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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1977

TOP SPORTSMEN URGED TO +WALK FOR SPORT+

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TOP LOCAL SPORTSMEN HAVE BEEN INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE FUND-RA IS ING WALK FOR SPORT+ ON NOVEMBER 6 IN TSUEN WAN, ORGANISED TO HELP FINANCE SHA TIN'S $75 MILLION JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE.

THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES COMMITTEE FOR THE SILVER JUBILEE FUND, MR. LO CHI-CHUNG, SAID TODAY LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS OF VARIOUS SPORTS, CALLING FOR THE IR HELP IN THE EVENT.

MR. LO WHO IS SENIOR LIAISON OFFICER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, SAID: +WE HAVE INVITED THE ASSOCIATIONS TO BE THE HONORARY ADVISERS OF OUR WALK AND TO SEND THEIR STAR PLAYERS AND ATHLETES TO PARTICIPATE ALONG WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE.

+WE HOPE THE IR PRESENCE WILL PROMOTE INTEREST IN SPORT AMONG THE COMMUNITY AND ON THIS OCCASION THE IR PRESENCE WILL BE MORE MEMORABLE AS IT IS BEING HELD TO RAISE FUNDS FOR A SPORTS CENTRE PROJECT.+

THE WALK, WHICH COVERS 14 MILES, WILL START AND FINISH AT THE TAI WO ́HAU PUBLIC PLAYGROUND AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD, NEXT TO THE TSUEN WAN POLICE STATION.

THE SPONSORSHIP FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT TUESDAY (OCTOBER 11) FROM ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

MR. LO APPEALED FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY ON THE WALK, PARTICULARLY THOSE CONNECTED WITH SPORTS IN HONG KONG.

+WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR BIG DONATIONS FROM THEM, BUT WE HOPE THEY WILL BECOME INVOLVED, HE SAID.

THE SUB-COMMITTEE FORMED TO WORK ON THE WALK HOPED TO RAISE PART OR ALL OF A $2.5 MILLION TARGET WHICH THE NEW TERRITORIES COMMITTEE OF THE SILVER JUBILEE FUND SET TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SHA TIN PROJECT.

THE CENTRE, WHICH WILL BE BUILT ON 41 ACRES OF RECLAIMED LAND NEXT TO THE NEW JOCKEY CLUB RACE COURSE, WILL SERVE AS A TRAINING CENTRE FOR HONG KONG'S TOP SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN SHOOTING FOR INTERNATIONAL STANDARD.

IT WILL COST $75 MILLION, A THIRD COMING FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND ANOTHER $25 MILLION FROM THE GOVERNMENT. OF THE REMAINING $25 MILLION, THE JOCKEY CLUB HAS AGREED TO MATCH THE COMMUNITY'S DONATIONS ON A DOLLAR-TO-DOLLAR BASIS. THIS MEANS $12.5 MILLION HAS TO BE RAISED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. SO FAR $8 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN RAISED BY THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE APPEAL FUND COMMITTEE HEADED BY MR. Q. W. LEE. THE SILVER JUBILEE FUND NEW TERRITORIES COMMITTEE LED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, AIMS TO RAISE $2.5 MILLION.

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