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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1993
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IF
IT TURNS OUT THAT
PUBLICATIONS
AMPLE
SAID.
SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES то
EXISTING ARE WARRANTED, SUITABLE GUIDELINES WILL BE ISSUED AND TIME WILL BE ALLOWED FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND PRODUCTION,
HE
IN THE MEANTIME, MR CHAN SAID, PUBLISHERS WERE KEPT INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS ON TTRA AT A MEETING IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.
THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO MAINTAIN A DIALOGUE WITH THEM THROUGH REGULAR MEETINGS AND PERIODIC BRIEFING SESSIONS, HE ADDED.
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HK ATHLETES FARE WELL AT INT'L COMPETITIONS
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HONG KONG'S SPORTSMEN AND SPORTSWOMEN HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED THEIR PERFORMANCE IN RECENT YEARS, WINNING MANY MEDALS AT REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AS WELL AS BREAKING HONG KONG'S OWN RECORDS.
THE
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHIM PUI-CHUNG IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, SAID LOCAL ATHLETES WERE PARTICULARLY GOOD AT A SELECTED NUMBER OF SPORTS.
STATISTICS SHOW THAT THEY HAVE WON MEDALS IN THE FOLLOWING SPORTS EVENTS AT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS BETWEEN 1988 AND 1993:
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
SWIMMING
33
92
109
TABLE-TENNIS
17
15
20
SQUASH
8
14
4
WINDSURFING
8
1
3
BADMINTON
4
4
5
ROWING
1
5
DURING THE SAME FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, DISABLED ATHLETES HAVE ALSO CLAIMED NINE GOLD, SEVEN SILVER AND 15 BRONZE MEDALS.
/AS REGARDS
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