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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1974
NEED FOR BETTER RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION TODAY WHEN HE OPENED THE NEW BRADBURY WING OF THE YMCA IN TSIM SHA TSUI.
HE BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS AN UPSURGE OF INTEREST IN THIS SUBJECT AND A REALISATION OF ITS SOCIAL IMPORTANCE, AND NOTED THAT MANY WERE WORKING TO IMPROVE THINGS IN SMALL AND BIG WAYS.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS
+1 AM VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM THIS OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW BRADBURY WING TODAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAST GOVERNOR TO HAVE THE HONOUR OF OPENING A NEW YMCA BUILDING IN HONG KONG WAS SIR WILLIAM PEEL WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE WEST WING IN 1933.
+IN THIS DENSELY POPULATED CITY IT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO
1 ENSURE THAT THERE ARE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION. BELIEVE THERE IS AN UPSURGE OF INTEREST IN THIS SUBJECT AND A REALISATION OF ITS SOCIAL IMPORTANCE. MANY ARE NOW WORKING TO IMPROVE THINGS WHETHER IN SMALL WAYS, OR LIKE YOU IN LARGE ONES.
+THE NEW BRADBURY WING WILL HELP TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ALL THIS AREA, AND I CONGRATULATE YOUR ASSOCIATION ON ALL THE HARD WORK AND PRUDENT PLANNING THAT HAS LED TO THE COMPLETION OF THIS NEW BUILDING.
+ HAVE PLEASURE IN DECLARING THIS BRADBURY WING OPEN.+
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