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SEVEN OTHER APPOINTED MEMBERS ARE MR CHAN KA-KUI, MR CHAU MISS BETTY HOW-CHEN, DR DAVID HO, MR R.L. WILSON, MR TSUI TSIN-TONG, MAIR, AND MR MIKE SPEAK.
MR CHUI ALSO FORMALLY INTRODUCED THE APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SDB, MR HOWARD WELLS, WHO WAS FORMERLY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE.
"MR WELLS WILL HELP THE PROVISIONAL SDB TO SET UP ITS EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT WHICH WILL BE ACCOMMODATED ON THE 10TH FLOOR HARBOUR CENTRE IN WAN CHAI, HE SAID.
OF
"MY STAFF IN THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE BOARD, ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND STAFF TOWARDS OUR COMMON OBJECTIVES OF PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING SPORT IN HONG KONG," CHUI ADDED.
MR
THE GOVERNMENT
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE NEWLY APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL SDB, MR WILLIAM PURVES. SAID HE WAS
ASSOCIATED WITH PLEASED TO BE
AND INITIATIVE
ΤΟ RESPONSE
HE THE
THIS NEW CONGRATULATED
FOR ACTING IN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SPORTS CONSULTANCY REPORT.
"THE TIME FOR CONSULTATION IS NOW PAST AND THROUGH
AND PROVISIONAL BOARD
EVENTUALLY THROUGH THE FULL BOARD, WE DEMONSTRATE THAT IT WOULD BE A BODY GEARED TO ACTION, HE SAID.
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THE
MUST
MR PURVES SAID THESE WERE EXCITING TIMES FOR HONG KONG. SPORT AND RE REATION WERE A VITAL PART OF THE WAY AHEAD.
HOWEVER, THE TASK AHEAD WOULD NOT BE EASY. HE SAID.
"THERE WILL DOUBTLESS BE TEETHING TROUBLES, SO PLEASE EXPECT THE BOARD TO RUN BEFORE IT CAN WALK'." HE SAID.
ME PURVES ALSO STRESSED THAT THE SDR WAS NOT A DEPARTMENT AND IT WOULD NEED TO LOBBY HARD WITH GOVERNMENT SUFFICIENT FUNDS.
"SPORT AND RECREATION ARE INTEGRAL ASPECTS OF THE THEIR IMPORTANCE IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. EACH INDIVIDUAL OF THE BENEFITS OF SPORT AND HEALTHY EXERCISE, HE SAID.
DO NOT
GOVERNMENT
TO OBTAIN
SOCIETY AND SHOULD LEARN
ALLOCATION
IN
"WHILE THERE ARE ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR RESOURCE THE FIRST YEAR, THERE IS UNLIKELY TO BE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO UNDERTAKE AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH ALL PROJECTS AND THE BOARD WILL NEED TO TAKE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN OUR SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME, IF WE ARE TO MAKE A IN THE LONGER TERM.
STAFFING
WHERE
"THE BOARD WILL AIM TO KEEP ITS OVERHEADS LOW AND ITS
FUNDS ARE UTILISED LEAN SO THAT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AVAILABLE MOST NEEDED, HE SAID.
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"BUT IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT FUNDING. THERE IS A NEED STREAMLINE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS AND TO CO-ORDINATE THE
TO
MANY AGENCIES
INVOLVED IN SPORTS
AND PROMOTION
INPUT OF DEVELOPMENT,"
THE
HE
CONCLUDED.
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