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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1988
KWAI TSING SPORTS FESTIVAL LAUNCHED
MONTH
ABOUT 30 SPORTS PROGRAMMES WILL BE HELD IN THE COMING FOLLOWING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE KWAI TSING SPORTS FESTIVAL '88 AT THE KWAI CHUNG SPORTS GROUND TODAY (SATURDAY).
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN; KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PAUL TANG AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SPORTS FESTIVAL COMMITTEE, MR CHENG WING-CHUN.
FOLLOWING THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE A MASS GYMNASTIC DISPLAY, SCHOOL BAND PERFORMANCE, AND A FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN A WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM FROM GUANGDONG PROVINCE AND THE KWAI TSING WOMEN FOOTBALL TEAM.
WELL-KNOWN RESIDENTS OF KWAI TSING DISTRICT ALSO FORMED A TEAM THAT PLAYED A TEAM OF TV, FILM AND FOOTBALL STARS IN ANOTHER FOOTBALL MATCH.
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MR CHENG SAID THE SPORTS FESTIVAL WAS ORGANISED то PROMOTE RESIDENTS' INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS ACTIVITIES SERIES OF ACTIVITIES AND DEMONSTRATIONS.
SPORTS TALENTS SPOTTED IN THESE ACTIVITIES WOULD BE SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT IN FUTURE TERRITORY-WIDE EVENTS, HE ADDED.
THE SPORTS FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD FROM TODAY ΤΟ NOVEMBER 27 WITH A BUDGET OF ABOUT $700,000, OUT OF WHICH $300,000 IS FUNDED BY KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD, ANOTHER $300,000 SPONSORED BY REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE REMAINER BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.
PROGRAMMES IN THE FESTIVAL WILL CATER TO THE NEEDS OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING THE HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED. BROCHURES ON VARIOUS PROGRAMMES ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SEVEN SUB-OFFICES.
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