FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1989
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GOVT SUPPORTS SPORT AND RECREATION DEVELOPMENT
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PROVIDE
THE
AVAILABLE, SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL
THE GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING SPORT AND RECREATION
RESOURCES IN HONG KONG AND WILL, WITHIN THE NECESSARY IMPETUS FOR SUCH DEVELOPMENT, THE SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
TOTAL Or $0.51 AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR CHUI AWARDED A
SPORTS MILLION FROM THE
AID FOUNDATION (SAF) TO 34 LOCAL ELITE TO UNDERGO A ATHLETES FOR THEM
TRAINING LONG TERM
PROGRAMME IN PREPARATION FOR THE ASIAN GAMES AND THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES TO BE NEXT YEAR.
HELD
OF
MR CHUI EXPRESSED HIS ADMIRATION FOR THE OFFICIALS GOVERNING BODIES OF SPORTS IN HONG KONG, SAYING THAT THESE VOLUNTEERS,
ON A PART-TIME WHO WORKED
BASIS, WERE THE BACKBONE OF SPORTS DEVELOPMENT.
"WE OWE VERY MUCH TO ACHIEVEMENTS WE HAVE MADE.
THESE
DEVOTED SPORTS LEADERS
FOR
THE
ON THEM AND TO OUR
PLACED "THE GOVERNMENT IS AWARE OF THE WORKLOAD
YEARS HAS OVER THE PAST
PROVIDED ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT GOVERNING BODIES OF SPORTS, IN ADDITION TO FUNDING," HE POINTED OUT.
WHILE CONGRATULATING THE ELITE ATHLETES ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, MR CHUI COMMENDED THEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR CHOSEN SPORT.
"STEADY AND REGULAR ATTENDANCE IN TRAINING, BEING ABLE TO
PUTTING IN ONE'S VERY ACCEPT SUGGESTIONS AND CRITICISMS,
ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS FOR COMPETITIONS ARE BUT A FEW
NOTED.
CEREMONY, ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION
BEST IN SUCCESS, HE
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THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE SPORT, MR F.K. HU, SAID
STANDARD THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND
IMPROVING IN OF HONG KONG ATHLETES HAD BEEN
RECENT YEARS AND OUR SPORTSMEN HAD PERFORMED WELL IN MANY MAJOR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS.
IN
HELD "IN THE NINTH COMMONWEALTH TABLE-TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
AND FEMALE PLAYERS MARCH THIS YEAR, OUR MALE
WON FOUR GOLD, ONE SILVER AND THREE BRONZE MEDALS.
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"IN OTHER SPORTS LIKE BADMINTON, TENPIN BOWLING AND SHOOTING, OUR ATHLETES HAVE ALSO PERFORMED WELL IN VARIOUS ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, HE ADDED.
THE 34 ELITE ATHLETES, WHO WERE EACH AWARDED $15,000, CAME FROM 11 LOCAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS
THE HONG KONG
ATHLETIC AMATEUR ASSOCIATION, BADMINTON ASSOCIATION, CYCLING ASSOCIATION, AMATEUR ASSOCIATION, FENCING ASSOCIATION, AMATEUR GYMNASTIC ASSOCIATION, JUDO AMATEUR
ASSOCIATION, RIFLE ASSOCIATION, AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION, TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION AND WUSHU ASSOCIATION.
ROWING
ALSO
ATTENDING
CULTURE, MR
THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY
WERE TODAY
THE CLIVE OXLEY; AND THE
COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SPORTS AID COMMITTEE, DR DAVID HO.
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