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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1975

CHINESE SHADOW BOXING CLASSES IN CENTRAL

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OFFICE WORKERS IN CENTRAL WHO WANT TO BECOME KUNG FU MASTERS OR WHO SIMPLY WANT TO DO SOME EXERCISE AND REDUCE THOSE EXTRA INCHES AROUND THE WAIST SHOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW.

TAI CHI, OR CHINESE SHADOW BOXING, CLASSES ARE BEING ORGANISED PARTICULARLY FOR THEM AND WILL BE HELD CLOSE TO THEIR PLACES OF WORK IN THE NEWLY OPENED CHATER ROAD TEMPORARY GARDEN.

ADMISSION IS FREE AND THE CLASSES WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CANTONESE BY WELL-KNOWN MASTERS.

CLASSES WILL BEGIN NEXT MONDAY (DECEMBER 8) AND WILL LAST TILL THE END OF FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.

EACH LESSON WILL BE ONE HOUR, FROM 7.45 A.M. TO 8.45 A.M. ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS ON MONDAY. WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY WHILE ANOTHER WILL TAKE LESSONS ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY.

ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) WHICH IS ORGANISING THE KEEP-FIT CLASSES, APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN STEADILY COMING IN SINCE ENROLMENT STARTED.

SO FAR, MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN AND YOUNG AND OLD, HAVE APPLIED FOR THE COURSE.

SHOULD THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS EVENTUALLY EXCEED THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE PLACES, FURTHER COURSES WOULD POSSIBLY BE HELD AFTER THE END OF FEBRUARY.

BY THAT TIME, THE RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICE ALSO HOPES THAT OTHER COURSES, IN FENCING AND FOLK DANCING, CAN BE ORGANISED FOR RESIDENTS AND WORKERS IN CENTRAL.

APPLICATIONS FOR THE TAI CHI CLASS ARE STILL

INVITED.

APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) ON THE 9TH FLOOR OF INTERNATIONAL BUILDING AT 141, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, OR BY TELEPHONING THE OFFICE AT 5-452758.

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