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GOVERNOR LAYS FOUNDATION STONE OF YUEN LONG

SPORTS CLUBHOUSE

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY LAID THE

FOUNDATION STONE OF THE YUEM LONG DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION

CLUBHOUSE.

IN A BRIEF ADDRESS, SIR HURRAY SAID HE ATTACHED GREAT

IMPORTANCE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF RECREATIONAL FACILITY AND

DESCRIBED THE CLUBHOUSE AS BEING UNIQUE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,

IF NOT IN HONG KONG.

+THIS IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT FOR A COMMUNITY

OF LESS THAN 200,000 PEOPLE, AND, ON BEHALF OF THE MANY

PEOPLE WHO WILL BONOFIT, I THANK ALL THOSE RESPONSIBLE.+

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S

SPEECH:

+THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO OFFICIATE AT THE

FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF YOUR ASSOCIATION

CLUBHOUSE. I WAS PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO BE INVITED TO

THIS OCCASION SINCE I ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE

IMPROVEMENT OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

+0F YOUR ASSOCIATION'S NUMEROUS ACHIEVEMENTS OVER

THE PAST 14 YEARS, I AM PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED BY YOUR

TWO MAJOR ANNUAL COMMITMENTS. THE FIRST IS THE YUEN LONG

FOOTBALL TEAM, WHICH ROSE FROM THE THIRD DIVISION TO

THE FIRST DIVISION IN THE THREE YEARS FROM 1959 AND

HAS REMAINED THERE EVER SINCE. THE TEAM CAM TRULY BE

CALLED A DISTRICT ONE, AND ONE OF WHICH YOU CAN ALL

JUSTIFIABLY BE VERY PROUD.

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