THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1989
HK SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TEAM TO SHOW STRENGTH IN SINGAPORE
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OF GREAT IMPORTANCE THE ASIAN SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 18
RARE BECAUSE IT GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OF ASIA A OPPORTUNITY TO MEET NOT ONLY ON THE PLAYING FIELD BUT ALSO ON A SOCIAL MR JOHN WINFIELD, SAID OCCASION, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, TODAY (THURSDAY},
PRESENTATION CEREMONY KONG HONG THE
TEAM SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TAKE PART IN THE FORTHCOMING 18TH
HE WAS ADDRESSING A GATHERING AT A FLAG TO MARK THE DEPARTURE OF SATURDAY (AUGUST 12) TO SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT IN SINGAPORE.
THAT
FOOTBALL MR WINFIELD NOTED POPULAR SPORT AMONG HONG KONG STUDENTS.
"IN
SHARING
THEIR SKILLS THEY
ON
ASIAN
HAD ALWAYS BEEN THE
MOST
APPRECIATE
THE VALUE AND
IMPORTANCE OF SPORTSMANSHIP, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND SELF-DISCIPLINE, AS WELL AS MAKING GOOD FRIENDS, HE SAID.
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COUNCIL
FOR
RECREATION AND
OF THE IT WAS THE JOINT EFFORT
CENTRE. SPORT, THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, THE JUBILEE SPORTS
COUNCIL AND THE EDUCATION THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS
DEPARTMENT 17 BOYS WHICH HAD MADE IT POSSIBLE TO SEND A SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM OF
PART IN THE 18TH ASIAN SCHOOLS ALL UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE TO TAKE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT, MR WINFIELD SAID.
REGIONS ARE BRUNEI, MALAYSIA, PHILIPPINES, KONG, MAKING A TOTAL OF
THIS YEAR THE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES OR CHINA,
KOREA, INDIA, INDONESIA,
MACAU, THAILAND AND HONG SINGAPORE, SRI LANKA, 12 TEAMS.
HONG KONG SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TEAM HAD GONE NOTING THAT THE
PROGRAMME AT THE JUBILEE THROUGH AN INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL TRAINING
THREE MONTHS UNDER MR CHAN SPORTS CENTRE IN THE PAST
YONG-CHONG,
WOULD MEMBERS
DO THEIR BEST
MR WINFIELD SAID HE WAS SURE THAT THE COMING COMPETITION.
IN
MR WINFIELD PAID
ΤΟ TRIBUTE
THE HONG KONG
SPORTS SCHOOLS PLAYED IN THE COMPETITION. MORE COUNCIL FOR THE IMPORTANT ROLE IT OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE OPENING UP FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN TO TAKE PART INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS, HE SAID.
IN
DEPARTMENTS,
MR
SEVERAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG BY VARIOUS NATIONAL
WINFIELD SAID, ADDING
AT THE WERE POTENTIAL
BEING IDENTIFIED TRAINING PROGRAMMES COULD BE ARRANGED FOR THEM.
WERE BEING ORGANISED FOR BODIES AND GOVERNMENT THAT YOUNG
EARLIEST
ATHLETES STAGE
WITH SO THAT
BEFORE PRESENTING A FLAG
SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TEAM, MR WAN
WINFIELD WISHED THE SUCCESS IN SINGAPORE.
ΤΟ
AT WAI-YIN.
THE TEAM MEMBERS
THE
MANAGER
THE BEST
OF
KONG THE HONG BRIEF CEREMONY, MR OF LUCK AND GREAT
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