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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1989
CS OPENS ASIAN INTER-CITY ATHLETICS MEETING
THE ASIAN INTER-CITY ATHLETIC MEET, LAUNCHED ON THE INITIATIVE OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IN 1983, HAS NOW BECOME A MAJOR ATHLETICS MEETING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT ASIA, THE SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING,
IMPORTANT
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CHIEF
BEEN CHOSEN AS "I AM DELIGHTED THAT HONG KONG HAS ONCE AGAIN
EVENT, SIR DAVID SAID WHEN THE VENUE FOR HOSTING THIS
SPORTS OPENING THE 5TH ASIAN INTER-CITY ATHLETIC MEET AT THE WAN CHAI GROUND.
DELEGATIONS EXCITING TO TEST
EXTENDING A WARM WELCOME TO THE YOUNG ATHLETES AND FROM 23 CITIES, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THE ATHLETES HAD AN INTO PRACTICE, AND OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THEIR HARD TRAINING THEMSELVES TO THE LIMIT.
WILL
SET NEW STANDARDS "I AM SURE THAT TOGETHER YOU WILL NOT ONLY
BUT
ALSO FOSTER
CLOSER YOU ATHLETICS, YOUTH ASIAN FRIENDSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITIES,
FOR
SIR DAVID
CONGRATULATED
HONG THE
A
I
HE SAID.
ATHLETIC
KONG AMATEUR ASSOCIATION AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED FOR ORGANISING THE EVENT.
HONG KONG NOW A CULTURAL LEADER IN ASIA
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A
OF RANGE
AND CULTURAL CULTURE, MR GUS
RECREATION, SPORTS HONG KONG HAS DEVELOPED CULTURAL ACTIVITIES WHICH PLACES THE TERRITORY AS ONE OF THE
AND RECREATION LEADERS IN ASIA, THE SECRETARY FOR CHUI, SAID IN LOS ANGELES ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 14).
ADDRESSING A MEETING OF THE
ASIA SOCIETY DURING A FOUR-DAY SAID THAT SINCE THE 1960'S,
THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, A KONG'S EMERGENCE IN THE
VISIT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MR CHUI UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND NUMBER OF ELEMENTS HAD CONTRIBUTED TO HONG CULTURAL FIELD.
EXPANDED AND NEW TOWNS HAVE "AS HONG KONG'S POPULATION HAS
WE AREAS,
HAVE INVESTED BEEN
UNDEVELOPED PREVIOUSLY BUILT IN
LARGE LONG-TERM IN HONG KONG'S CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BY BUILDING SEVEN
5.7 MILLION AND MODERN CULTURAL COMPLEXES TO SERVE OUR POPULATION OF AT A COST OF OVER US$150 MILLION.
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MR CHUI