XN000022-1978-04-10 — Page 3

MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1978

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE NEW TERRITORIES HAD ENTERED A PERIOD OF DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE. POSING A CHALLENGE TO BOTH PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT. +I AM CONVINCED THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES THEMSELVES, BY THEIR COOPERATION, GOODWILL AND SOUND ADVICE. THEIR CAPACITY FOR INNOVATION AND ENTERPRISE, WILL ENABLE THE CHALLENGE TO BE MET IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY THAT IS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR GOVERNMENT.+

SIR MURRAY, WHO FOUR YEARS AGO LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE CLUBHOUSE, TODAY UNVEILED A PLAQUE OF THE CLUBHOUSE TO OFFICIALLY OPEN IT.

SIR MURRAY POINTED OUT THAT THE CLUBHOUSE WAS THE FIRST FACILITY OF ITS KIND TO BE BUILT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND PRAISED LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT.

EARLIER, THE ASSOCIATION'S CHAIRMAN, MR. WONG CHUNG-CHUEN, IN WELCOMING SIR MURRAY, SAID THE OPENING OF THE CLUBHOUSE WOULD FURTHER HELP TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN YUEN LONG.

HE STRESSED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO CARRY OUT THEIR SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

MR. WONG THANKED THE GOVERNMENT FOR HAVING ALLOCATED 7,000 SQUARE FEET OF LAND FOR THE CLUBHOUSE AND A GRANT OF $500,000 TOWARDS ITS COSTS.

MR. WONG ALSO THANKED THE ASSOCIATION'S LATE PRESIDENT MR. CHIU LUT-SAU AND MRS. CHEUNG WONG SIU-CHING FOR THEIR DONATION OF $500,000 EACH.

HE SAID THE CLUBHOUSE WAS BUILT WITH DONATIONS FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS AND OFFICIALS OF THE ASSOCIATION.

THE NEW SIX-STOREY CLUBHOUSE HAS A CONFERENCE ROOM, OFFICES AND A CANTEEN ON THE GROUND FLOOR. THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS HOUSE A BOWLING CENTRE AND THE THIRD FLOOR HAS TABLE TENNIS AND BILLIARD ROOMS.

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THE FOURTH FLOOR HAS A GYMNASIUM AND BADMINTON COURTS WHILE THE FIFTH FLOOR HOUSES THE DORMITORY FOR THE ASSOCIATION'S FOOTBALL TEAM.