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Tuesday, October 31, 1972

GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR MORE SPORTING EVENTS

A sum of $160,000 has been earmarked by the Government to

promote sports in Hong Kong during the remaining part of the current

financial year.

The money will be used to meet applications from various local

sports associations for funds to help enable them to organise sports

events in Hong Kong or to participate in overseas competitions.

Announcing this today, a Government spokesman said that an

allocation committee, comprising representatives of the Finance and the

Social Services Branches of the Colonial Secretariat, has been set up

to consider such applications.

"The creation of a separate vote to be administered by the

allocation committee is intended to expedite the processing of applications

and to enable assistance to be given to more sporting events than in the

past," he added.

The spokesman pointed out that for many years financial assistance

in the form of grants has been given to local sports associations.

All applications will be routed through the Education Department

whose advice will be taken into account by the allocation committee.

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