THE COUNCIL FOR FEDERATION AND THE OLYMPIC
MUNICIPAL HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE RECREATION AND SPORT, THE AMATEUR SPORT COMMITTEE OF HONG KONG FOR THEIR WORK IN ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH PROMOTION OF RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN TERRITORY.
THE
THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, THE GOVERNING BODIES MANY OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND VARIOUS WAYS TO THIS SUCCESS.
OF
INSTITUTIONS
HAD ALSO
SPORT AND CONTRIBUTED
IN
HE NOTED THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL NOW MANAGED OVER 500 HECTARES OF OPEN SPACE AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL OVER 300 HECTARES.
"MANY MORE PROJECTS ARE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION OR IN VARIOUS
STAGES OF PLANNING.
"VERY SUBSTANTIAL EXPENDITURE, CAPITAL AND
ΤΟ
THIS IMPORTANT
ALLOCATED PLAYGROUNDS OF VARIOUS SIZES,
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GAMES HALLS, MR CHUI SAID.
ARE RECURRENT, AREA. FACILITIES INCLUDE PARKS AND SWIMMING POOLS, BEACHES AND INDOOR
HE SAID COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION WAS NOW ACCEPTED AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR WAY OF LIFE.
"ABOUT 40 PER CENT OF
OUR
LAND AREA HAS BEEN DESIGNED AS COUNTRY PARKS WHICH ARE USED EXTENSIVELY FOR MORNING WALKING, TAI-CHI,
WERE MADE TO JOGGING, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. OVER 10 MILLION VISITS THEM IN 1987," HE ADDED.
YOUTH
HOSTELS USED
BY
IN ADDITION, MR CHUI POINTED OUT THAT CAMPS AND RUN BY SUBVENTED VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WERE REGULARLY AND FULLY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
/ALSO, THE