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RAKURDAY, MAY 31, 1975

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IN PROMOTING SPORT ACTIVITIES, THE SERVICE HAS NOT FORSAKEN QUALITY FOR QUANTITY, MR. YUNG STRESSED.

+EQUAL VALUE HAS BEEN PLACED ON COACHING COURSES, PARTICULARLY THOSE FOR INSTRUCTORS WHO IN TURN CAN IMPART WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNT TO THOSE GROUPS WHICH WILL BE SUBSEQUENTLY UNDER THEIR CHARGE. OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS SOME 1,500 INSTRUCTORS AND COACHES FOR VARIOUS SPORTS HAVE BEEN TRAINED.

+EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS ARE NEEDED TO CONDUCT CLASSES BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW DEST TO TAILOR COURSES TO THE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS COMING FROM A PARTICULAR DISTRICT OR AGE GROUP AND THEY CAN PERSONALLY ATTEND TO THE PROGRESS OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THEIR CLASS, HE SAID.

THE SERVICE IS ALSO LAUNCHING SEVERAL EXPERIMENTAL SCHEMES IN FAMILY RECREATION. THESE INCLUDE FAMILY SPORTS CAMPS TO BE HELD AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND THE Y.M.C.A. WU KUAT SHA YOUTH VILLAGE. INSTRUCTOR CLASSES INCLUDE A SIX-MONTH LEADERSHIP COURSE FOR SERVING RECREATION WORKERS, AND A COURSE FOR COMMUNITY FITNESS INSTRUCTORS.

THE RECREATION LEADERSHIP COURSE WILL ENABLE PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMMES, AND ASSIST AT SPORT FUNCTIONS WITH MORE PROFESSIONALISM AND CONFIDENCE, SAID MR. YUNG.

TO BETTER ORGANISE AND ADMINISTER RECREATION AND SPORT

THE COMMUNITY FITNESS INSTRUCTORS COURSE IS TRAINING COACHES FOR THE VARIOUS DISTRICT AREAS WHERE THEY WILL EVENTUALLY CONDUCT FITNESS CLASSES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD,

OTHER COACHING COURSES WHICH HAVE BEEN ORGANISED OR ARE BEING ORGANISED ARE FOR WATER-POLO, DIVING, TENNIS, DADMINTON, HANDBALL, VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL, ADVICE HAS ALSO BEEN GIVEN TO VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND NATIONAL SPORTS BODIES ON DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS PROGRAMMES.

+PLENTY OF MANPOWER, FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION IS REQUIRED TO ORGANISE SPORTS AND RECREATION, MR. YUNG SAID. +EVEN IN A DIFFICULT ECONOMIC CLIMATE SPORT AND PHYSICAL RECREATION ARE NOT LUXURIES BUT AN ESSENTIAL PART OF LIFE IN AN INDUSTRIALISED SOCIETY.

+IT IS HEARTENING THAT RESPONSE TO ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE HAS BEEN SO GREAT,+ HE SAID.

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