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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1977

SPORT AND RECREATION FOR EVERY AGE AND INTEREST

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THE PROGRAMME LINED UP BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE FOR SEPTEMBER IS A MIXED BAG OF ACTIVITIES WHICH HAS EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE, FROM WESTERN STYLE FENCING TO CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS, FROM MOUNTAIN ORIENTEERING TO WATER POLO AND FROM A NOVEL TRICYCLE OBSTACLE RACE TO A TRADITIONAL LANTERN CARNIVAL.

THE FENCING CLASSES ARE AMONG SOME OF THE 150 NEW COURSES BEING OPENED FOR THE MONTH, AND WILL BE HELD AT THE CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE HUNG HOM MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK THE TOP FLOORS OF WHICH WERE RECENTLY ALLOCATED FOR USE AS AN INDOOR GAMES STADIUM TO PROVIDE MORE SPACE FOR THE EXPANDING RANKS OF SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS.

FOLLOWING ITS SUCCESS WITH TAI CHI, WHICH SAW THE MUSHROOMING OF CLASSES ALL OVER HONG KONG, THE SERVICE IS PROMOTING OTHER CHINESE MARTIAL ART FORMS, WITH THE HELP OF THE HONG KONG CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS ASSOCIATION, NOT NECESSARILY FOR SELF-PROTECTION BUT TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN BODY EXERCISE.

CLASSES WILL BE HELD TWO EVENINGS A WEEK AT CENTRES ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN KOWLOON AS WELL AS IN YUEN LONG, TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN, AND PENG CHAU IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

A FOUR-DAY ORIENTEERING COURSE, TO BE HELD ON TWO WEEKENDS AT THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL, IS ONE OF SEVEN NEW CAMPING ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR THE MONTH. THE OTHERS WILL BE HELD AT THE SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE, FOR FAMILY GROUPS, FOR MENTALLY-HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND SPECIALLY FOR KOWLOON CITY AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT RESIDENTS.

CLASSES WILL CONTINUE TO BE HELD IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IN SKIN-DIVING, SNORKELLING, LIFE-SAVING AND WATER POLO. NEW CLASSES ARE BEING OPENED FOR LEARNER SWIMMERS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, A NUMBER OF AQUATIC SPORTS MEETS, INCLUDING A WATER SPORT CARNIVAL AT CASTLE PEAK BAY WILL BE HELD TO MARK THE APPROACHING END

OF THE SWIMMING SEASON.

MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL IS COMING UP AND AS IN PAST YEARS VICTORIA PARK WILL BE TURNED INTO A FAIR GROUND FOR A TWO-DAY CARNIVAL. THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE REVELRY WITH THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AND OTHER ORGANISERS IN STAGING A CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME OF VARIED ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE TRADITIONAL LANTERN FESTIVAL.

VICTORIA PARK WILL ALSO BE THE VENUE OF AN UNUSUAL OBSTACLE CYCLING RACE THIS SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 4) MORNING. ENTRIES FOR THE RACES ARE STILL BEING INVITED FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN AND WORKERS IN CAUSEWAY BAY DISTRICT FOR THE THREE SECTIONS: A TRICYCLE AND MINI-BICYCLE RACE FOR THE UNDER 15S, A MINI-BICYCLE RACE FOR OLDER CHILDREN, AND A STANDARD BICYCLE RACE.

COMPETITORS WILL BE ASKED TO TREAD A ZIG-ZAG COURSE AND FOR THE MORE EXPERIENCED, RIDE ACROSS A BALANCING SEE-SAW.