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SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1974.

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MINI-SOCCER TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF TOMORROW

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THE MINI-SOCCER COMPETITION SPONSORED DY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAND KICKS-OFF TOMORROW CHONDAY> NIGHT ON COTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR.

ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES, CHAIRMAN

OF ACAN, WILL PERFORM THE OPENING CEREMONY AT SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND, WHILE THE KICK-OFF IN KOULOON WILL BE PERFORMED BY DR. K.L. STUMPF, CHAIRMAN OF ACAN'S EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE, AT MCPHERSON PLAYGROUND.

AT THE KOWLOON OPENING THERE WILL ALSO BE A DISPLAY OF GYMNASTICS BY MEMBERS OF THE HUNG HON YOUTH CENTRE BEFORE THE GAMES START.

THE COMPETITION OF SEVEN-A-SIDE SOCCER WILL RUN ON

A KNOCK-OUT BASIS, WITH THE FINAL SCHEDULED FOR MID-DECEMBER.

NEARLY 400 TEAMS HAVE ENTERED THE COMPETITION THIS YEAR

TEANS INCLUDE THOSE FROM 100 MORE THAN ANY PREVIOUS YEAR. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, SCHOOLS, FACTORIES, YOUTH GROUPS, COMMERCIAL COMPANIES AND SHOPS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

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YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO THE KICK-OFFS ON MONDAY, JULY 22, AT 6 P.M. AT SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND, JOHNSTON ROAD, WANCHAT, AND MCPHERSON PLAYGROUND, SAI YEE STREET, MONGKOK.

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