SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1988
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SCHOOLS INTERPORT A WORTHY VENTURE
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THE HONG KONG AND MACAU SCHOOLS INTERPORT BADMINTON AND HOCKEY COMPETITION AND DANCE EXCHANGE PROVIDED A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES AND ΤΟ LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
MR LI WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, HELD AT THE HONG KONG HOTEL, TO MARK THE END OF THE EVENTS.
HE SAID HE FIRMLY BELIEVED THAT THESE CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BETTER REGIONAL BETTER RELATIONSHIPS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.
EVENTS WERE MOST UNDERSTANDING AND
"SCHOOLS INTERPORT SPORT COMPETITIONS BEGAN IN 1974 AND THERE WAS ONLY A HOCKEY COMPETITION AT FIRST BUT BY NOW EIGHT OTHER SPORTS HAVE BEEN ADDED," MR LI SAID,
THE SPORT COMPETITIONS INCLUDED ATHLETICS, BADMINTON, BASKETBALL, CROSS-COUNTRY, FOOTBALL, SWIMMING, TABLE-TENNIS AND VOLLEYBALL.
1981.
1985.
DANCE HAD BEEN FEATURED AS A CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME SINCE
THESE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WERE EXTENDED ΤΟ GUANGDONG IN
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YESTERDAY.
SPORT COMPETITIONS AND DANCE EXCHANGE WERE CONCLUDED
"BY PARTICIPATING IN THE SPORTS AND DANCE EXCHANGE, OUR ATHLETES AND DANCERS HAVE A MEANINGFUL GOAL TO WORK TOWARDS AND IN THE PROCESS THEIR STANDARDS ARE CONSTANTLY RAISED, MR LI SAID.
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HE CONGRATULATED PARTICIPATING STUDENTS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES AND ALSO THANKED THE OFFICIALS FOR THEIR EFFICIENT ORGANISATION.
"I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE SPIRIT OF SPORTSMANSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN US WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND PROSPER,' HE ADDED.
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