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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1990
ASSOCIATION PRAISED FOR PROVIDING SPACE FOR RECREATION
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PAID TRIBUTE THE HONG KONG PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION FOR ITS
IN DEDICATION PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPACE FOR HEALTHY RECREATION IN OUR CONGESTED CITY OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS.
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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF SOUTHORN STADIUM IN CHAI, SIR DAVID SAID IN A HONG KONG OF TALL BUILDINGS, INDUSTRIAL ESTATES, IMPRESSIVE NEW HOUSING BLOCKS, FLYOVERS AND HARBOUR TUNNELS, IT WAS REFRESHING TO FIND AN ORGANISATION WITH A
SUCH AS "THE HONG KONG PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION".
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"AND THE NAME IS WELL CHOSEN, HE SAID.
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GOVERNOR POINTED OUT MULTI-PURPOSE STADIUM SUCH AS THE
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THAT IN CROWDED HONG KONG, A SOUTHORN STADIUM MADE EXCELLENT
"IN HONG KONG WE KNOW HOW TO WORK HARD. BUT EVEN HERE, LIFE IS NOT ALL WORK. WE MUST NOT FORGET HOW TO PLAY HARD AS WELL.
"EVERY WEEK, MANY HUNDREDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THEMSELVES HERE, PLAYING OR WATCHING SPORTS, KEEPING FIT AND HAVING
FUN.
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SIR DAVID SAID A COMMUNITY THAT CARED FOR ITS YOUTH, CARED FOR ITS FUTURE A GREAT DEAL OF CARE, THOUGHT AND HARD WORK HAD OBVIOUSLY GONE INTO THE IMPRESSIVE NEW STADIUM, HE ADDED.
"THE RESULT IS A GREAT CREDIT ΤΟ THE HONG KONG PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION," HE SAID.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN BRINGING THE PROJECT TO FRUITION.
"MAY IT BRING MANY YEARS OF ENJOYMENT ΤΟ MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE," HE SAID.
THE STADIUM IS A JOINT VENTURE OF THE HONG KONG PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CO. LTD. IT WAS BUILT TO REPLACE THE ASSOCIATION'S OLD STADIUM ON THE SAME SITE WHICH WAS SURRENDERED TO THE GOVERNMENT BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN MTR STATION.
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