SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1989
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URBCO SPENDS $11.1 MILLION ON DISTRICT SPORTS EVENTS
COUNCIL
WILL
CENT PER
THE URBAN
ΤΟ MILLION
AN ORGANISE 8 544 RECREATION AND SPORTS EVENTS IN THE URBAN
IN INCREASE OF 26 AND 7.7
FUNDING AND THE NUMBER OF
SPEND
$11.1
THIS YEAR
AREA
ACTIVITIES RESPECTIVELY OVER LAST YEAR.
THE COUNCIL'S LEVEL AND TO ENABLE
THE
SUB-COMMITTEE,
IS IN LINE WITH "THIS $2.3 MILLION INCREASE COMMITMENT TO PROMOTE SPORTS AT THE GRASSROOTS MORE RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART IN RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES," CHAIRMAN OF THE
SPORTS COUNCIL'S
AND ACTIVITIES MR RONNIE WONG, SAID TODAY.
"LAST YEAR, THE COUNCIL SPENT $8.8 MILLION DISTRICT EVENTS.
ΤΟ ORGANISE 7 929
THAT THERE WILL BE MORE "THE EXTRA FUNDING THIS YEAR MEANS
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED IN
FIELDS, INCLUDING SOME INNOVATIVE SPORTS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS GATEBALL, INDOOR ARCHERY AND MINI-TENNIS.
TO FOSTER BETTER LINKS WITH DISTRICT BOARDS AND TO MAKE USE RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH DISTRICT SPORTS ORGANISATIONS, A TOTAL
DISTRICT BOARDS 291 JOINT PROJECTS WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND PLANNED FOR 1989/90.
OF
OF
ARE
THESE INCLUDE DISTRICT COMPETITIONS, LEARN-TO-PLAY COURSES, DAYS AND DISTRICT FESTIVALS.
FUN
OTHER PROGRAMMES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
SQUASH, BADMINTON AND TENNIS
302 SQUASH,
332 BADMINTON
AND
382 TENNIS COURSES (COMPARED WITH 268 SQUASH, TENNIS COURSES IN 1988/89).
299
BADMINTON AND
367
152 832
FITNESS AND
PARTICIPANTS (COMPARED PARTICIPANTS IN 1988/89).
DANCE
4 857
FITNESS
AND
3 218 WITH
DANCE COURSES COURSES FOR
FOR 93 438
LEARN-TO-SWIM SCHEME
PARTICIPANTS
1 512 COURSES FOR 30 941
(COMPARED WITH 1 511 COURSES FOR 28 669 PARTICIPANTS IN 1988/89).
DISABLED
J
120
7
166
IN
ACTIVITIES FOR THE
ACTIVITIES FOR
PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS (COMPARED WITH 109 ACTIVITIES FOR 5 268 1988/89).
ACTIVITIES
FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
— —
503
ACTIVITIES
FOR
18 904
IN
PARTICIPANTS (COMPARED WITH 382 ACTIVITIES FOR 14 612 PARTICIPANTS 1988/89).
MR WONG
THE THAT
LEI
YUE
SAID
MUN ENTERTAIN A TOTAL OF 47 000 DAY CAMPERS AND 48 000 IN 1989/90.
PARK
IS OVERNIGHT CAMPERS
EXPECTED
то
NOVEMBER, IS
THE HE ADDED.
LAST OPENED
"THE PARK WHICH IS OFFICIALLY FIRST CAMPING FACILITY UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COUNCIL,
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