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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1977

QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE APPEAL FUND

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AN APPEAL FUND IN CONNECTION WITH THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG TO RAISE MONEY FOR PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT YOUNG PEOPLE HERE.

THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE APPEAL FUND AS IT IS KNOWN, HAS BEEN SET UP WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE APPEAL ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL IN BRITAIN, OF WHICH HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE CHARLES IS CHAIRMAN.

A COMMITTEE WILL MANAGE THE APPEAL FUND IN HONG KONG AND THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MR. Q.W. LEE AS ITS CHAIRMAN. ITS TREASURER IS MR. M.G.R. SANDBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS COMPRISE LEADING PERSONALITIES FROM THE COMMUNITY.

ANY PERSON OR ORGANISATION WISHING TO DONATE TOWARDS THE FUND SHOULD SEND THEIR DONATIONS TO MR. M.G.R. SANDBERG, QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE FUND, C/O THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION AT 1, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL, HONG KONG, APPROPRIATE RECOGNITION WILL BE MADE OF DONATIONS IF DONORS SO WISH.

THE MONEY RAISED IN THE APPEAL WILL BE SPENT ENTIRELY IN HONG KONG AND WILL GO TOWARDS PROJECTS THAT WILL BE OF MOST BENEFIT TO THE YOUTH IN HONG KONG AS A WHOLE. IT IS ENVISAGED THAT INITIALLY THE FUNDS RAISED WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMES AT THE PLANNED SHA TIN SPORTS CENTRE.

THE SILVER JUBILEE APPEAL COMMITTEE FEELS THAT THIS CENTRE WOULD BE AN EMINENTLY SUITABLE PROJECT FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO ASSOCIATE WITH IN EXPRESSING THEIR GOOD WISHES TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN ON THE OCCASION OF HER SILVER JUBILEE.

THE SPORTS CENTRE, DETAILS OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED, WILL BE BUILT ON 41 ACRES OF RECLAIMED LAND AT THE WESTERN END OF THE NEW RACE COURSE AT SHA TIN. WHEN COMPLETED BY ABOUT 1981, THE SPORTS CENTRE, WHICH WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM ANY SPORTS FACILITIES EVER BUILT IN HONG KONG, WILL PROVIDE TRAINING AND COACHING BY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF SPORT THROUGHOUT HONG KONG AND STIMULATE

INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN SPORT.

THE LAND ON WHICH THE SPORTS CENTRE IS TO BE BUILT IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE BY THE JOCKEY CLUB AND THE GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING UP $25 MILLION TO MEET INITIAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

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