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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1977

PWD ATHLETES SET SIX NEW RECORDS

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EUDOING P.W.D. ATHLETES HUFFED AND PUFFED THEIR WAY TO SIX NEW RECORDS TODAY IN A THRILLING SPORTS MEET AT KOWLOON TSA I SPORTS GROUND.

SOME 500 ENTHUSIASTS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S 11 OFFICES TOOK PART IN THE SPORTS DAY -- THE NINTH ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

TOP HONOURS OF THE DAY WENT TO WENDY YUEN AND CHAN KAM-TO, BOTH FROM THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE, WHO FIRMLY ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS THE BEST TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES WITHIN THE P.W.D.

MISS YUEN CLAIMED THE LAS. BETTY MCDONALD CUP FOR BEST FEMALE ATHLETE BY SWEEPING ALL FIVE GOLDS AT STAKE IN THE 60 M, 100 M, CRICKET BALL THROW, LONG JUMP AND SHOT PUT EVENTS.

IN THE PROCESS SHE SMASHED THE LONGSTANDING RECORDS FOR THE LADIES 50 M SPRINT, THE 100 DASH AND LONG JUMP.

IN THE MEN'S SECTION, CHAN KAN-TO SCRAPED TO FINAL VICTORY WITH TWO GOLDS, ONE SILVER AND A BRONZE, AFTER SETTING A SE. RECORD FOR THE MEN'S 110 HURDLES.

NEW RECORDS WERE ALSO SET FOR THE 1,500 M RACE BY PANG HOT-CHIU FROM THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE, AND BY CHAN CHI-CHIU OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE IN HIGH JUMP.

THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE MAINTAINED ITS STRANGLEHOLD ON THE BEST OFFICE TITLE WHICH IT WON FOR THE SIXTH SUCCESSIVE YEAR.

THIS YEAR'S SPORTS DAY -- THE HIGHLIGHT IN THE P.W.D'S SPORTING CALENDAR WAS THE BRIGHTEST AND BEST ATTENDED.

TROPHIES WERE PRESENTED, TO THE WINNERS BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. DAVID MCDONALD, AND BY MRS. MCDONALD.

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