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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1975

CONCERTED EFFORT TO PROMOTE RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES

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THREE MAJOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS THE HOME AFFAIRS, SOCIAL WELFARE AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH EACH OTHER IN A COMBINED EFFORT TO PROMOTE RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES AT DISTRICT LEVEL.

SPEAKING IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. DENIS BRAY, SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD SO FAR APPOINTED SIX RECREATION AND SPORTS OFFICERS TO SIX DISTRICTS TO ORGANISE AND CO-ORDINATE PHYSICAL RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

+MORE MAY BE APPOINTED WHEN FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE,+ HE SAID IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN.

THE RECREATION AND SPORTS, OFFICERS, SAID MR. ERAY, WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICERS OF THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY YOUTH OFFICERS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS WITHIN A DISTRICT IN ORGANISING THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.

HE SAID OFFICERS OF THE THREE DEPARTMENTS ALSO MAINTAIN CORDIAL WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH VOLUNTARY SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS OR YOUTH COUNCILS WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT TO ENCOURAGE AS WIDE A LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AS POSSIBLE IN THE WORK OF THESE VOLUNTARY BODIES.

AS TO THE ADVICE ON THE FORMULATION OF POLICIES RELATING TO THE PROMOTION OF RECREATION AND SPORTS, MR. DRAY SAID THIS WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNCIL OF RECREATION AND SPORT OF WHICH HE IS CHAIRMAN.

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